Clinical Publications by J. M. Bland


Mather HM, Nisbet JA, Burton GH, Poston GJ, Bland JM, Bailey PA, Pilkington TRE. (1979) Hypomagnesaemia in diabetes. Clinica Chemica Acta 95, 235-242.

Falkowski W, Ben-Tovim DI, Bland JM. (1980) The assessment of the ego states. British Journal of Psychiatry 137, 572-573.

Pijnenborg R, Bland JM, Robertson WB, Dixon G, Brosens I. (1981) The pattern of interstitial trophoblastic invasion of the myometrium in early human pregnancy. Placenta 2, 303-315.

Luthra P, Bland JM, Stanton SL. (1982) Incidence of pregnancy after laparoscopy and hydrotubation. British Medical Journal 284,1013

Maxwell JD, Patel SP, Bland JM, Lindsell DRM, Wilson AG. (1983) Chest radiography compared to laboratory markers in the detection of alcoholic liver disease. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London 17, 220-223.

Pijnenborg R, Bland JM, Robertson WB, Brosens I. (1983) Uteroplacental arterial changes related to interstitial trophoblast migration in early human pregnancy. Placenta 4, 397-413.

Robson MH, France R, Bland JM. (1984) Clinical psychologist in primary care: controlled clinical and economic evaluation. British Medical Journal 288, 1805-8.

Dancy M, Gaitonde MK, Bland JM, Maxwell JD. (1985) Early left ventricular abnormalities in alcoholics are independent of nutritional status, cirrhosis and cigarette smoking. Lancet i, 1122-1125.

Maugdal DP, Ang L, Patel S, Bland JM, Maxwell JD. (1985) Nutritional assessment in patients with chronic gastro-intestinal symptoms: comparison of functional and organic disorders. Human Nutrition: Clinical Nutrition 39, 203-212.

Neild VS, Marsden RA, Bailes JA, Bland JM. (1986) Egg and milk exclusion diets in atopic asthma. British Journal of Dermatology 114, 117-123.

D'Arbela PG, Silayan ZM, Bland JM. (1986) Comparability of M-mode echocardiographic long axis and short axis left ventricular function derivatives. British Heart Journal 56, 445-9.

Shaunak S, Ang L, Colston K, Patel S, Bland JM, Maxwell JD. (1987) Muscle strength in healthy whites and asians: the relationship of quadriceps maximum voluntary contraction to age, sex, body build, and vitamin D. Clinical Science 73, 541-546.

Steel SA, Pearce JM, Nash G, Christopher B, Dormandy J, Bland JM. (1988) Maternal blood viscosity and uteroplacental blood flow velocity waveforms in normal and complicated pregnancies. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 95, 747-752

Gazet J-C, Markopoulos C, Ford HT, Coombes RC, Bland M, Dixon RC. (1988) Preliminary communication - Prospective trial of tamoxifen versus surgery in elderly patients with breast cancer. Lancet 679-80.

Davies MJ, Bland JM, Hangartner JRW, Angelini A, Thomas AC. (1989) Factors influencing the presence or absence of acute coronary artery thrombi in sudden ischaemic death. European Heart Journal 10, 203-208.

Hickish T, Colston K, Bland JM, Maxwell JD. (1989) Vitamin D deficiency and muscle strength in male alcoholics. Clinical Science 77, 171-176.

Steel SA, Pearce JM, Nash G, Christopher B, Dormandy J, Bland JM. (1989) Correlation between Doppler flow viscosity waveforms and cord blood viscosity. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 96, 1168-72.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Sweit M, Padfield P, O'Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. (1990) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special references to ambulatory systems. Journal of Hypertension 8, 607-619.

Matthewson K, Swain CP, Bland JM, Kirkham JS, Bown SG, Northfield TC. (1990) Randomized comparison of ND YAG laser, heater probe and no endoscope therapy for bleeding peptic ulcer. Gastroenterology 98, 1239-1244.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Sweit M, Padfield P, O'Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. (1991) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special references to ambulatory systems. Journal of Ambulatory Monitoring 4, 207-228. (Reprinted from the Journal of Hypertension.)

Steel SA, Pearce JM, Nash G, Christopher B, Dormandy J, Bland JM. (1991) Correlation entre les resultats de la velocimetrie Doppler avec analyse spectrale et la viscosite du sang du cordon. Revue Francaise de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique 86, 168-71.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Sweit M, Padfield P, O'Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. (1991) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special references to ambulatory systems. In O'Brien E, O'Malley K, eds., Blood pressure measurement Elsevier, Amsterdam. (Reprinted from the Journal of Hypertension.)

