Home monitoring of breathing rate in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: observational study of feasibility, acceptability, and change after exacerbation
Journal Article
Rubio, N., Parker, R. A., Drost, E. M., Pinnock, H., Weir, C. J., Hanley, J., …Rabinovich, R. A. (2017)
Home monitoring of breathing rate in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: observational study of feasibility, acceptability, and change after exacerbation. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 12, 1221-1231. https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s120706
Abstract: Telehealth programs to promote early identification and timely self-management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (AECOPDs) have yielde...
Application of Mixed Effects Limits of Agreement in the Presence of Multiple Sources of Variability: Exemplar from the Comparison of Several Devices to Measure Respiratory Rate in COPD Patients
Journal Article
Parker, R. A., Weir, C. J., Rubio, N., Rabinovich, R., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., …McKinstry, B. (2016)
Application of Mixed Effects Limits of Agreement in the Presence of Multiple Sources of Variability: Exemplar from the Comparison of Several Devices to Measure Respiratory Rate in COPD Patients. PLOS ONE, 11(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168321
Introduction
The Bland-Altman limits of agreement method is widely used to assess how well the measurements produced by two raters, devices or systems agree with each other. H...
Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques
Presentation / Conference
Craven, T. H., Wojcik, G., Kefala, K., McCoubrey, J., Reilly, J., Paterson, R., …Walsh, T. S. (2016, March)
Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques. Poster presented at 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Oximetry-supported self-management for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: mixed method feasibility pilot project
Journal Article
MacNab, M., Lee, S. H., McCloughan, L., Hanley, J., McKinstry, B., & Pinnock, H. (2017)
Oximetry-supported self-management for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: mixed method feasibility pilot project. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1135-2
Background: Pulse oximetry could potentially contribute to self-monitoring. NHS Lothian’s ‘Light Touch’ service
provided COPD patients with a self-management plan based on sym...
The impact of a telemetric chronic obstructive pulmonary disease monitoring service: randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation and nested qualitative study
Journal Article
Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., Lewis, S., MacNeed, W., Pagliarie, C., van der Polf, M., …McKinstryh, B. (2009)
The impact of a telemetric chronic obstructive pulmonary disease monitoring service: randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation and nested qualitative study. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 18(3), 233-235. https://doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00040
Protocol Summary
The impact of a telemetric chronic obstructive pulmonary disease monitoring service: randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation and nested qualitati...
Nanoparticle and metal interactions and their impact on lung toxicology
Conference Proceeding
Wilson, M. R., Barlow, P. G., Hutchison, G. R., Guy, K., Griffiths, A., Simpson, R. J., …Stone, V. (2004)
Nanoparticle and metal interactions and their impact on lung toxicology. In Proceedings of the Ninth Annual UK Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research, 48-50. ISBN 1 899110 88 7
No abstract available.
The Effects of Air Pollution Particles on Clearance Mechanisms Within the Lung
Thesis
Barlow, P. G. The Effects of Air Pollution Particles on Clearance Mechanisms Within the Lung. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1052591
The effects of inhaled aIr pollution particles on lung clearance mechanisms is an important factor in understanding how the mammalian lung deals with such pollutants and, as s...
Pro-inflammatory interactions between particles, metals and lung cells
Conference Proceeding
Donaldson, K., Hibbs, L., Heal, M., Tran, C. L., Lightbody, J., Barlow, P. G., …Stone, V. (2003)
Pro-inflammatory interactions between particles, metals and lung cells. In Effects of Air Contaminants on the Respiratory Tract - Interpretations from Molecules to Meta Analysis, 245-258. ISBN 978-3-8167-6478-6
No abstract available.
Expression of pro-inflammatory proteins in the lung
epithelial cell line A549, in response to cytokine, and
environmental particle exposure.
Thesis
Ramage, L. environmental particle exposure. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2778
This thesis investigates the effects of various inflammatory stimuli, including cytokines and air pollution particles, on the expression and secretion of various proinflammato...
Molecular toxicology studies on the quartz hazard.
Thesis
Duffin, R. Molecular toxicology studies on the quartz hazard. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2777
Silicon makes up almost 28% of the Earth's crust and within that crust, quartz (crystalline silica) is one of the most abundant minerals. Exposure to quartz can occur
in a num...