Acquired hemophilia A in the United Kingdom: a 2-year national surveillance study by the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors' Organisation

PW Collins, S Hirsch, TP Baglin, G Dolan, J Hanley… - Blood, 2007 - ashpublications.org
Acquired hemophilia A is a severe bleeding disorder caused by an autoantibody to factor
VIII. Previous reports have focused on referral center patients and it is unclear whether these …

Cardiovascular sequelae of toxaemia of pregnancy.

P Hannaford, S Ferry, S Hirsch - Heart, 1997 - heart.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the rate of cardiovascular disease is different among
parous women with a general practitioner reported history of toxaemia of pregnancy than …

Oral contraceptives and rheumatoid arthritis: new data from the Royal College of General Practitioners' oral contraception study.

PC Hannaford, CR Kay, S Hirsch - Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 1990 - ard.bmj.com
From data available at April 1987 it was found that the standardised risk ratio for rheumatoid
arthritis between current users of oral contraceptives and never users was 0.82 (95% …

The effect of induced abortion on subsequent fertility

…, PC Hannaford, CR Kay, S Hirsch - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the effect of induced abortion on subsequent fertility. Design 1.
Prospective cohort study of women who had an unplanned pregnancy at recruitment. 2. …

The effect of induced abortion on subsequent pregnancy outcome

…, PC HANNAFORD, CR KAY, S HIRSCH - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Objective— To investigate the effect of induced abortion on the outcome of the next pregnancy.
Design— Long‐term prospective controlled cohort study. Setting— Joint Royal College …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a questionnaire weighted scoring system to target diagnostic examinations for asthma in adults: a modelling study

S Hirsch, TL Frank, JL Shapiro, ML Hazell, PI Frank - BMC Family Practice, 2004 - Springer
Background Identification and treatment of unrecognised asthmatics in the community is
important for improving the health of the individual and minimising cost and quality of life burden…

Using a neural network to screen a population for asthma

S Hirsch, JL Shapiro, MA Turega, TL Frank… - Annals of …, 2001 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To use a neural network to rank a population according to individual likelihood
of asthma based on their responses to a respiratory questionnaire. METHODS: A final …

Temporal change in the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and obstructive airways disease 1993–2001

…, PD Wicks, ML Hazell, MF Linehan, S Hirsch… - British Journal of …, 2005 - bjgp.org
Background There has been little available information regarding secular changes in the
prevalence of respiratory symptoms since the mid-1990s. Aim To examine changes in the …

Assessment of the practicality and safety of thrombolysis with anistreplase given by general practitioners.

P Hannaford, R Vincent, S Ferry, S Hirsch… - British Journal of General …, 1995 - bjgp.org
BACKGROUND--Recent guidelines recommend that patients with obvious acute myocardial
infarction receive thrombolysis, unless contraindicated, within 60-90 minutes of summoning …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of adults with symptoms suggestive of obstructive airways disease: validation of a postal respiratory questionnaire

…, ML Hazell, PC Hannaford, RR McNamee, S Hirsch… - BMC Family …, 2003 - Springer
Background Two simples scoring systems for a self-completed postal respiratory questionnaire
were developed to identify adults who may have obstructive airways disease. The …