Curtis MJ, Bland JM, Ring PA. (1992) The Ring total knee replacement - a comparison of survivorship. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 85, 208-210.

Boyd O, Mackay CJ, Lamb G, Bland JM, Grounds RM, Bennett ED. (1993) Comparison of clinical information gained from routine blood-gas analysis and from gastric tonometry for intramural pH. Lancet 341, 142-146.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, Altman DG, Bland M, Coats A, Atkins N. (1993) An outline of the revised British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. Journal of Hypertension 11, 677-680.

Thomas PRS, Queraishy MS, Bowyer R, Scott RAP, Bland JM, Dormandy JA. (1993) Leucocyte count: a predictor of early femoropopliteal graft failure. Cardiovascular Surgery 1, 369-72.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, Altman DG, Bland M, Coats A, Atkins N. (1993) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. Journal of Hypertension 11 (suppl 2), 543-562.

Rostomily RC, Spence AM, Duong D, McCormick K, Bland M, Berger MS. (1994) Multimodality management of recurrent adult malignant gliomas: results of a phase II multiagent chemotherapy study and analysis of cytoreductive surgery. Neurosurgery 35, 378-88

Gazet J-C, Ford HT, Coombes RC, Bland JM, Sutcliffe R, Quilliam J, Lowndes S. (1994) Prospective randomized trial of tamoxifen vs surgery in elderly patients with breast cancer. Europan Journal of Surgical Oncology 20, 207-214.

Kiely PDW, Bland JM, Joseph AEA, Mortimer PS, Bourke BE. (1995) Upper limb lymphatic function in inflamatory arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology 22, 214-217.

Casey ATH, Crockard HA, Bland JM, Stevens J, Moskovich R, Ransford AO. (1996) Surgery on the rheumatoid cervical spine for the non-ambulant myelopathic patient --- too much, too late? Lancet 347, 1004-7.

Hussain ST, Smith RE, Wood RFM, Bland M. (1996) Observer variability in volumetric blood flow measurements in leg arteries using duplex ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 22, 287-91.

Marcus H, Bland JM, Rose G, Sitzer M, Siebler M. (1996) How good is inter-center agreement in the identification of embolic signals in carotid atery disease? Stroke 27, 1249-52.

Friedland JS, Porter JC, Daryanani S, Bland JM, Screaton NJ, Vesely MJJ, Griffin GE, Bennett ED, Remick DG. (1996) Plasma proinflammatory cytokine concentrations, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) III scores and survival in patients in an intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine 24, 1775-81.

Casey ATH, Crockard HA, Bland JM, Stevens J, Moskovich R, Ransford AO. (1996) Development of a functional scoring system for rheumatoid arthritis patients with cervical myelopathy. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 55, pp.901-906.

Casey ATH, Crockard HA, Bland JM, Stevens J, Moskovich R, Ransford A. (1996) Predictors of outcome in the quadriparetic nonambulatory myelopathic patient with rheumatoid-arthritis - a prospective study of 55 surgically treated Ranawat class IIIB patients. Journal of Neurosurgery 85, 574-581.

Petroni ML, Jazrawi RP, Lanzini A, Zuin M, Pazzi P, Fracchia M, Boga E, Facchinetti D, Alvisi V, Galatola G, Bland JM, Heaton KW, Podda M, Northfield TC. (1996) Repeated bile-acid therapy for the long-term management of cholesterol gallstones. Journal of Hepatology 25, 719-724

Kapembwa MS, Fleming SC, Orr M, Wells C, Bland M, Back D, Griffin GE. (1996) Impaired absorption of zidovudine in patients with aids-related small-intestinal disease. AIDS 10, 1509-14.

Markus H, Bland JM, Rose G, Sitzer M, Siebler M. (1996) How good is intercenter agreement in the identification of embolic signals in carotid artery disease? Stroke 27, 1249-1252.

Rhodes A, Boyd O, Bland JM, Grounds RM, Bennett ED. (1997) Routine blood-gas analysis and gastric tonometry: a reappraisal. Lancet 350, 413.

Walker RW, Rosson JR, Bland JM. (1997) Blood loss during primary total hip arthroplasty: use of preoperative measurements to predict the need for transfusion. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 79, 438-440.

Rodin DA, Bano G, Bland JM, Taylor K, Nussey SS. (1998) Polycystic ovaries and associated metabolic abnormalities in Indian subcontinent Asian women. Clinical Endocrinology 49, 91-99.

Gebhardt KS, Hookway J, Bland JM. (1998) Evaluating alternating pressure mattress overlays. Journal of Wound Care 7, 227-230.

