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Bernard is a member of the Biostatistics Research area, with research interests in Medical Statistics.

Recent Publications

• Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients are unable to increase dietary intake to recommended levels.
  Sutton D, Higgins B, Stevens JM
  J Ren Nutr. 2007 Sep;17(5):329-35. PMID: 17720102 [PubMed - in process]
• Food Hypersensitivity (FHS) And Sensitisation To Food Allergens Over The First Three Years Of Life.
  C. Venter, B.N. Pereira, J. Grundy, C.B. Clayton, B. Higgins and T. Dean Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Volume 119, Issue 1, Supplement 1, January 2007, Page S112
• Trends in Sensitisation to Aero and Food Allergens-Comparison between different Birth Cohorts.
  T. Dean, C. Venter, R. Kurukuralaatchy, B. Pereira, S. Matthews, J. Grundy, C.B. Clayton, M. Fenn, B. Higgins and S.H. Arshad
  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  Volume 119, Issue 1, Supplement 1, January 2007, Page S110
• Integrated monitoring and analysis for early warning of patient deterioration. British Journal of Anaesthesia.
  G B Smith, D Prytherch, H Peet, P I Featherstone, P Schmidt, D Knight, Kate Stewart, B Higgins.
  In press (January 2007)
• Randomized, double-blind comparison of patient-controlled epidural infusion vs nurse-administered epidural infusion for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing colonic resection.
  J. J. Nightingale, M. V. Knight, B. Higgins and T. Dean
  Br J Anaesth. 2007 Feb 5; PMID: 17283006
• Presence and phenotype of dendritic cells in uveal melanoma.
  Polak ME, Borthwick NJ, Johnson P, Hungerford JL, Higgins B, Di Palma S, Jager MJ, Cree IA.
  Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Mar 8; PMID: 17347328
• Metal ion levels after metal-on-metal ring total hip replacement: a 30-year follow-up study.
  M Grover , P Sauva , J Mountney , T Khan , J De Beer , B Higgins.
  J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 May ;89 (5):586-90 17540740
• Government advice on peanut avoidance during pregnancy - is it followed correctly and what is the impact on sensitization?
  T Dean, C Venter, B Pereira, J Grundy, CB Clayton, B Higgins
  J Hum Nutr Diet, 20, pp95-99
• Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, an omega-3 fatty acid from fish oils) for the treatment of cancer cachexia.
  Dewey, C Baughan, T Dean, B Higgins, I Johnson.
  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007. Issue 1, Art No. CD004597 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004597.
• Primary oral leiomyosarcoma: A clinicopathologic study and analysis of prognostic factors.
  Ethunandan M, Stokes C, Higgins B et al.
  Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 May;36(5):409-16. Epub 2007 Mar 28.
  PMID: 17395428 [PubMed - in process]
• Mechanisms of local immunosuppression in cutaneous melanoma.
  Polak ME, Borthwick NJ, Gabriel FG, Johnson P, Higgins B, Hurren J, McCormick D, Jager MJ, Cree I
  Br J Cancer. 2007 Jun 18;96(12):1879-87. Epub 2007 Jun 12. PMID: 17565341 [PubMed - in process]
• Automated calculation of 'early warning scores'.
  Smith GB, Prytherch D, Peet H, Featherstone PI, Schmidt P, Knight D, Stewart K, Higgins B.
  Anaesthesia. 2006 Oct; 61(10):1009-10.
• Calclating early warning scores--a classroom comparison of pen and paper and hand-held computer methods.
  Prytherch DR, Smith GB, Schmidt P, Featherstone PI, Stewart K, Knight D, Higgins B.
  Resuscitation. 2006 Aug;70(2):173-8. Epub 2006 Jun 27. PMID: 16806641
• Inhaled heparin in cystic fibrosis.
  D.J. Serisier, J.K. Shute, P.M. Hockey, B. Higgins, J. Conway, M.P. Carroll
  European Respiratory Journal Feb; 27 (2): 354 â€" 8, PMID 16542592
• Incidence of parentally reported and clinically diagnosed food hypersensitivity in the first year of life.
  Carina Venter, Brett Pereira, Jane Grundy, Bernie Clayton, Graham Roberts, Bernie Higgins, Taraneh Dean,
  J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006 May;117(5):1118-24. Epub 2006 Apr 3. PMID: 16675341 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Reliability and validity of a maternal food frequency questionnaire designed to estimate consumption of common food allergens.
  C Venter, B Higgins, J Grundy, C B Clayton, G Gant, T Dean,
  J Hum Nutr Diet. 2006 Apr;19(2):129-38. PMID: 16533375 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Cancer cell adaptation to chemotherapy.
