[HTML][HTML] The impact of eHealth on the quality and safety of health care: a systematic overview

…, B McKinstry, R Procter, A Majeed, A Sheikh - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background There is considerable international interest in exploiting the potential of digital
solutions to enhance the quality and safety of health care. Implementations of transformative …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Delta VOC in Scotland: demographics, risk of hospital admission, and vaccine effectiveness

A Sheikh, J McMenamin, B Taylor, C Robertson - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
On May 19, 2021, the Delta Variant of Concern (VOC), formerly known as the Indian VOC or
B 1.617. 2, became the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in Scotland. The Alpha VOC (…

Predicting cardiovascular risk in England and Wales: prospective derivation and validation of QRISK2

…, Y Vinogradova, J Robson, R Minhas, A Sheikh… - Bmj, 2008 - bmj.com
Objective To develop and validate version two of the QRISK cardiovascular disease risk
algorithm (QRISK2) to provide accurate estimates of cardiovascular risk in patients from different …

[HTML][HTML] Interim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study

…, R Wood, M Woolhouse, C Robertson, A Sheikh - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The BNT162b2 mRNA (Pfizer–BioNTech) and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford–AstraZeneca)
COVID-19 vaccines have shown high efficacy against disease in phase 3 clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Neurological complications after first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 infection

…, J Doidge, DA Harrison, R Ravanan, A Sheikh… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Emerging reports of rare neurological complications associated with COVID-19 infection and
vaccinations are leading to regulatory, clinical and public health concerns. We undertook a …

Global Initiative for Asthma Strategy 2021: executive summary and rationale for key changes

…, J Lin, K Mortimer, PM Pitrez, A Sheikh… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Strategy Report provides clinicians with an annually
updated evidence-based strategy for asthma management and prevention, which can be …

[HTML][HTML] Risks of myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection

…, CAC Coupland, KM Channon, NL Mills, A Sheikh… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Although myocarditis and pericarditis were not observed as adverse events in coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine trials, there have been numerous reports of suspected …

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision

…, P Schmid-Grendelmeier, A Sheikh… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Allergic rhinitis (AR) affects 10% to 40% of the population. It reduces quality of
life and school and work performance and is a frequent reason for office visits in general …

Illness trajectories and palliative care

SA Murray, M Kendall, K Boyd, A Sheikh - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Methods We searched our own database of papers, conducted a Medline search, and
approached experts for additional published references (further details available from SAM). We …

Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C …

…, MG Pritchard, CD Russell, CA Shaw, A Sheikh… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To develop and validate a pragmatic risk score to predict mortality in patients admitted
to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19). Design Prospective observational …