Cutting CW, Hunt C, Nisbet JA, Bland JM, Dalgleish AG, Kirby RS. (1999) Serum insulin-like growth factor-1 is not a useful marker of prostate cancer. BJU International 83, 996-999.

Watson M, Rudd P, Bland M, Dwek RA, Axford JS. (1999) Sugar printing rheumatic diseases: a potential method for disease differentiation using immunoglobulin G oligosaccharides. Arthritis and Rheumatism 42, 1682-90.

Verma A, Jazrawi RP, Ahmed HA, Davis T, Bland JM, Benson M, Orchard RT, Theodossi A, Maxwell JD, Northfield T. (1999) Optimum dose of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 11, 1069-1076.

Pereira AC, Saunders DE, Doyle VL, Bland JM, Howe FA, Griffiths JR, Brown MM. (1999) Measurement of initial N-acetyl aspartate concentration by magnetic resonance spectroscopy and initial infarct volume by MRI predicts outcome in patients with middle cerebral artery territory infarction. Stroke30, 1577-1582.

Watson M, Rudd PM, Bland M, Dwek RA, Axford JS. (1999) Sugar printing rheumatic diseases - A potential method for disease differentiation using immunoglobulin G oligosaccharides. Arthritis and Rheumatism 42, 1682-1690.

Sheeran P, Bland J M, Hall G M. (2000) Intraocular pressure changes and alterations in intracranial pressure. Lancet355, 899.

Levy ML, Robb M, Allen J, Doherty C, Bland JM, Winter RJD. (2000) A randomized controlled evaluation of specialist nurse education following accident and emergency department attendance for acute asthma. Respiratory Medicine 94, 900-908.

Krampl K, Lees C, Bland JM, Espinoza Dorado J, Moscoso G, Campbell S. (2000) Fetal biometry at 4300m compared to sea level in Peru. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Medicine 16, 9-18.

Saggar-Malik AK, Afzal AR, Swissman JS, Bland M, Sagnella GA, Eastwood JB, MacGregor GA, Jeffrey S. (2000) Lack of association of ACE/angiotensinogen genotype with renal function in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Genetic Testing 4 299-303.

Chaliha C, Bland JM, Monga A, Stanton SL, Sultan AH. (2000) Pregnancy and delivery: a urodynamic viewpoint. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 107 1354-1359.

Nargund G, Waterstone J, Bland JM, Philips Z, Parsons J, Campbell S. (2001) Cumulative conception and live birth rates in natural (unstimulated) IVF cycles. Human Reproduction 16, 259-262.

Mavrides E, Holden D, Bland JM, Tekay A and Thilaganathan B. (2001) Intraobserver and interobserver variability of transabdominal Doppler velocimetry measurements of the fetal ductus venosum between 10 and 14 weeks of gestation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynaecol 17, 306-310.

Brown MM, Rogers J, Bland JM. (2001) Endovascular versus surgical treatment in patients with carotid stenosis in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty study (CAVATAS): a randomised trial. Lancet 357, 1729-37.

Valentin L, Sladkevicius P, Bland M. (2001) Intraobserver reproducibility of Doppler measurements of uterine artery blood flow velocity in premenopausal women. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 17, 431-433.

Krampl E, Lees C, Bland JM, Dorado JE, Moscoso G, Campbell S. (2001) Fetal Doppler velocimetry at high altitude. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 18, 329-334.

Prefumo F, Presti F, Mavrides E, Sanusi AF, Bland JM, Campbell S, Carvalho JS. (2001) Isolated echogenic foci in the fetal heart: do they increase the risk of trisomy 21 in a population previously screened by nuchal translucency? Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Medicine 18, 126-130.

Chaliha C, Sultan AH, Bland JM, Monga AK, Stanton SL. (2001) Anal function: Effect of pregnancy and delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 185, 427-432.

Krampl ER, Espinoza-Dorado J, Lees CC, Moscoso G, Bland JM, Campbell S. (2001) Maternal uterine artery Doppler studies at high altitude and sea level. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 18, 578-582.

Biswas S, Buffery J, Enoch H, Bland JM, Walters D, Markiewicz M. ( 2002) A longitudinal assessment of thyroid hormone concentrations in preterm infants younger than 30 weeks' gestation during the first 2 weeks of life and their relationship to outcome. Pediatrics 109, 222-227.

Dolin SJ, Cashman JN, Bland JM. (2002) Effectiveness of acute postoperative pain management: I. Evidence from published data. British Journal of Anaesthesia 89, 409-423.

