Samantha Marie Mearns

A prospective, randomized comparison of interpleural and paravertebral analgesia in thoracic surgery.

Influence of heparin thromboprophylaxis on plasma leucocyte elastase levels following lobectomy for lung carcinoma.

Self-expanding tracheobronchial stents in the management of major airway problems.

Induction of senescent cell-derived inhibitor of DNA synthesis gene, SDI1, in hepatoblastoma (HepG2) cells arrested in the G2-phase of the cell cycle by 9-nitrocamptothecin.

Traumatic rupture of diaphragm.

Effect of hepatocyte proliferation and cellular DNA synthesis on hepatitis B virus replication.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy... but members of the public make up their own minds about risks.

Results of surgical treatment of stage I and II lung cancer.

Tumor embolism to LAD during pneumonectomy. A case report.

Stenting in malignant obstruction of superior vena cava.

Results of surgical treatment of oesophageal cancer.

Chest wall resection and reconstruction.

Carcinoid tumour of the lung.

Surgical treatment of primary malignant chest wall tumours.

Continuous paravertebral block for post thoracotomy analgesia in children.

Negative mood regulation expectancies predict anger among police officers and buffer the effects of job stress.

Risk perceptions of offshore workers on UK oil and gas platforms.

Pleural bupivacaine placement for optimal postthoracotomy pulmonary function: a prospective, randomized study.

Meconium ileus secondary to cystic fibrosis. The East London experience.

The changing nature of conflict and famine vulnerability: the case of livestock raiding in Turkana District, Kenya.

Case study of the effects of atmospheric aerosols and regional haze on agriculture: an opportunity to enhance crop yields in China through emission controls?

A prospective, randomized comparison of preoperative and continuous balanced epidural or paravertebral bupivacaine on post-thoracotomy pain, pulmonary function and stress responses.

Extrapleural intercostal nerve block.

Coping-related expectancies and dispositions as prospective predictors of coping responses and symptoms.

Climate extremes: observations, modeling, and impacts.

A rapid-format antibody card test for diagnosis of onchocerciasis.

Necrotising fasciitis of the breast.

Waving not drowning.

Benchmarking safety climate in hazardous environments: a longitudinal, interorganizational approach.

Monozygotic and dizygotic twins' retrospective and current bereavement-related behaviors: an evolutionary perspective.

A talisman to ward off the bad anaesthetics.

Midwifes putting the pressure on...?

A response to 'Learning to apply effective cricoid pressure using a part task trainer', Owen H et al., Anaesthesia 2002; 57: 1098-101.

The impact of loss on adolescents: developing appropriate support.

The ion gating effect: using a change in flexibility to allow label free electrochemical detection of DNA hybridisation.

Protein electrochemistry using aligned carbon nanotube arrays.

Anesthetic management of the complications of previously undiagnosed ingested foreign body in a pediatric patient.

MMP-10 is overexpressed, proteolytically active, and a potential target for therapeutic intervention in human lung carcinomas.

Transglutaminase activity is present in highly purified nonsynaptosomal mouse brain and liver mitochondria.

The importance of land-cover change in simulating future climates.

The significance of dilution in evaluating possible impacts of wastewater discharges from large cruise ships.

Sustained augmentation of cardiac alpha1A-adrenergic drive results in pathological remodeling with contractile dysfunction, progressive fibrosis and reactivation of matricellular protein genes.

Measuring safety climate in health care.

Urethral catheterisation under direct vision using a flexible cystoscope and guide wire.

Using human error theory to explore the supply of non-prescription medicines from community pharmacies.

Safety in shipping: the human element.

Explicit and implicit trust within safety culture.

Delayed goblet cell hyperplasia, acetylcholine receptor expression, and worm expulsion in SMC-specific IL-4Ralpha-deficient mice.

Facets of job effort in bus driver health: deconstructing "effort" in the effort-reward imbalance model.

Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit.

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli as a perennial cause of abortion in a closed flock of Suffolk ewes.

Membrane type matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) show differential expression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared to normal lung: correlation of MMP-14 mRNA expression and proteolytic activity.

'Flying scapula' in cattle.

Patient safety: helping medical students understand error in healthcare.

Rickets in sheep flocks in northern England.

Interleukin-4-promoted T helper 2 responses enhance Nippostrongylus brasiliensis-induced pulmonary pathology.

Developing a team performance framework for the intensive care unit.

Transglutaminases and disease: lessons from genetically engineered mouse models and inherited disorders.

Lipid lowering: education is key.

Learning from the 'stork nurse'.

The CVD paradox: mortality vs prevalence.

Year 1 medical undergraduates' knowledge of and attitudes to medical error.

Scotland forges ahead with new education agenda.

Strategies for monitoring and managing mass populations of toxic cyanobacteria in recreational waters: a multi-interdisciplinary approach.

Global collaboration needed for AF.

