Full, peer reviewed papers produced by AFP doctors (in bold) that were directly the product of their research project in their F2 year.

Note: most AFP doctors also produce abstracts and present communications at National or International conferences (not listed here). 

Biggart R, Finn A & Marlow R. (2018). Lack of impact of rotavirus vaccination on childhood seizure hospitalizations in England - An interrupted time series analysis. Vaccine 36, 4589-4592.

Walkden GJ, Anderson EL, Vink MP, Tilling K, Howe LD & Ben-Shlomo Y. (2018). Frailty in older-age European migrants: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Soc Sci Med 213, 1-11.

Dixon G, Bhatnagar R, Zahan-Evans N, Clive AO, Virgo PF, Brett MT, Otton SH, Medford ARL & Maskell NA. (2018). A Prospective Study to Evaluate a Diagnostic Algorithm for the Use of Fluid Lymphocyte Subset Analysis in Undiagnosed Unilateral Pleural Effusions. Respiration 95, 98-105.

Padmanathan P, Biddle L, Carroll R, Derges J, Potokar J & Gunnell D. (2018). Suicide and Self-Harm Related Internet Use. Crisis, 1-10.

Walker S, Bibby A, Halford P, Stadon L, White P & Maskell N. (2018). Recurrence rates in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Respir J. (in Press)

Morley RL, Sharma A, Horsch AD & Hinchliffe RJ. (2018). Peripheral artery disease. Bmj 360, j5842.

Morley RL, Edmondson MJ, Rowlands C, Blazeby JM & Hinchliffe RJ. (2018). Registration and publication of emergency and elective randomised controlled trials in surgery: a cohort study from trial registries. BMJ open 8, e021700.

Minion JT, Butcher F, Timpson N & Murtagh MJ. (2018). The ethics conundrum in Recall by Genotype (RbG) research: Perspectives from birth cohort participants. PLoS One 13, e0202502.

Davies J, Sullivan S & Zammit S. (2018). Adverse life outcomes associated with adolescent psychotic experiences and depressive symptoms. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 53, 497-507.

Corbin LJ, Tan VY, Hughes DA, Wade KH, Paul DS, Tansey KE, Butcher F, Dudbridge F, Howson JM, Jallow MW, John C, Kingston N, Lindgren CM, O'Donavan M, O'Rahilly S, Owen MJ, Palmer CNA, Pearson ER, Scott RA, van Heel DA, Whittaker J, Frayling T, Tobin MD, Wain LV, Smith GD, Evans DM, Karpe F, McCarthy MI, Danesh J, Franks PW & Timpson NJ. (2018). Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference. Nat Commun 9, 711.

Khambati N, Mahedy L, Heron J & Emond A. (2018). Educational and emotional health outcomes in adolescence following maltreatment in early childhood: A population-based study of protective factors. Child Abuse Negl 81, 343-353.

Gopfert A, Van Hove M, Emond A & Mytton J. (2018). Prevention of sports injuries in children at school: a systematic review of policies. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med 4, e000346.

Beynon RA, Lang S, Schimansky S, Penfold CM, Waylen A, Thomas SJ, Pawlita M, Tim W, Martin RM, May M & Ness AR. (2018). Tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking at diagnosis of head and neck cancer and all-cause mortality: Results from head and neck 5000, a prospective observational cohort of people with head and neck cancer. Int J Cancer 143, 1114-1127.

Brooks JC, Davies WE & Pickering AE. (2017). Resolving the Brainstem Contributions to Attentional Analgesia. Journal of Neuroscience 37, 2279-91.

Brunner C, Davies NM, Martin RM, Eeles R, Easton D, Kote-Jarai Z, Al Olama AA, Benlloch S, Muir K, Giles G, Wiklund F, Gronberg H, Haiman CA, Schleutker J, Nordestgaard BG, Travis RC, Neal D, Donovan J, Hamdy FC, Pashayan N, Khaw KT, Stanford JL, Blot WJ, Thibodeau S, Maier C, Kibel AS, Cybulski C, Cannon-Albright L, Brenner H, Park J, Kaneva R, Batra J, Teixeira MR, Pandha H, Consortium P & Zuccolo L. (2017). Alcohol consumption and prostate cancer incidence and progression: A Mendelian randomisation study. Int J Cancer 140, 75-85.