Biswas, S, Buffery, J, Enoch, H, Bland, M, Markiewicz, M, Walters, D. (2003) Pulmonary effects of triiodothyronine (T-3) and hydrocortisone (HC) supplementation in preterm infants less than 30 weeks gestation: Results of the THORN trial - Thyroid hormone replacement in neonates. Pediatric Research 53, 48-56.

Axford JS, Cunnane G, Fitzgerald O, Bland JM, Bresnihan B, Frears ER. (2003) Rheumatic disease differentiation using immunoglobulin G sugar printing by high density electrophoresis. Journal of Rheumatology 30, 2540-2546.

Schwarzler P, Homfray T, Bernard JP, Bland JM, Ville Y. (2003) Late onset microcephaly: failure of prenatal diagnosis. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 22, 640-642.

Pool AJ, Whipp BJ, Skasick AJ, Alavi A, Bland JM, Axford JS. (2004) Serum cortisol reduction and abnormal prolactin and CD4(+)/CD8(+) T-cell response as a result of controlled exercise in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus despite unaltered muscle energetics. Rheumatology 43, 43-48.

Schwarzler P, Bland JM, Holden D, Campbell S, Ville Y. (2004) Sex-specific antenatal reference growth charts for uncomplicated singleton pregnancies at 15-40 weeks of gestation. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynaecology 23, 23-29.

Pomeroy VM, Chambers SH, Giakas G, Bland M. (2004) Reliability of measurement of tempo-spatial parameters of gait after stroke using GaitMat II. Clinical Rehabilitation 18, 222-227.

Motallebzadeh R, Kanagasabay R, Bland M, Kaski JC, Jahangiri M. (2004) 100 protein and its relation to cerebral microemboli in on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 25, 409-414.

Khare M, Sharland M, Manyonda I, Rice P, Bland JM, Griffiths P. (2004) Use of serial maternal urine cytomegalovirus PCR to detect primary CMV infection in seronegative pregnant women. Journal of Virological Methods 119, 31-35.

McCabe DJH, Pereira AC, Clifton A, Bland JM, Brown MM. (2005) Restenosis after carotid angioplasty, stenting, or endarterectomy in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) Stroke 36, 281-286.

Toff WD, Camm AJ, Skehan JD, for the UKPACE Trial Investigators. (2005) Single-chamber versus dual-chamber pacing for high-grade atrioventricular block. New England Journal of Medicine 353, 145-155.

Yap YG, Duong T, Bland M, Malik M, Torp-Pedersen C, Kober L, Connolly SJ, Marchant B, Camm J. (2005) Temporal trends on the risk of arrhythmic vs. non-arrhythmic deaths in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction: a combined analysis from multicentre trials European Heart Journal 26, 1385-1393.

Gribbin GM, Gallagher P, Young AH, McComb JM, McCue P, Toff WD, Bexton RS, Bland JM, Kenny RA. (2005) The effect of pacemaker mode on cognitive function. Heart 91, 1209-1210.

Yap YG, Duong T, Bland JM, Malik M, Torp-Pedersen C, Kober L, Connolly SJ, Marchant B, Camm AJ. (2005) Prognostic impact of demographic factors and clinical features on the mode of death in high-risk patients after myocardial infarction - A combined analysis from multicenter trials. Clinical Cardiology 28, 471-478.

Sevrukov AB, Bland JM, Kondos GT. (2005) Serial electron beam CT measurements of coronary artery calcium: Has your patient’s calcium score actually changed? American Journal of Roentgenology 185, 1546-1553.

Coulton S, Drummond C, James D, Godfrey C, Bland JM, Parrott S, Peters T., and the Stepwoce Research Team. (2006) Opportunistic screening for alcohol use disorders in primary care: comparative study. British Medical Journal, 332, 511-517.

Lund O and Bland M. (2006) Risk-corrected impact of mechanical versus bioprosthetic valves on long-term mortality after aortic valve replacement. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 132, 20-26.

Awadh AMA, Prefumo F, Bland JM, Carvalho JS. (2006) Assessment of the intraobserver variability in the measurement of fetal cardiothoracic ratio using ellipse and diameter methods. Ultrasound In Obstetrics & Gynecology 28, 53-56.

Motallebzadeh R, Bland JM, Markus HS, Kaski JC, Jahangiri M. (2006) Health-related quality of life outcome after on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective randomized study. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 82, 615–9.

Salter GC, Roman M, Bland JM, MacPherson H. (2006) Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 7, 99.

Motallebzadeh R, Bland JM, Markus HS, Kaski JC, Jahangiri M. (2007) Neurocognitive function and cerebral emboli: randomised study of on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 83, 475-82.

