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• 2019

  Prediction of success at UK Specialty Board Examinations using the mandatory postgraduate UK surgical examination

  Scrimgeour, D. S. G., Cleland, J., Lee, A. J. & Brennan, P. A., Dec 2019, In: BJS Open. 3, 6, p. 865-871 7 p.

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  • Specialty Boards
  • Surgeons
  • Odds Ratio
  • Regression Analysis
  • Logistic Models
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Low-dose oral theophylline combined with inhaled corticosteroids for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high risk of exacerbations: a RCT

  Devereux, G., Cotton, S., Fielding, S., McMeekin, N., Barnes, P. J., Briggs, A., Burns, G., Chaudhuri, R., Chrystyn, H., Davies, L., Soyza, A. D., Gompertz, S., Haughney, J., Innes, K., Kaniewska, J., Lee, A., Morice, A., Norrie, J., Sullivan, A., Wilson, A. & 1 others, Price, D., 31 Jul 2019, In: Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). 23, 37, p. 1-146 146 p.

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  • Theophylline
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Biomedical Technology Assessment
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Achieving Self-Directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare (ASICA) in melanoma: Protocol for a randomised patient-focused pilot trial of delivering the ASICA intervention as a means to earlier detection of recurrent and second primary melanoma

  Murchie, P., Masthoff, J., Walter, F. M., Rahman, K., Allan, J. L., Burrows, N., Proby, C., Lee, A. J., Johnston, M., Durrani, A., Depasquale, I., Brant, B., Neilson, A., Meredith, F., Treweek, S. P., Hall, S. J. & McDonald, A. M., 3 Jun 2019, In: Trials. 20, 11 p., 318.

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  • Aftercare
  • Melanoma
  • Self-Examination
  • Neoplasms
  • Skin
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Predicting the chances of having a baby with or without treatment at different time points in couples with unexplained subfertility

  McLernon, D. J., Lee, A. J., Maheshwari, A., van Eekelen, R., van Geloven, N., Putter, H., Eijkemans, M. J., van der Steeg, J. W., van der Veen, F., Steyerberg, E. W., Mol, B. W. & Bhattacharya, S., Jun 2019, In: Human Reproduction. 34, 6, p. 1126-1138 13 p.

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  • Infertility
  • Clomiphene
  • Fertility
  • Fertilization in Vitro
  • Live Birth
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• The effects of human factor related issues on assessors during the recruitment process for general and vascular surgery in the UK

  Scrimgeour, DSG., Patel, R., Patel, N., Cleland, J., Lee, A. J., McKinley, A. J., Smith, F., Griffiths, G. & Brennan, P. A., Apr 2019, In: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 101, 4, p. 231-234 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Interviews
  • Blood Vessels
  • Boredom
  • Medical Errors
  • Statistical Factor Analysis
• 2018

  Does the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination predict 'on-the-job' performance during UK higher specialty surgical training?

  Scrimgeour, DSG., Brennan, PA., Griffiths, G., Lee, AJ., Smith, FCT. & Cleland, J., Nov 2018, In: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 100, 8, p. 669-675 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Surgical Specialties
  • Work Performance
  • Mental Competency
  • Surgeons
  • Language
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Do surgeon interviewers have human factor-related issues during the long day UK National Trauma and Orthopaedic specialty recruitment process?

  Scrimgeour, D. S. G., Higgins, J., Bucknall, V., Arnett, R., Featherstone, C. R., Cleland, J., Lee, A. J. & Brennan, P. A., 31 Oct 2018, In: The Surgeon. 16, 5, p. 292-296 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orthopedics
  • Surgeons
  • Interviews
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Boredom
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Effect of Theophylline as Adjunct to Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exacerbations in Patients With COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  Devereux, G., Cotton, S., Fielding, S., McMeekin, N., Barnes, P. J., Briggs, A., Burns, G., Chaudhuri, R., Chrystyn, H., Davies, L., De Soyza, A., Gompertz, S., Haughney, J., Innes, K., Kaniewska, J., Lee, A., Morice, A., Norrie, J., Sullivan, A., Wilson, A. & 1 others, Price, D., 16 Oct 2018, In: JAMA. 320, 15, p. 1548-1559 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Theophylline
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Disease Progression
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Public risk perception of non-prescription medicines and information disclosure during consultations: a suitable target for intervention?

  Fielding, S., Slovic, P., Johnston, M., Lee, A. J., Bond, C. M. & Watson, M. C., 1 Oct 2018, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 26, 5, p. 423-432 10 p.

