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Evidence of improving prognosis in heart failure : Trends in case fatality in 66 547 patients hospitalized between 1986 and 1995 by MACINTYRE, K, CAPEWELL, S, STEWART, S, CHALMERS, J. W. T, BOYD, J, FINLAYSON, A, REDPATH, A, PELL, J. P, MCMURRAY, J. J. V

“…Contemporary survival in unselected patients with heart failure and the population impact of newer therapies have not been widely studied. Therefore, we have…”
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Short-term and long-term outcomes in 133 429 emergency patients admitted with angina or myocardial infarction in Scotland, 1990–2000: population-based cohort study by Capewell, S, Murphy, N F, MacIntyre, K, Frame, S, Stewart, S, Chalmers, J W T, Boyd, J, Finlayson, A, Redpath, A, McMurray, J J V

“…Objective: To analyse short- and long-term outcomes and prognostic factors in a large population-based cohort of unselected patients with a first emergency…”
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Ethnic variation in maternity care: a comparison of Polish and Scottish women delivering in Scotland 2004–2009 by Gorman, D.R, Katikireddi, S.V, Morris, C, Chalmers, J.W.T, Sim, J, Szamotulska, K, Mierzejewska, E, Hughes, R.G

“…Abstract Objectives Birth outcomes in migrants vary, but the relative explanatory influence of obstetric practice in origin and destination countries has been…”
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An outbreak of viral gastroenteritis associated with adequately prepared oysters by Chalmers, J. W. T., McMillan, J. H.

“…Over Christmas 1993, an outbreak of food poisoning occurred among guests in a hotel in South West Scotland. Evidence from a cohort study strongly suggested…”
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Time trends in survival and readmission following coronary artery bypass grafting in Scotland, 1981-96: retrospective observational study by Pell, J P, MacIntyre, K, Walsh, D, Capewell, S, McMurray, J J V, Chalmers, J W T, Boyd, J H, Finlayson, A R, Stewart, S, Redpath, A D

“…The study cohort comprised 25 229 coronary artery bypass operations; 19 687 (78%) were performed in men and 5542 (22%) in women. The number of operations…”
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Estimating the impact of stroke unit care in a whole population: an epidemiological study using routine data by Langhorne, Peter, Lewsey, James D, Jhund, Pardeep S, Gillies, Michelle, Chalmers, Jim W T, Redpath, Adam, Briggs, Andrew, Walters, Matthew, Capewell, Simon, McMurray, John J V, MacIntyre, Kate

“…Background and purposeRandomised trials indicate that organised inpatient (stroke unit) care has an important impact on patient outcomes with an absolute risk…”
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Routinely collected data in national and regional databases - an under-used resource by Bain, Marion R. S., Chalmers, James W. T., Brewster, David H.

“…Regional and national databases of routinely collected data contain large quantities of health information, usually covering whole populations and often…”
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Trends in case-fatality in 117 718 patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in Scotland by CAPEWELL, S, LIVINGSTON, B. M, MACLNTYRE, K, CHALMERS, J. W. T, BOYD, J, FINLAYSON, A, REDPATH, A, PELL, J. P, EVANS, C. J, MCMURRAY, J. J. V

“…To analyse short- and long-term case-fatality trends following admission to hospital with a first acute myocardial infarction, in men and women between 1986…”
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Risk of skin cancer after neonatal phototherapy: retrospective cohort study by Brewster, David H, Tucker, Janet S, Fleming, Michael, Morris, Carole, Stockton, Diane L, Lloyd, David J, Bhattacharya, Sohinee, Chalmers, James W T

“…Objective To assess the risk of skin cancer in persons treated with neonatal phototherapy (NNPT) for jaundice. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting…”
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An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in two herds in South West Scotland – veterinary and human public health response by Chalmers, James W. T., Jamieson, Alan F., Rafferty, Paul

“…Background Although the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in UK cattle has declined markedly, outbreaks still occur. There is often confusion as to how…”
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Positive predictive value of tests for breast disease by Chalmers, James W T, Breen, David

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Coping with your coronary heart disease target by Chalmers, J W, Waldron, G, Breen, D A

“…The Scottish targets for coronary heart disease are examined in detail from the point of view of a Health Board. It is suggested that even though the target…”
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Intelligence and personality characteristics of correspondence teachers by Chalmers, J. W

“…85 full-time teachers of correspondence courses were tested with the Otis S-A and the Minnesota T-S-E Inventory. In general, these teachers "appear to be much…”
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Ethnicity and first birth: age, smoking, delivery, gestation, weight and feeding: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study by Bansal, Narinder, Chalmers, James W T, Fischbacher, Colin M, Steiner, Markus F C, Bhopal, Raj S

“…We linked census and health service data sets to address the shortage of information comparing maternal characteristics and pregnancy outcomes by ethnic group…”
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Scottish data on intrapartum related deaths are in same direction as Welsh data by Chalmers, James W T, Shanks, Etta, Paterson, Samantha, McInneny, Kevin, Baird, David, Penney, Gillian

“…1 We have attempted to replicate their study, using records relating to births in Scotland during the same period (1993-5). Because of differences between…”
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Gender and survival: a population-based study of 201,114 men and women following a first acute myocardial infarction by MacIntyre, Kate, Stewart, Simon, Capewell, Simon, Chalmers, James W.T, Pell, Jill P, Boyd, James, Finlayson, Alan, Redpath, Adam, Gilmour, Harper, McMurray, John J.V

“…OBJECTIVES We tested the hypotheses that the effect of gender on short-term case fatality following a first admission for acute myocardial infarction (AMI)…”
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Audit of major gastrointestinal surgery in patients aged 80 years or over by Akoh, J A, Mathew, A M, Chalmers, J W, Finlayson, A, Auld, G D

“…The value of preoperative assessment in relation to outcome and long-term survival was studied in 171 octogenarians undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery…”
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Informed consent. Explicit consent is not needed for studies using medical records by Brewster, D H, Bain, M R, Chalmers, J W, Gould, A, Dewar, J A, George, W D

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The fate of some foreign proteins in the cat by Aitken, I D, Syme, A, Chalmers, J W

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Age, sex, and social trends in out-of-hospital cardiac deaths in Scotland 1986–95: a retrospective cohort study by Capewell, Simon, MacIntyre, Kate, Stewart, Simon, Chalmers, Jim WT, Boyd, James, Finlayson, Alan, Redpath, Adam, Pell, Jill P, McMurray, John JV

“…Most deaths from coronary heart disease occur out of hospital. Hospital patients face social, age, and sex inequalities. Our aim was to examine inequalities…”
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