Microclimate and human factors in the divergent ecology of Aedes aegypti along the Arizona, U.S./Sonora, MX border.

Highlight dementia risk to reduce CVD.

Intervention: More MACE with zotarolimus-eluting stents than with sirolimus-eluting stents.

Cerebral embolisms after TAVI.

Thrombosis: a new scoring system for simple risk prediction in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism.

Investment in workforce health: exploring the implications for workforce safety climate and commitment.

Are you a regular passive smoker?

Acute coronary syndromes: New blood tests improve risk assessment and early diagnosis of AMI.

Cardiac device implantation risks.

IL-4Rα-responsive smooth muscle cells contribute to initiation of TH2 immunity and pulmonary pathology in Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infections.

Interventional cardiology: Promising improvements in DES technology.

Population trends in MI explored.

New test for long QT syndrome.

Raised blood-pressure measurements are under-recognized in children.

Wearable cardioverter–defibrillators in the spotlight.

Should sinus rhythm be restored in patients with AF and HF?

Arrhythmias: Changes to recommendations for stroke prevention in AF.

Is it time to consider ethnicity in treatment guidelines?

A structured course teaching junior doctors invasive medical procedures results in sustained improvements in self-reported confidence.

Valvular disease: TAVI shown to be effective and durable.

Coronary artery disease: Diagnostic blood test validated.

Acute coronary syndromes: CMR characterization of RV ischemic injury in patients with acute STEMI.

Hypertension: Is renal denervation a cure for drug-resistant disease?

Heart failure: Smart-AV attempts to optimize CRT.

Pharmacogenetics: Ticagrelor superior to clopidogrel in individuals predicted to be clopidogrel responders.

Mediastinal tuberculosis in Bradford, United Kingdom: the role of mediastinoscopy.

Biomarkers: Even low cTnT levels are indicative of structural heart disease and might be useful in screening.

Pharmacotherapy: Statins are safe in NAFLD.

Generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation and major depressive disorder: the role of previous depressive episodes and comorbid mental disorders.

Targeting levels and functions of blood lipids in the prevention of CVD.

Interventional cardiology. Potential benefit of adding cilostazol to antiplatelet therapy after DES implantation.

Risk factors: little need to incorporate obesity measures in calculations of cardiovascular disease risk.

Cardiac resuscitation: short training videos for hands-only CPR improve bystander responses in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios.

Hypertension: new meta-analysis shows no cancer risk with angiotensin-receptor blockers.

Vascular disease. High plasma renin activity linked to increased risk of death.

Interventional cardiology: TAVI-transcatheter approach choice does not affect cerebral embolisms.

Coronary artery disease: Ischemia and treatment choice.

Pragmatic critical realism: could this methodological approach expand our understanding of employment relations?

Using the Job Demands-Resources model to investigate risk perception, safety climate and job satisfaction in safety critical organizations.

Prevention: CV risk assessment and education in community pharmacies work!

Pharmacotherapy: NSTE ACS--benefit of concomitant eptifibatide and clopidogrel use before angiography?

Device therapy: CRT-D--why women benefit more.

Surgery: CABG-associated stroke explored.

An unusual cause of bilateral deep vein thrombosis in a young adult patient.

Providing better care for patients with complex needs in acute medicine.

Developing occupational therapy best practice guidelines for acute medical services.

Antithrombotic therapy. Lancelot results published.

Therapy: antisense inhibitor of apo B has potent lipoprotein effects.

Venous thromboembolism: optimal therapy duration assessed.

Benzimidazole resistance in Nematodirus battus.

Hospital survey on patient safety culture: psychometric analysis on a Scottish sample.

Antiplatelet therapy: terutroban does not out-PERFORM aspirin in secondary prevention.

Team situation awareness and the anticipation of patient progress during ICU rounds.

Venous thromboembolism: outpatient care is noninferior to inpatient care for low-risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Time for a rethink of vitamin B12 injections?

Heart failure: Nesiritide safe but provides little benefit over existing therapies in acute decompensated heart failure.

Gene therapy: Can CUPID rescue the broken hearted?

Acute coronary syndromes: APPRAISE-2 results published.

Hypertension: Baroreflex activation therapy lowers BP.

Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in livestock abortion material using PCR.

Heart failure: SHIFT shows reversal of left ventricular remodeling with ivabradine.

Atrial fibrillation: ARISTOTLE reveals superiority of apixaban over warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Acute coronary syndromes: Lackluster RUBY is received with some disappointment.

Risk factors: Registry study shows link between high testosterone and reduced CV risk.

Retrospective analysis of DATIX dispensing error reports from Scottish NHS hospitals.

Social and moral norm differences among Portuguese 1st and 6th year medical students towards their intention to comply with hand hygiene.

Pharmacotherapy: Beneficial effects of evacetrapib.

Atherosclerosis: Coronary effects of intensive statins.