Yap YG, Duong T, Bland JM, Malik M, Torp-Pederson C, Kober L, Connolly SJ, Gallagher MM, Camm AJ. (2007) Prognostic value of blood pressure measured during hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction: an insight from survival trials. Journal of Hypertension 25, 307-313.

Walters D, Biswas S, Buffery J, Enoch H, Bland JM, Markiewicz M. (2007) Thyroid hormone dysfunction in the premature and outcome. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 20, 159-162.

Richards DA, Lovell K, Gilbody S, Gask L, Torgerson D, Barkham M, Bland M, Bower P, Lankshear AJ, Simpson A, Fletcher J, Escott D, Hennessy S, Richardson R. (2008) Collaborative care for depression in UK primary care: a randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine 38, 279-287.

Wilton E, Bland M, Thompson M, Jahangiri M. (2008) Matrix metalloproteinase expression in the ascending aorta and aortic valve. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 7, 37-41.

Reynolds JA, Bland JM, MacPherson H. (2008) Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome an exploratory randomised controlled trial. Acupuncture in Medicine 26, 8-16.

Yap YG, Duong T, Bland M, Malik M, Torp-Pedersen C, Kober L, Connolly SJ, Gallagher MM, Camm AJ. (2008) Potential demographic and baselines variables for risk stratification of high-risk post-myocardial infarction patients in the era of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator - A prognostic indicator. International Journal of Cardiology 126: 101-107

Coulton S, Watson J, Bland M, Drummond C, Kaner E, Godfrey C, Hassey A, Morton V, Parrott S, Phillips T, Raistrick D, Rumball D, Tober G. (2008) The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and stepped care interventions for older hazardous alcohol users in primary care (AESOPS) - A randomised control trial protocol. BMC Health Services Research 8, 129.

Day, A; Ayliffe, W; Bland, M. (2008) Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. Ophthalmology 115, 1847-1848.

Cheyne H, Hundley V, Dowding D, Bland JM, McNamee P, Greer I, Styles M, Barnett CA, Scotland G, Niven C. (2008) Effects of algorithm for diagnosis of active labour: cluster randomised trial. British Medical Journal 337, a2396.

Dumville JC, Worthy G, Bland JM, Cullum N, Dowson C, Iglesias C, Mitchell JL, Nelson EA, Soares MO, Torgerson DJ. (2009) Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II): randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 338, b773.

Soares MO, Iglesias CP, Bland JM, Cullum N, Dumville JC, Nelson EA, Torgerson DJ, Worthy G. (2009) Cost effectiveness analysis of larval therapy for leg ulcers. British Medical Journal 338, b825.

Al-Mulla F, Bland JM, Serratt D, Miller J, Chu C, Taylor GT. (2009) Age-dependent penetrance of different germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 62, 350–356.

O’Meara S, Tierney J, Cullum N, Bland JM, Franks PJ, Mole T, Scriven M. (2009) Four layer bandage compared with short stretch bandage for venous leg ulcers: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials with data from individual patients. British Medical Journal 338: b1344.

Cheyne H, Hundley V, Dowding D, Bland MJ, McNamee P, Greer I, Styles M, Barnett CA, Scotland G, Niven C. (2009) Effects of Algorithm for Diagnosis of Active Labor: Cluster Randomized Trial. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 64: 290-291.

Coulton S, Perryman K, Bland M, Cassidy P, Crawford M, Deluca P, Drummon C, Gilvarry E, Godfrey C, Heather N, Kaner E, Myles J, Newbury-Birch D, Oyefeso A, Parrott S, Phillips T, Shenker D, Shepherd J. (2009) Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: a randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Health Services Research 9: 114.

Kaner E, Bland M, Cassidy P, Coulton S, DeLuca P, Drummond C, Gilvarry E, Godfrey C, Heather N, Myles J, Newbury-Birch D, Oyefeso A, Parrott P, Perryman K, Phillips T, Shenker D, Shepherd J. (2009) Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 9:287doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-287.

Berridge JC, Warring-Davies K, Bland JM, Quinn AC. (2009) A new, minimally invasive technique for measuring cardiac index: clinical comparison of continuous cardiac dynamic monitoring and pulmonary artery catheter methods. Anaesthesia 64: 961-967.

Richards DA, Hughes-Morley A, Hayes RA, Araya R, Barkham M, Bland JM, Bower P, Cape J, Chew-Graham CA, Gask L, Gilbody S, Green C, Kessler D, Lewis G, Lovell K, Manning C, Pilling S. (2009) Collaborative Depression Trial (CADET): multi-centre randomised controlled trial of collaborative care for depression - study protocol. BMC Health Services Research 9: 188.