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  • Public risks
  • Risk perception
  • Disclosure
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Factor analysis
  1 Citation (Scopus)

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• Do changing medical admissions practices in the UK impact on who is admitted? An interrupted time series analysis

  Fielding, S., Tiffin, P. A., Greatrix, R., Lee, A. J., Patterson, F., Nicholson, S. & Cleland, J., Oct 2018, In: BMJ Open. 8, 10, 11 p., 023274.

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  • Interrupted Time Series Analysis
  • Medical Schools
  • Medical Students
  • Aptitude Tests
  • Economics
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Factors predicting success in the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination: a summary for OMFS

  Scrimgeour, D. S. G., Cleland, J., Lee, A. J. & Brennan, P. A., 7 Sep 2018, In: British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 56, 7, p. 567-570 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • Surgeons
  • Odds Ratio
  • Medicine

• An improvement in the method used to assess discriminatory ability when predicting the chances of a live birth after one or more complete cycles of in vitro fertilisation

  McLernon, D. J., Steyerberg, E. W., te Velde, E. R., Lee, A. J. & Bhattacharya, S., 5 Sep 2018, In: BMJ. 362, 2 p., k3598.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Impact of rurality on processes and outcomes in melanoma care: results from a whole-Scotland melanoma cohort in primary and secondary care

  Murchie, P., Adam, R., Khor, W. L., Raja, E. A., Iversen, L., Brewster, D. H. & Lee, A. J., Aug 2018, In: The British Journal of General Practice. 68, 673, p. 566-575 10 p.

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  • Secondary Care
  • Scotland
  • Melanoma
  • Primary Health Care
  • Mortality
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Which factors predict success in the mandatory UK postgraduate surgical exam: The Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS)?

  Scrimgeour, D. S. G., Cleland, J., Lee, A. J. & Brennan, P. A., Aug 2018, In: Surgeon. 16, 4, p. 220-226 7 p.

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  • Surgeons
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Regression Analysis
  • Logistic Models
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Physicians' experiences of SBIRT training and implementation for SUD management in primary care in the UAE: a qualitative study

  Pflanz-Sinclair, C., Matheson, C., Bond, C. M., Almarzouqi, A., Lee, A. J., Batieha, A., Ghaferi, H. A. & El Kashef, A., 31 Jul 2018, In: Primary Health Care Research and Development. 19, 4, p. 344-354 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Primary Health Care
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Physicians
  • Interviews
  • Fear

• Medications that relax the lower oesophageal sphincter and risk of oesophageal cancer: An analysis of two independent population-based databases

  Spence, A. D., Busby, J., Murchie, P., Kunzmann, A. T., McMenamin, Ú. C., Coleman, H. G., Johnston, B. T., O'Rorke, M. A., Murray, L. J., Iversen, L., Lee, A. J. & Cardwell, C. R., 1 Jul 2018, In: International Journal of Cancer. 143, 1, p. 22-31 11 p.

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  • Lower Esophageal Sphincter
  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Databases
  • Medical Informatics
  • Population
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Predictors of success in the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination

  Scrimgeour, DSG., Cleland, J., Lee, AJ. & Brennan, PA., Jul 2018, In: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 100, 6, p. 424-427 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Surgeons
  • Regression Analysis
  • Logistic Models
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Proton pump inhibitor and histamine-2 receptor antagonist use and risk of liver cancer in two population-based studies

  Tran, K. T., McMenamin, Ú. C., Hicks, B., Murchie, P., Thrift, A. P., Coleman, H. G., Iversen, L., Johnston, B. T., Lee, A. J. & Cardwell, C. R., Jul 2018, In: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 48, 1, p. 55-64 10 p.

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  • Histamine Receptors
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Population
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• A controlled trial of screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment (SBIRT) implementation in primary care in the United Arab Emirates

  Matheson, C., Pflanz-Sinclair, C., Almarzouqi, A., Bond, C. M., Lee, A., Batieha, A., Al-Ghaferi, H. A. & El Kashef, A., Mar 2018, In: Primary Health Care Research and Development. 19, 2, p. 165-175 11 p.

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  • United Arab Emirates
  • Primary Health Care
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Physicians
  • Therapeutics
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• A retrospective cohort study in severe asthma describing commonly measured biomarkers: Eosinophil count and IgE levels

  Haughney, J., Morice, A., Blyth, K. G., Lee, A. J., Coutts, A., McKnight, E. & Pavord, I., 1 Jan 2018, In: Respiratory Medicine. 134, p. 117-123 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Eosinophils
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Asthma
  • Cohort Studies
  • Retrospective Studies
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Physiotherapy breathing retraining for asthma: a randomised controlled trial

  Bruton, A., Lee, A., Yardley, L., Raftery, J., Arden-Close, E., Kirby, S., Zhu, S., Thiruvothiyur, M., Webley, F., Taylor, L., Gibson, D., Yao, G., Stafford-Watson, M., Versnel, J., Moore, M., George, S., Little, P., Djukanovic, R., Price, D., Pavord, I. D. & 2 others, Holgate, S. T. & Thomas, M., Jan 2018, In: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 6, 1, p. 19-28 10 p.