Harrowell I, Hollen L, Lingam R & Emond A. (2017). Mental health outcomes of developmental coordination disorder in late adolescence. Dev Med Child Neurol 59, 973-979.

Harrowell I, Hollen L, Lingam R & Emond A. (2017). The impact of developmental coordination disorder on educational achievement in secondary school. Res Dev Disabil 72, 13-22.

Dixon G, Lama-Lopez A, Bintcliffe OJ, Morley AJ, Hooper CE & Maskell NA. (2017). The role of serum procalcitonin in establishing the diagnosis and prognosis of pleural infection. Respir Res 18, 30.

Mew EJ, Padmanathan P, Konradsen F, Eddleston M, Chang SS, Phillips MR & Gunnell D. (2017). The global burden of fatal self-poisoning with pesticides 2006-15: Systematic review. J Affect Disord 219, 93-104.

Knipe DW, Padmanathan P, Muthuwatta L, Metcalfe C & Gunnell D. (2017). Regional variation in suicide rates in Sri Lanka between 1955 and 2011: a spatial and temporal analysis. BMC Public Health 17, 193

Cheng HY, Elbers RG, Higgins JP, Taylor A, MacArthur GJ, McGuinness L, Dawson S, Lopez-Lopez JA, Cowlishaw S, Hickman M & Kessler D. (2017). Therapeutic interventions for alcohol dependence in non-inpatient settings: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (protocol). Syst Rev 6, 77.

Brocklebank V, Johnson S, Sheerin TP, Marks SD, Gilbert RD, Tyerman K, Kinoshita M, Awan A, Kaur A, Webb N, Hegde S, Finlay E, Fitzpatrick M, Walsh PR, Wong EKS, Booth C, Kerecuk L, Salama AD, Almond M, Inward C, Goodship TH, Sheerin NS, Marchbank KJ & Kavanagh D. (2017). Factor H autoantibody is associated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in children in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Kidney Int 92, 1261-1271.

Wardle AJ, Connolly GM, Seager MJ & Tulloh RM. (2017). Corticosteroids for the treatment of Kawasaki disease in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 1, CD011188.

Waterhouse BR, Tulloh RMR, Kim Y, Creasy W, Adlam D & Johnson TW. (2017). Retrospective study of the impact of unrecognised Kawasaki disease, coronary aneurysm and ectasia. Int J Cardiol 248, 308-313.

Bluebelle Study Group, Reeves BC, …, Bera KD, …, Gould-Brown H, … (2017). A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 18, 401.

Macefield RC, Reeves BC, Milne TK, Nicholson A, Blencowe NS, Calvert M, Avery KN, Messenger DE, Bamford R, Pinkney TD & Blazeby JM. (2017). Development of a single, practical measure of surgical site infection (SSI) for patient report or observer completion. J Infect Prev 18, 170-179.

Dumville JC, Gray TA, Walter CJ, Sharp CA, Page T, Macefield R, Blencowe N, Milne TK, Reeves BC & Blazeby J. (2016). Dressings for the prevention of surgical site infection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev  12, CD003091.

Bullock N & Oltean S. (2017). The many faces of SRPK1. J Pathol  241, 437-440.

Bullock N, Potts J, Simpkin AJ, Koupparis A, Harper SJ, Oxley J & Oltean S. (2016). Serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1), a determinant of angiogenesis, is upregulated in prostate cancer and correlates with disease stage and invasion. J Clin Pathol  69, 171-175.

Padmanathan P & Rai D. (2016). Access and rational use of psychotropic medications in low- and middle-income countries. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci  25, 4-8.

Hellmich C, Durant C, Jones MW, Timpson NJ, Bartsch U & Corbin LJ. (2015). Genetics, sleep and memory: a recall-by-genotype study of ZNF804A variants and sleep neurophysiology. BMC Med Genet  16, 96.

Pyne Y & Ben-Shlomo Y. (2015). Older doctors and progression through specialty training in the UK: a cohort analysis of General Medical Council data. BMJ open  5, e005658.

Walkden G, Millwood S & Cavanagh A. (2015). Improving access to clinical guidance: redevelopment of a junior doctor intranet page. BMJ Qual Improv Rep  4.