Dumville JC, Worthy G, Soares MO, Bland JM, Cullum N, Dowson C, Iglesias C, McCaughan D, Mitchell JL, Nelson EA, Torgerson DJ. (2009) VenUS II: a randomised controlled trial of larval therapy in the management of leg ulcers. Health Technology Assessment 13: No 55, 1-204.

Newbury-Birch D, Bland M, Cassidy P, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, Gilvarry E, Godfrey C, Heather N, Kaner E, Myles J, Oyefeso A, Parrott S, Perryman K, Phillips T, Shenker D, Shepherd J. (2009) Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in probation services: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 9 Article Number: 418.

Bernay F, Bland JM, Haggstrom J, Baduel L, Combes B, Lopez A, Kaltsatos V. (2010) Efficacy of spironolactone on survival in dogs with naturally occurring mitral regurgitation caused by myxomatous mitral valve disease. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 24, 331-341.

Biryukova E, Williams FM, Valencia O, Kaski JC, Bland M, Jahangiri M. (2010) Comparison of mid-term outcome in patients with three-vessel and/or left main disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 37: 905-911.

Dennis LA, Dumville JC, Cullum N, Bland JM. Value of a modified clinical signs and symptoms of infection checklist for leg ulcer management. British Journal of Surgery 2010; DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6950.

International Carotid Stenting Study investigators. Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2010; 375: 985–97.

Ngaage DL, Bland JM. Lessons from aprotinin: is the routine use and inconsistent dosing of tranexamic acid prudent? Meta-analysis of randomised and large matched observational studies. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2010; 37: 1375-1383.

MacPherson H, Bland M, Bloor K, Cox H, Geddes D, Kang'ombe A, Reynolds J, Stamuli E, Stuardi T, Tilbrook H, Torgerson D, Whorwell P. (2010) Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: A protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMC Gastroenterology 10: Article Number: 63.

Axford J, Butt A, Heron C, Hammond J, Morgan J, Alavi A, Bolton J, Bland M. Prevalence of anxiety and depression in osteoarthritis: use of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale as a screening tool. Clinical Rheumatology 2010; 29: 1277-1283.

Ariyaratnama P, Bland M, Loubania M. Risk factors and mortality associated with deep sternal wound infections following coronary bypass surgery with or without concomitant procedures in a UK population: a basis for a new risk model? Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2010; 11: 543-546.

Guo XH, Gallagher MM, Bland JM, Camm AJ. A distinctly bimodal distribution pattern in the RR interval histogram predicts early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion. International Journal of Cardiology 2010; 145: 244-245

Ekers D, Richards D, McMillan D, Bland JM, Gilbody S. Behavioural activation delivered by the non-specialist: phase II randomised controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry 2011; 198: 66-72.

Morice AH. Faruqi S, Wright CE, Thompson R, Bland, JM. Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome: A Distinct Clinical Entity. Lung 2011; 189: 73-79. DOI 10.1007/s00408-010-9272-1.

Watson JH, Kang’ombe AR, Soares MO, Chuang L-H, Worthy G, Bland JM, Iglesias C, Cullum N, Torgerson D, Nelson EA. Use of weekly, low dose, high frequency ultrasound for hard to heal venous leg ulcers: the VenUS III randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2011; 342: d1092.

Watson JH, Kang'ombe AR, Soares MO, Chuang L-H, Worthy G, Bland JM, Iglesias C, Cullum N, Torgerson D, Nelson EA. VenUS III: a randomised controlled trial of therapeutic ultrasound in the management of venous leg ulcers. Health Technology Assessment 2011; 15 (13).

Pighills AC, Torgerson DJ, Sheldon TA, Drummond AE, Bland JM. Environmental Assessment and Modification to Prevent Falls in Older People. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011; 59: 26-33.

Alavi A, Fraser O, Tarelli E, Bland M, Axford J. An open-label dosing study to evaluate the safety and effects of a dietary plant-derived polysaccharide supplement on the N-glycosylation status of serum glycoproteins in healthy subjects. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011; 65: 648-656.

Alavi A, Goodfellow L, Fraser O, Tarelli E, Bland M, Axford J. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to explore the efficacy of a dietary plant-derived polysaccharide supplement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology 2011; 50: 1111-1119.

Chuang LH, Soares MO, Watson JM, Bland JM, Cullum N, Iglesias C, Kang'ombe AR, Torgerson D, Nelson EA. Economic evaluation of a randomized controlled trial of ultrasound therapy for hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers. British Journal of Surgery 2011; 98: 1099-1106.