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  • Respiration
  • Asthma
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Quality of Life
  • Random Allocation
  35 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Is initial excision of cutaneous melanoma by General Practitioners (GPs) dangerous? Comparing patient outcomes following excision of melanoma by GPs or in hospital using national datasets and meta-analysis

  Murchie, P., Raja, E. A., Brewster, D. H., Iversen, L. & Lee, A. J., Nov 2017, In: European Journal of Cancer. 86, p. 373-384 11 p.

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  • General Practitioners
  • Melanoma
  • Datasets
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Secondary Care
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• A randomised controlled study of the effectiveness of breathing retraining exercises taught by a physiotherapist either by instructional DVD or in face-to-face sessions in the management of asthma in adults

  Thomas, M., Bruton, A., Little, P., Holgate, S., Lee, A., Yardley, L., George, S., Raftery, J., Versnel, J., Price, D., Pavord, I., Djukanovic, R., Moore, M., Kirby, S., Yao, G., Zhu, S., Arden-Close, E., Thiruvothiyur, M., Webley, F., Stafford-Watson, M. & 2 others, Dixon, E. & Taylor, L., 1 Sep 2017, In: Health Technology Assessment. 21, 53, p. 1-196 196 p.

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  • Breathing Exercises
  • Physical Therapists
  • Asthma
  • Quality of Life
  • Physical Therapy Modalities
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• The relationship between school type and academic performance at medical school: a national, multi-cohort study

  Kumwenda, B., Cleland, J. A., Walker, K., Lee, A. J. & Greatrix, R., 31 Aug 2017, In: BMJ Open. 7, 8, 12 p., e016291.

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  • Academic Performance
  • Medical Schools
  • Cohort Studies
  • Students
  • Aptitude Tests
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Distinguishing variation in referral accuracy from referral threshold: analysis of a national dataset of referrals for suspected cancer

  Burton, C. D., McLernon, D. J., Lee, A. J. & Murchie, P., Aug 2017, In: BMJ Open. 7, 8, 10 p., e016439.

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  • Datasets
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Neoplasms
  • General Practice
  • Diagnostic Services
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• A cancer geography paradox? Poorer cancer outcomes with longer travelling times to healthcare facilities despite prompter diagnosis and treatment: a data-linkage study

  Turner, M., Fielding, S., Ong, Y., Dibben, C., Feng, Z., Brewster, D. H., Black, C., Lee, A. & Murchie, P., 25 Jul 2017, In: British Journal of Cancer. 117, 3, p. 439-449 11 p.

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  • Geography
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Islands
  • Neoplasms
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Impact of performance in a mandatory postgraduate surgical examination on selection into specialty training

  Scrimgeour, D. S. G., Cleland, J., Lee, A. J., Griffiths, G., McKinley, A. J., Marx, C. & Brennan, P. A., 30 Jun 2017, In: British Journal of Surgery. 1, 3, p. 67-74 8 p.

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  • Surgeons
  • Interviews
  • Linear Models
  • Regression Analysis
  • Blood Vessels
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Lifetime cancer risk and combined oral contraceptives: the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study

  Iversen, L., Sivasubramaniam, S., Lee, A. J., Fielding, S. A. & Hannaford, P. C., Jun 2017, In: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 216, 6, p. 580.e1-580.e9 9 p.

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  • Contraceptives, Oral, Combined
  • Contraception
  • General Practitioners
  • Oral Contraceptives
  • Neoplasms
  80 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Does emergency presentation of cancer represent poor performance in primary care? Insights from a novel analysis of linked primary and secondary care data

  Murchie, P., Smith, S., Yule, M., Adam, R., Turner, M. E., Lee, A. J. & Fielding, S., 25 Apr 2017, In: British Journal of Cancer. 116, 9, p. 1148-1158 11 p.

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  • Secondary Care
  • Primary Health Care
  • Emergencies
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  62 Downloads (Pure)

• The effect of medications which cause inflammation of the gastro-oesophageal tract on cancer risk: a nested case–control study of routine Scottish data

  Busby, J., Murchie, P., Murray, L., Iversen, L., Lee, A. J., Spence, A., Watson, M. C. & Cardwell, C. R., 15 Apr 2017, In: International Journal of Cancer. 140, 8, p. 1828-1835 8 p.

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  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Diphosphonates
  • Spironolactone
  • Tetracycline
  • Inflammation
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)