Ryan N, Walkden G, Lazic D & Tierney P. (2015). Collision tumors of the thyroid: A case report and review of the literature. Head Neck  37, E125-129.

von Vopelius-Feldt J, Coulter A & Benger J. (2015). The impact of a pre-hospital critical care team on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 96, 290-295.

Gatter M, Dixon G, Wall J & Mew E. (2015). Changing an ingrained culture: Improving the safety of oxygen therapy at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. BMJ Qual Improv Rep 4.

Dixon G, de Fonseka D & Maskell N. (2015). Pleural controversies: image guided biopsy vs. thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions? J Thorac Dis 7, 1041-1051.

Carter N & Horner P. (2015). Treatment regimens in non-gonococcal urethritis. Sex Transm Infect 91, 244.

Ahmed N, Frontera A, Carpenter A, Cataldo S, Connolly GM, Fasiolo M, Cripps T, Thomas G, Diab I & Duncan ER. (2015). Clinical Predictors of Pacemaker Implantation in Patients with Syncope Receiving Implantable Loop Recorder with or without ECG Conduction Abnormalities. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 38, 934-941.

Taylor PN, Iqbal A, Minassian C, Sayers A, Draman MS, Greenwood R, Hamilton W, Okosieme O, Panicker V, Thomas SL & Dayan C. (2014). Falling threshold for treatment of borderline elevated thyrotropin levels-balancing benefits and risks: evidence from a large community-based study. JAMA Intern Med 174, 32-39.

Humphreys JS, Gringras P, Blair PS, Scott N, Henderson J, Fleming PJ & Emond AM. (2014). Sleep patterns in children with autistic spectrum disorders: a prospective cohort study. Arch Dis Child 99, 114-118.

Datta S, Horwood J, Hickman M & Sharp D. (2014). Case-finding for hepatitis C in primary care: a mixed-methods service evaluation. Br J Gen Pract 64, e67-74.

Bolea-Alamanac BM, Green A, Verma G, Maxwell P & Davies SJ. (2014). Methylphenidate use in pregnancy and lactation: a systematic review of evidence. Br J Clin Pharmacol 77, 96-101.

Smith HK, Wylde V, Lingard EA, Blom A, Metcalfe C & Ben-Shlomo Y. (2013). The effect of pain after total knee arthroplasty on the contralateral, nonreplaced knee. J Bone Joint Surg Am 95, 315-322.

Skapinakis P, Rai D, Anagnostopoulos F, Harrison S, Araya R & Lewis G. (2013). Sleep disturbances and depressive symptoms: an investigation of their longitudinal association in a representative sample of the UK general population. Psychol Med 43, 329-339.

Scott N, Blair PS, Emond AM, Fleming PJ, Humphreys JS, Henderson J & Gringras P. (2013). Sleep patterns in children with ADHD: a population-based cohort study from birth to 11 years. J Sleep Res 22, 121-128.

Roberts E, Bourne R & Basden S. (2013). The representation of mental illness in bermudian print media, 1991-2011. Psychiatr Serv 64, 388-391.

Lopez Bernal JA, Upton MN, Henderson AJ, Dedman D, McCarthy A, Davey Smith G & Ben-Shlomo Y. (2013). Lower respiratory tract infection in the first year of life is associated with worse lung function in adult life: prospective results from the Barry Caerphilly Growth study. Ann Epidemiol 23, 422-427.

Holme AR, Blair PS & Emond AM. (2013). Psychosocial and educational outcomes of weight faltering in infancy in ALSPAC. BMJ Open 3.

Grewal K, Hamilton W & Sharp D. (2013). Ovarian cancer prediction: development of a scoring system for primary care. BJOG 120, 1016-1019.

Green A, Kaul A, O'Shea J, Sharma E, Bennett L, Mullings EL, Munafo MR, Nutt DJ, Melichar JK & Donaldson LF. (2013). Opiate agonists and antagonists modulate taste perception in opiate-maintained and recently detoxified subjects. J Psychopharmacol 27, 265-275.

Foster RR, Armstrong L, Baker S, Wong DW, Wylie EC, Ramnath R, Jenkins R, Singh A, Steadman R, Welsh GI, Mathieson PW & Satchell SC. (2013). Glycosaminoglycan regulation by VEGFA and VEGFC of the glomerular microvascular endothelial cell glycocalyx in vitro. Am J Pathol 183, 604-616.