Oxberry SG, Torgerson DJ, Bland JM, Clark AL, Cleland JGF, Johnson MJ. Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Heart Failure 2011; 13: 1006-1012.

O'Meara SM, Bland JM, Dumville JC, Cullum, NA. A systematic review of the performance of instruments designed to measure the dimensions of pressure ulcers. Wound Repair and Regeneration 2012; 20: 263-276.

Oxberry SG, Bland JM, Clark AL, Cleland JGF, Johnson MJ. Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: Every little helps. American Heart Journal 2012; 164: 229-235.

Dean ME, Karsandas R, Bland JM, Gooch D, MacPherson H. Homeopathy for mental fatigue: lessons from a randomized, triple blind, placebo-controlled cross-over clinical trial. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012; 12:167.

Warring-Davies KJ, Bland JM. HeartSmartTM: A new method of assessing hydration in neurosurgical patients. Surgical Science 2012; 3: 546-553.

Yang H, Thompson, C, Bland M. The effect of clinical experience, judgment task difficulty and time pressure on nurses' confidence calibration in a high fidelity clinical simulation. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2012; 12: 113.

Yang H, Thompson C, Bland M. Effect of improving the realism of simulated clinical judgement tasks on nurses’ overconfidence and underconfidence: Evidence from a comparative confidence calibration analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies 2012; 49: 1505-15.

Kaner E, Bland M, Cassidy P, Coulton S, Dale V, Deluca P, Gilvarry E, Godfrey E, Heather N, Myles J, Newbury-Birch D, Oyefeso A, Parrott S, Perryman K, Phillips T, Shepherd J, Drummond C. Effectiveness of screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary care (SIPS trial): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2013; 346: e8501.

Oxberry SG, Bland JM, Clark AL, Cleland JG, Johnson MJ. Repeat dose opioids may be effective for breathlessness in chronic heart failure if given for long enough. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2013; 16: 250-255.

Watson JM, Crosby H, Dale VM, Tober G, Wu Q, Lang J, McGovern R, Newbury-Birch D, Parrott S, Bland JM, Drummond C, Godfrey C, Kaner E, Coulton S on behalf of the AESOPS trial team. AESOPS: a randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and stepped care interventions for older hazardous alcohol users in primary care. Health Technology Assessment 2013; 17 (25), 1-157.

Yang, HQ, Thompson C, Hamm, RM, Bland M, Foster A. The effect of improving task representativeness on capturing nurses’ risk assessment judgements: a comparison of written case simulations and physical simulations. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2013; 13: Article 62.

Richards DA, Hill JJ, Gask L, Lovell K, Chew-Graham C, Bower P, Cape J, Pilling S, Araya R, Kessler D, Bland JM, Green C, Gilbody S, Lewis G, Manning C, Hughes-Morley A, Barkham M. Clinical effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in UK primary care (CADET): cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2013; 347: f4913.

Brealey S, Piper K, King D, Bland M, Caddick J, Campbell P, Gibbon A, Highland A, Jenkins N, Petty D, Warren D. Observer agreement in the reporting of knee and lumbar spine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging examinations: Selectively trained MR radiographers and consultant radiologists compared with an index radiologist. European Journal of Radiology 2013; 82: e597–e605.

Richmond SJ, Gunadasa S, Bland M, MacPherson H. Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps for rheumatoid arthritis – analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects: a randomised double-blind placebo controlled crossover trial. PLOS ONE 2013; 8: e71529.

MacPherson H, Richmond S, Bland M, Brealey S, Gabe R, Hopton A, Keding A, Lansdown H, Perren S, Sculpher M, Spackman E, Torgerson D, Watt I. Acupuncture and counselling for depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. PLOS Medicine 2013; 10: e1001518.

Johnson MJ, Bland JM, Oxberry SG, Abernethy AP, Currow DC. Opioids for chronic refractory breathlessness: patient predictors of beneficial response. The European Respiratory Journal 2013; 42: 758-66.

Johnson MJ, Bland JM, Oxberry SG, Abernethy AP, Currow DC. Clinically important differences in the intensity of chronic refractory breathlessness. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013; 46: 957-963.

Lewinter C, Bland JM, Crouch S, Cleland JGF, Doherty P, LeWinter MM, Kober L, Hall AS, Gale CP. Impact of aspirin and statins on long-term survival in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure: an analysis of 1706 patients. European Journal of Heart Failure 2014; 16: 95-102.

