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  1. Early pregnancy outcomes of IVF cycles using donor versus partner sperm: analysis of 1 376 454 cycles recorded by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (1991–2016)

    Article • Human Reproduction, March 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  2. Quality of clinical prediction models in in vitro fertilisation: Which covariates are really important to predict cumulative live birth and which models are best?

    Article • Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  3. ESHRE good practice recommendations on recurrent implantation failure

    Article • Human Reproduction Open, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  4. A comparison of perinatal outcomes following fresh blastocyst or cleavage stage embryo transfer in singletons and twins and between singleton siblings

    Article • Human Reproduction Open, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  5. Assessing Performance and Clinical Usefulness in Prediction Models With Survival Outcomes: Practical Guidance for Cox Proportional Hazards Models

    Article • Annals of Internal Medicine, January 2023, American College of Physicians

    Dr David John McLernon

  6. Myocardial infarction risk is increased by periodontal pathobionts: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  7. Perinatal outcomes of 221,709 singleton and twin pregnancies after the use of donor versus partner sperm

    Article • Fertility and Sterility, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  8. Comparison of perinatal outcomes after frozen or fresh embryo transfer: separate analyses of singleton, twin, and sibling live births from a linked national in vitro fertilization registry

    Article • Fertility and Sterility, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  9. Predicting cumulative live birth for couples beginning their second complete cycle of in vitro fertilization treatment

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  10. Individual participant data meta-analysis of trials comparing frozen versus fresh embryo transfer strategy (INFORM): a protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2022, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  11. Assessing performance and clinical usefulness in prediction models with survival outcomes: practical guidance for Cox proportional hazards models

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr David John McLernon

  12. Predicting personalized cumulative live birth following in vitro fertilization

    Article • Fertility and Sterility, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  13. Should we adopt a prognosis-based approach to unexplained infertility?

    Article • Human Reproduction Open, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  14. Prevalence of PErioperAtive CHildhood obesitY in children undergoing general anaesthesia in the UK: a prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  15. Is stroke incidence increased in survivors of adult cancers? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Cancer Survivorship, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  16. Predicting 10-year stroke mortality: development and validation of a nomogram

    Article • Acta Neurologica Belgica, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  17. O-073 Perinatal outcomes of infants conceived using partner versus donor sperm - An analysis of singleton and twin pregnancies from the UK national dataset

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  18. Predictive models of individual risk of elective caesarean section complications: a systematic review

    Article • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  19. Validation of Risk Prediction Models to Inform Clinical Decisions After Acute Kidney Injury

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  20. Women’s perspectives on smartphone apps for fertility tracking and predicting conception: a mixed methods study

    Article • The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David John McLernon

  21. Erratum to: Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study

    Article • Rheumatology Advances in Practice, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  22. Prioritizing IVF treatment in the post-COVID 19 era: a predictive modelling study based on UK national data

    Article • Human Reproduction, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  23. Outcomes of pregnancies using donor sperm compared with those using partner sperm: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Human Reproduction Update, October 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  24. Variations in Rates of Discharges to Nursing Homes after Acute Hospitalization for Stroke and the Influence of Service Heterogeneity: An Anglia Stroke Clinical Network Evaluation Study

    Article • Healthcare, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr David John McLernon

  25. Cumulative live birth rates following blastocyst- versus cleavage-stage embryo transfer in the first complete cycle of IVF: a population-based retrospective cohort study

    Article • Human Reproduction, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  26. Predicting risk of postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  27. Age-related natural fertility outcomes in women over 35 years: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  28. Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal

    Article • BMJ, April 2020, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  29. Incidence of paediatric unplanned day-case admissions in the UK and Ireland: a prospective multicentre observational study

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  30. Influences of rurality on action to diagnose cancer by primary care practitioners – Results from a Europe-wide survey in 20 countries

    Article • Cancer Epidemiology, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  31. A systematic review of the quality of clinical prediction models in in vitro fertilisation

    Article • Human Reproduction, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  32. Making the Most of Your Data: Using an Alternative Statistical Methodology to Multilevel Modeling to Investigate Hospital Effects on Acute Hospital Length of Stay Following Stroke When Number of Hospitals Is Small

    Article • January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr David John McLernon

  33. UK Stroke forum 2019 Abstract Supplement

    Article • International Journal of Stroke, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr David John McLernon

  34. Calibration: the Achilles heel of predictive analytics

    Article • BMC Medicine, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  35. A comparison of the beta‐geometric model with landmarking for dynamic prediction of time to pregnancy

    Article • Biometrical Journal, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  36. Three myths about risk thresholds for prediction models

    Article • BMC Medicine, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  37. Hospital-Level Variations in Rates of Inpatient Urinary Tract Infections in Stroke

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr David John McLernon

  38. Treatment-independent live birth after in-vitro fertilisation: a retrospective cohort study of 2,133 women

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  39. Individual and Combined Impact of Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation on Ischemic Stroke Outcomes

    Article • Stroke, July 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr David John McLernon

  40. Myocardial infarction after acute ischaemic stroke: Incidence, mortality and risk factors

    Article • Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, June 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr David John McLernon

  41. IVF for unexplained subfertility; whom should we treat?

    Article • Human Reproduction, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  42. Predicting the chances of having a baby with or without treatment at different time points in couples with unexplained subfertility

    Article • Human Reproduction, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  43. Does service heterogeneity have an impact on acute hospital length of stay in stroke? A UK-based multicentre prospective cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2019, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  44. Is IUI with ovarian stimulation effective in couples with unexplained subfertility?