Acute coronary syndromes: Rivaroxaban reduces serious CV events without increasing fatal bleeding in patients with a recent ACS.

Atrial fibrillation: Dronedarone not suitable for patients with permanent AF.

Atrial fibrillation: Colchicine lowers postoperative AF risk.

Interventional cardiology: Transradial access less risky than transfemoral access in PCI.

Valvular disease: the MitraClip in high-risk patients.

Laboratory diagnosis of Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma abortion in cattle.

Hypertension: Risk of gout differs according to type of antihypertensive drug used.

Risk factors: Low overall risk of cardiac arrest during marathons.

Coronary artery disease: Y chromosome link to CAD risk.

Dealing with aggressive methadone patients in community pharmacy: a critical incident study.

Cardiomyopathies: Mutations in a big gene are linked to a big heart.

Hypertension. Impact of having 'Prehypertension'.

Coronary artery disease. Stents should not precede optimal medical therapy in stable CAD.

Stem cells: FOCUSing on outcomes in chronic ischemic heart failure.

Antiplatelet therapy: Vorapaxar beneficial in setting of prior MI, but not in patients who have experienced a stroke.

Hypertension. Tackling challenges in the diagnosis and management of hypertension in 2012.

The effect of risk perception on public preferences and willingness to pay for reductions in the health risks posed by toxic cyanobacterial blooms.

Preliminary reliability and validity of the Spanish Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation Scale.

Heart failure: EMPHASIS-HF links eplerenone with reduced risk of new-onset AF.

Description of a Coxiella burnetii abortion outbreak in a dairy goat herd, and associated serology, PCR and genotyping results.

Risk factors: Is measurement of change in cIMT useful?

Anticoagulation therapies: Warfarin vs aspirin in HF.

Coronary artery disease: Consider Kawasaki disease when assessing myocardial ischemia.

Imaging: Same quality, less radiation exposure.

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum following normal labour.

Venous thromboembolism: Efficacy and safety of daily aspirin.

Cryptospordium baileyi in wild red grouse with 'bulgy eye'.

Multiprofessional education: improving care for acutely ill children.

Coronary artery disease: the 6-min walk test is useful for assessing prognosis in stable, ambulatory patients.

Composite faecal egg count reduction test to detect resistance to triclabendazole in Fasciola hepatica.

Valvular disease: Does early surgery 'EASE' IE outcomes?

Atrial fibrillation: Electrophysiologists eagerly await independent CONFIRMation of improved method for ablation.

Statins and risk of diabetes mellitus.

Trial of VADs in children with HF.

Phase II PARAMOUNT trial of LCZ696.

Comparison of prasugrel and clopidogrel in the setting of ACS without revascularization.

CLARIFYing the differences between men and women with stable CAD.

Surgery: Should EuroSCORE II be simplified?

Risk factors for nonsuicidal self-injury in Japanese college students: The moderating role of mood regulation expectancies.

New NHS Constitution could cause conflict with professional guidance on patient confidentiality and the Mental Capacity Act.

Dyslipidemia: Phase III trial of mipomersen in heterozygous FH.

Risk factors: Long-term effects of air pollution.

MRA use in patients with HFrEF.

ACE inhibitors and ARBs in HFpEF.

Nippostrongylus-induced intestinal hypercontractility requires IL-4 receptor alpha-responsiveness by T cells in mice.

Extended apixaban use for VTE.

The impact of patient aggression on community pharmacists: a critical incident study.

Arrhythmias: Benefits of yoga in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Valvular disease: Lipoprotein(a) link to calcification.

Arrhythmias: β-blockade in patients with HF and AF.

Heart failure: the end of the road for darbepoetin alfa in heart failure?

Risk factors. One less excuse for not quitting smoking.

Arrhythmias. Searching for a simple way to STOP AF.

The effect of proximity, Tall Man lettering, and time pressure on accurate visual perception of drug names.

Patient safety climate and worker safety behaviours in acute hospitals in Scotland.

Device therapy: ADVANCEs in ICD programming.

Public health: cost-effectiveness of various strategies for preventing RHD.

Diabetes: Look AHEAD published: weight loss not linked to fewer cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Hypertension: Further EnligHTNment on renal sympathetic denervation.

Diabetes: Look AHEAD published: weight loss not linked to fewer cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Effectiveness and potential ecological effects of offshore surface dispersant use during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: a retrospective analysis of monitoring data.

Louping ill virus genome sequence derived from the spinal cord of an infected lamb.

Prevention: BNP screening and collaborative care can help to prevent heart failure.

Heart failure: Air pollution linked with heart-failure-related hospitalization and mortality.

Interventional cardiology: Platelet reactivity after stenting.

Dyslipidaemia: Role of remnant cholesterol in IHD.

Interventional cardiology: Does preventive PCI reduce the risk of adverse events in patients with acute STEMI?