Johnson MJ, Bland JM, Davidson PM, Newton PJ, Oxberry SG, Abernethy AP, Currow DC. The relationship between two performance scales: New York Heart Association Classification and Karnofsky Performance Status Scale. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2014; 47: 652-658.

Ashby RL, Gabe R, Ali S, Adderley U, Bland JM, Cullum NA, Dumville JC, Iglesias CP, Kang’ombe AR, Soares MO, Stubbs NC, Torgerson DJ. Clinical and cost-effectiveness of compression hosiery versus compression bandages in treatment of venous leg ulcers (Venous leg Ulcer Study IV, VenUS IV): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2014; 383: 871–79.

Rasmussen CE, Falk T, Domanjko PetricA, Schaldemose M, Zois NE, Moesgaard SG, Ablad B, Nilsen HY, Ljungvall I, Hoglund K, Haggstrom J, Pedersen HD, Bland JM, Olsen LH. Holter monitoring of small breed dogs with advanced myxomatous mitral valve disease with and without a history of syncope. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2014; 28: 363-370.

Bassi SS, Bland JM, Martin F. High rates of fatality due to AIDS without universal HIV testing.. Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research 2014; 5: 4.

Drummond C, Deluca P, Coulton S, Bland M, Cassidy P, Crawford M, Dale V, Gilvarry E, Godfrey C, Heather N, McGovern R, Myles J, Newbury-Birch D, Oyefeso A, Parrott S, Patton R, Perryman K, Phillips T, Shepherd J, Touquet R, Kaner E. The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. PloS one 2014; 9: e99463.

Lewinter C, Bland JM, Crouch S, Doherty P, Lewin RJ, Kober L, Hall AS, Gale CP. The effect of referral for cardiac rehabilitation on survival following acute myocardial infarction: a comparison survival in two cohorts collected in 1995 and 2003. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2014; 21: 163-171.

Green C, Richards DA, Hill JJ, Gask L, Lovell K, Chew-Graham C, Bower P, Cape J, Pilling S, Araya R, Kessler D, Bland JM, Gilbody S, Lewis G, Manning C, Hughes-Morley A, Barkham M. Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Care for Depression in UK Primary Care: Economic Evaluation of a Randomised Controlled Trial (CADET). PLoS ONE 2014; 9(8): e104225.

Newbury-Birch D, Coulton S, Bland M, Cassidy P, Dale V, Deluca P, Gilvarry E, Godfrey C, Heather N, Kaner E, McGovern R, Myles J, Oyefeso A, Parrott S, Patton R, Perryman K, Phillips T, Shepherd J, Drummond C. Alcohol screening and brief interventions for offenders in the probation setting (SIPS Trial): a pragmatic multicentre cluster randomized controlled trial. Alcohol and alcoholism 2014; 49: 540-8.

Ashby RL, Gabe R, Ali S, Saramago P, Chuang LH, Adderley U, Bland JM, Cullum NA, Dumville JC, Iglesias CP, Kang'ombe AR, Soares MO, Stubbs NC, Torgerson DJ. VenUS IV (Venous leg Ulcer Study IV) - compression hosiery compared with compression bandaging in the treatment of venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled trial, mixed-treatment comparison and decision-analytic model. Health Technology Assessment 2014; 18: 57.

Fairhurst C, Watt I, Martin F, Bland M, Brackenbury WJ. Exposure to sodium channel-inhibiting drugs and cancer survival: protocol for a cohort study using the QResearch primary care database. BMJ Open 2014;4: e006604.

Yang H, Thompson C, Bland M. Do nurses reason 'adaptively' in time limited situations: the findings of a descriptive regression analysis. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2014; 14: 96.

Spackman E, Richmond S, Sculpher M, Bland M, Brealey S, Gabe R, Hopton A, Keding A, Lansdown H, Perren S, Torgerson D, Watt I, MacPherson H. Cost-effectiveness analysis of acupuncture, counselling and usual care in treating patients with depression: the results of the ACUDep trial. PLoS ONE 2014; 9: e113726.

Morris GC, Wiggins RC, Woodhall SC, Bland JM, Taylor CR, Jespers V, Vcelar BA, Lacey CJ. MABGEL 1: First Phase 1 Trial of the Anti-HIV-1 Monoclonal Antibodies 2F5, 4E10 and 2G12 as a Vaginal Microbicide. PLoS ONE 2014; 9: e116153.

Johnson MJ, Bland JM, Oxberry SG, Abernethy AP, Currow DC. Measuring improvement in dyspnoea: should absolute or relative values be used? European Respiratory Journal 2014; 44: 1700–1703.


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