Projects Delivered

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Data-Driven Innovation for Frailty Collaborative Projects in Primary Care Dr Atul Anand Non Covid-19 Project

Frailty and multimorbidity are terms used to describe people at risk of worsening health, increasing disability and death. These are often older people wh...

Understanding the impact of frailty on the diagnosis, management and outcomes of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 Dr Atul Anand Covid-19 Project

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged healthcare systems. As a new disease, the best evidence for patient management is still being collected. This is part...

Prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 and acute or chronic renal impairment: a regional, observational data linkage cohort study Dr Peter Gallacher Covid-19 Project

The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest public health emergency of modern times. Initial reports suggested that short-term declines in kidney function (acute...

Utilisation and value of procalcitonin testing in NHS Lothian patients during COVID-19 pandemic Dr John Cafferkey Covid-19 Project

Procalcitonin is a marker of bacterial infection which can be measured in the blood. It is a relatively new test which is already used in some hospitals, ...

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: descriptive epidemiological analysis and prospective, multi-centre, observational cohort study Dr Marcello Scopazzini Covid-19 Project

There is mounting evidence that socioeconomic deprivation increases the risk of death in people suffering from COVID-19 disease, independent of race or as...

Data-driven personalised recovery care pathways after COVID-19 Dr Nazir Lone Covid-19 Project

People who survive COVID-19-related severe (critical) illness have complex care needs, requiring support from health and social care professionals in hosp...

Assessment of the benefit of adding COVID-19 serology testing on admission to try and optimise the diagnosis of COVID-19 - serology test evaluation Dr Sara Jenks Covid-19 Project

On admission to hospital individuals with suspected COVID-19 will currently have swabs taken to check for the presence of COVID-19 viral RNA by a PCR test...

Clinical characteristics and outcomes in consecutive hospitalised COVID-19 patients within South East Scotland: a multi-centre cohort study Dr Meghan Perry Covid-19 Project

Within NHS Lothian we have collected information about patients admitted with COVID-19. This project would use this information to describe the patterns s...