Ward JA, Potter S, Blazeby JM & Committee BSS. (2012). The BREAST-Q: further validation in independent clinical samples. Plast Reconstr Surg 130, 616e-618e; author reply 618e.

Ward JA, Potter S & Blazeby JM. (2012). Outcome reporting for reconstructive breast surgery: the need for consensus, consistency and core outcome sets. Eur J Surg Oncol 38, 1020-1021.

Taylor A, Stapley S & Hamilton W. (2012). Jaundice in primary care: a cohort study of adults aged >45 years using electronic medical records. Fam Pract 29, 416-420.

Creavin ST, Gallacher J, Pickering J, Fehily A, Fish M, Ebrahim S, Bayer A & Ben-Shlomo Y. (2012). High caloric intake, poor cognition and dementia: the Caerphilly Prospective Study. Eur J Epidemiol 27, 197-203.

Creavin ST, Gallacher J, Bayer A, Fish M, Ebrahim S & Ben-Shlomo Y. (2012). Metabolic syndrome, diabetes, poor cognition, and dementia in the Caerphilly prospective study. J Alzheimers Dis 28, 931-939.

Blencowe NS, McNair AG, Davis CR, Brookes ST & Blazeby JM. (2012). Standards of outcome reporting in surgical oncology: a case study in esophageal cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 19, 4012-4018.

Blair PS, Humphreys JS, Gringras P, Taheri S, Scott N, Emond A, Henderson J & Fleming PJ. (2012). Childhood sleep duration and associated demographic characteristics in an English cohort. Sleep 35, 353-360.

Rogers P, Ward L, Salisbury C & Purdy S. (2011). Does a general practitioner support unit reduce admissions following medical referrals from general practitioners? Qual Prim Care 19, 23-33.

Ngai LY, Stocks N, Sparrow JM, Patel R, Rumley A, Lowe G, Smith GD & Ben-Shlomo Y. (2011). The prevalence and analysis of risk factors for age-related macular degeneration: 18-year follow-up data from the Speedwell eye study, United Kingdom. Eye (Lond) 25, 784-793.

Juttner K, McKenzie L, Razzak N, Zehyle E, Belliere M, Anderson D & Tulloh R. (2011). Cardiac hydatid disease in the third world. BMJ Case Rep 2011.

Foster NE, Williams B, Grove S, Gamlin J & Salisbury C. (2011). The evidence for and against 'PhysioDirect' telephone assessment and advice services. Physiotherapy 97, 78-82.

Cates MJ, Steed PW, Abdala AP, Langton PD & Paton JF. (2011). Elevated vertebrobasilar artery resistance in neonatal spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 111, 149-156.

Salisbury C, Wallace M & Montgomery AA. (2010). Patients' experience and satisfaction in primary care: secondary analysis using multilevel modelling. BMJ 341, c5004.

McNair AG, Brookes ST, Davis CR, Argyropoulos M & Blazeby JM. (2010). Communicating the results of randomized clinical trials: do patients understand multidimensional patient-reported outcomes? J Clin Oncol 28, 738-743.

Davis CR, McNair AG, Brigic A, Clarke MG, Brookes ST, Thomas MG & Blazeby JM. (2010). Optimising methods for communicating survival data to patients undergoing cancer surgery. Eur J Cancer 46, 3192-3199.

Pickering AE, Thornton SR, Love-Jones SJ, Steeds C & Patel NK. (2009). Analgesia in conjunction with normalisation of thermal sensation following deep brain stimulation for central post-stroke pain. Pain 147, 299-304.

Howorth PW, Thornton SR, O'Brien V, Smith WD, Nikiforova N, Teschemacher AG & Pickering AE. (2009). Retrograde viral vector-mediated inhibition of pontospinal noradrenergic neurons causes hyperalgesia in rats. J Neurosci 29, 12855-12864.

Hay AD & Juttner KV. (2009). Antibiotics for acute cough in primary care. BMJ 338, b834.

Bibby AC, Farrell A, Cummins M & Erlewyn-Lajeunesse M. (2008). Is MMR immunisation safe in chronic Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura? Arch Dis Child 93, 354-355.