    Article • Human Reproduction, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  45. External validation of a dynamic prediction model for repeated predictions of natural conception over time

    Article • Human Reproduction, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  46. Predicting kidney failure risk after acute kidney injury among people receiving nephrology clinic care

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  47. An improvement in the method used to assess discriminatory ability when predicting the chances of a live birth after one or more complete cycles of in vitro fertilisation

    Article • BMJ, September 2018, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  48. Predicting the cumulative chance of live birth over multiple complete cycles of in vitro fertilization: an external validation study

    Article • Human Reproduction, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  49. NDT Abstract Supplement 2018

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  50. A mixed methods exploratory study of women’s relationships with and uses of fertility tracking apps

    Article • Digital Health, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr David John McLernon

  51. Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study

    Article • Rheumatology Advances in Practice, January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  52. Constructing the crystal ball: how to get reliable prognostic information for the management of subfertile couples

    Article • Human Reproduction, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  53. Cumulative live birth rates following miscarriage in an initial complete cycle of IVF: a retrospective cohort study of 112 549 women

    Article • Human Reproduction, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  54. Post-discharge kidney function is associated with subsequent ten-year renal progression risk among survivors of acute kidney injury

    Article • Kidney International, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  55. Distinguishing variation in referral accuracy from referral threshold: analysis of a national dataset of referrals for suspected cancer

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2017, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  56. A prognosis-based approach to infertility: understanding the role of time

    Article • Human Reproduction, June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  57. Socioeconomic Deprivation as Measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation and Its Association with Low Sex Hormone Binding Globulin in Women

    Article • The Open Biochemistry Journal, March 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr David John McLernon

  58. Acute kidney injury as an independent risk factor for unplanned 90-day hospital readmissions

    Article • BMC Nephrology, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  59. Predicting the chances of a live birth after one or more complete cycles of in vitro fertilisation: population based study of linked cycle data from 113 873 women

    Article • BMJ, November 2016, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  60. Clinical decision-making in azoospermic men: in search of the ideal prediction model

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  61. Brief Report: Predicting Functional Disability: One-Year Results From the Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Inception Cohort

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatology, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  62. Cumulative Live Birth Rates After 1 or More Complete Cycles of IVF

    Article • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, May 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr David John McLernon

  63. Reply: Models for predicting live birth before a first IVF cycle

    Article • Human Reproduction, April 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  64. Planned Repeat Cesarean Section at Term and Adverse Childhood Health Outcomes: A Record-Linkage Study

    Article • PLoS Medicine, March 2016, PLOS

    Dr David John McLernon

  65. Cumulative live birth rates after one or more complete cycles of IVF: a population-based study of linked cycle data from 178 898 women

    Article • Human Reproduction, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  66. Planned Cesarean Delivery at Term and Adverse Outcomes in Childhood Health

    Article • JAMA, December 2015, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr David John McLernon

  67. Blair Bell Research Society

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  68. Predicting the chance of live birth for women undergoing IVF: a novel pretreatment counselling tool

    Article • Human Reproduction, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  69. Internet information on birth options after caesarean compared to the RCOG patient information leaflet; a web survey

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  70. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Determinants of Left Ventricular Noncompaction

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  71. Clinical prediction models to inform individualized decision-making in subfertile couples: a stratified medicine approach

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ewout Steyerberg, Dr David John McLernon

  72. Cost of fertility treatment and live birth outcome in women of different ages and BMI

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  73. Abstract book of the 30thESHRE Annual Meeting, Munich, Germany, 29 June – 2 July 2014

    Article • Human Reproduction, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  74. Prediction of liver disease in patients whose liver function tests have been checked in primary care: model development and validation using population-based observational cohorts

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2014, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  75. Validation of a short questionnaire for estimating dietary calcium intakes

    Article • Osteoporosis International, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  76. The epidemiology of infectious mononucleosis in Northern Scotland: a decreasing incidence and winter peak

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  77. Impact of loop electrosurgical excision procedure for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia on HIV‐1 genital shedding: a prospective cohort study: population and statistical queries

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  78. Does training in motivational interviewing for community pharmacists improve outcomes for methadone patients? A cluster randomised controlled trial

    Article • International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  79. The Utility of Liver Function Tests for Mortality Prediction within One Year in Primary Care Using the Algorithm for Liver Function Investigations (ALFI)

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  80. Prevalence estimates of diagnosed viral hepatitis B, liver condition outcomes and hospitalization costs: a population record-linkage study in Tayside, Scotland

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, December 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr David John McLernon

  81. Prevalence of common chronic respiratory diseases in drug misusers: a cohort study

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  82. Reproductive Outcomes Following Ectopic Pregnancy: Register-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

    Article • PLoS Medicine, June 2012, PLOS

    Dr David John McLernon, Dr Sohinee Bhattacharya

  83. Do lifestyle choices explain the effect of alcohol on bone mineral density in women around menopause?

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  84. PGI6 The Development and External Validation of a Model to Predict One Year All-Cause Mortality Following Liver Function Tests in Primary Care Patients

    Article • Value in Health, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  85. Five-Year Prognosis in an Incident Cohort of People Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2011, PLOS

    Dr David John McLernon, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Colin R Simpson

  86. O2-6.1 A second chance? Probability of a live birth following initial pregnancy loss: survival analysis of Scottish national data

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, August 2011, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  87. Fluvastatin does not prevent the acute-phase response to intravenous zoledronic acid in post-menopausal women

    Article • Bone, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  88. Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK ‘Yellow Card Scheme’: literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, May 2011, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr David John McLernon

  89. Minimising twins in in vitro fertilisation: a modelling study assessing the costs, consequences and cost-utility of elective single versus double embryo transfer over a 20-year time horizon

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, April 2011, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  90. Patient views and experiences of making adverse drug reaction reports to the Yellow Card Scheme in the UK

    Article • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  91. Clinical effectiveness of elective single versus double embryo transfer: meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials

    Article • BMJ, December 2010, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon

  92. Considerable differences exist between prevalent and incident myocardial infarction cohorts derived from the same population

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Colin R Simpson

  93. 355 VALIDATION OF SELF-REPORTED OSTEOARTHRITIS IN A POSTMENOPAUSAL POPULATION AND ITS ASSOCIATIONWITH BODY WEIGHT

    Article • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, October 2010, Elsevier

    Emeritus Professor Richard Aspden, Dr David John McLernon

  94. Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting in the UK

    Article • Drug Safety, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  95. Session 20: Single Embryo Transfer & Art Pregnancy

    Article • Human Reproduction, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  96. ABSTRACTS: 9th ISoP Annual Meeting ‘From Pharmacovigilance to Risk Management’, Reims, France, 6–9 October 2009

    Article • Drug Safety, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon

  97. Randomized controlled trial of intubation with the McGrath® Series 5 videolaryngoscope by inexperienced anaesthetists

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  98. Five year prognosis in patients with angina identified in primary care: incident cohort study

    Article • BMJ, August 2009, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Colin R Simpson

  99. Fluvastatin does not prevent the acute-phase response to intravenous zoledronic acid in post-menopausal women

    Article • Bone, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  100. Health outcomes following liver function testing in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

    Article • Family Practice, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  101. Development of a decision support tool for primary care management of patients with abnormal liver function tests without clinically apparent liver disease: a record-linkage population cohort study and decision analysis (ALFIE)

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, April 2009, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  102. PG11 THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF MODELS TO PREDICT RISK OF LIVER DISEASE DIAGNOSIS FOLLOWING LIVER FUNCTION TESTING IN PRIMARY CARE

    Article • Value in Health, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  103. PG119 THE COST-UTILITY OF LIVER DISEASE DIAGNOSIS: ASSESSING GP DECISIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION TESTS AND NO OBVIOUS LIVER DISEASE

    Article • Value in Health, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  104. PG121 REDUCTION OF WORK PRODUCTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) AND RELATED COSTS

    Article • Value in Health, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  105. Systematic Review: Health-State Utilities in Liver Disease: A Systematic Review

    Article • Medical Decision Making, April 2008, SAGE Publications

    Dr David John McLernon

  106. A study of the safety of current gastrointestinal endoscopy (EGD)

    Article • Endoscopy, August 2007, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr David John McLernon

  107. Development of a decision support tool to facilitate primary care management of patients with abnormal liver function tests without clinically apparent liver disease [HTA03/38/02]. Abnormal Liver Function Investigations Evaluation (ALFIE)

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  108. Authors’ response

    Article • Journal of Medical Screening, December 2006, SAGE Publications

    Dr David John McLernon

  109. PGI15 HEALTH-STATE UTILITIES IN LIVER DISEASE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

    Article • Value in Health, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  110. Contributed Poster Presentations

    Article • Value in Health, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  111. Receiver operating characteristics of the prostate specific antigen test in an unselected population

    Article • Journal of Medical Screening, June 2006, SAGE Publications

    Dr David John McLernon, Frank Sullivan

  112. Validating the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) in the postgraduate context: are health care professionals ready for IPL?

    Article • Academic Medicine, May 2006, Wiley

    Dr David John McLernon

  113. Education

    Article • Family Practice, July 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David John McLernon

  114. How Safe Is Upper GI Endoscopy?

    Article • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, April 2005, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon

  115. Abstracts 1279 to 1393

    Article • Hepatology, January 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr David John McLernon