  2005 Di Nicolantonio F, Mercer SJ, Knight LA, Gabriel FG, Whitehouse PA, Sharma S, Fernando A, Glaysher S, Di Palma S, Johnson P, Somers SS, Toh S, Higgins B, Lamont A, Gulliford T, Hurren J, Yiangou C, Cree IA.
  BMC Cancer. 2005 Jul 18;5:78. PMID: 16026610 [PubMed - in process]
• Models for the prediction of successful induction of labor based on pre-induction sonographic measurement of cervical length.
  2005 Rane SM, Guirgis RR, Higgins B, Nicolaides KH.
  J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2005 May;17(5):315-22. PMID: 16147844 [PubMed - in process]
• Presence and maturity of dendritic cells in melanoma lymph node metastases.
  2005 Polak ME, Johnson P, Palma SD, Higgins B, Hurren J, Borthwick NJ, Jager MJ, McCormick D, Cree IA.
  J Pathol. 2005 Jun 27; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 15983979 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
• Promoter Dependence of Plasmid-Pluronics Targeted alpha Galactosidase A Expression in Skeletal Muscle of Fabry Mice.
  2005 Lavigne MD, Pohlschmidt M, Novo JF, Higgins B, Alakhov V, Lochmuller H, Sakuraba H, Goldspink G, Macdermot K, Gorecki DC.
  Mol Ther. 2005 Jun 21; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 15975851 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
• The value of ultrasound in the prediction of successful induction to labor.
  2004 Rane SM, Guirgis RR, Higgins B, Nicolaides KH.
  Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2004 Aug; 24(5): 538-549.
• Educational psychology in medical learning: a randomised controlled trial of two aide memoires for the recall of causes of electromechanical dissociation.
  2004 E Dyson, S Voisey, S Hughes, B Higgins, and P J McQuillan.
  Emerg Med J 2004; 21: 457-460.
• Oral eicosapentaenoic acid (AN omega – 3 fatty acid from fish oils) for the treatment of Cancer Cachexia (Protocol for a Cochane review).
  2004 Dewey A, Baughan C, Dean T, Higgins B, Johnson I.
  The Cochran Library, Issue 1, 2004, Chichester UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
• Interventions for cellulitis and erysipelas (Cochrane Review).
  2003 Kilburn S, Featherstone P, Higgins B, Brindle R, Severs M.
  In: The Cochrane Libratry, Issue 3, 2003. Oxford: Update Software.
• Towards a national clinical minimum data set for general surgery.
  2003 Prytherch DR, Sirl JS, Weaver PC, Schmidt P, Higgins B, Sutton GL.
  Br J Surg. 2003 Oct;90(10):1300-5.
• Choice of insulins, pen devices and blood glucose meters: factors influencing decision making by DSNs in the UK.
  2003 Thyme AD, Higgins B, Cummings MH.
  Practical Diabetes International, 20 (7), 237 – 242.
• 2003 Rane SM, Pandis GK, Guirgis RR, Higgins B, Nicolaides KH.
  Pre-induction sonographic measurement of cervical length in prolonged pregnancy: The effect of parity in the prediction of induction-to-delivery interval.
  Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003 Jul; 22(1): 40-4.
• Pre-induction sonographic measurement of cervical length in prolonged pregnancy: The effect of parity in the prediction of the need for Cesarean section.
  2003 Rane SM, Guirgis RR, Higgins B, Nicolaides KH.
  Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003 Jul; 22(1): 45-8.
• Models for the prediction of successful induction of labor based on pre-induction sonographic measurement of cervical length.
  2003 Rane SM, Guirgis RR, Higgins B, Nicolaides KH.
  J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med.
• Outcome of ATP-based Tumor Chemosensitivity Assay Directed Chemotherapy in Heavily Pre-treated Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma.
  2003 Sanjay Sharma, Michael H Neale, Federica Di Nicolantonio,Louise A Knight, Pauline A Whitehouse, Stuart J Mercer, Bernard R Higgins, Alan Lamont, Richard Osborne, Andrew C Hindley, Christian M Kurbacher and Ian A Cree.
  BMC Cancer 3:19.
• Observational study of ACE inhibitor prescribing habits of diabetes physicians in the UK.
  2003 Bickerton A, Higgins B, Cummings MH.
  Practical Diabetes International, 20 (1), 21 – 24.
• Prospective randomised trial comparing diethylstilboestrol and flutamide in the treatment of hormone relapsed prostate cancer.
  2002 Burns –Cox N, Basketter V, Higgins B, Holmes S.
  Int. J Urol., 9(8), 431 – 4.
• Effects of skin preparation on blood glucose monitoring results.
  2002 Cave L, Dean T, Higgins B.
  Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 6 (2) 44 – 47.
• First – trimester pregnancy scanning as a screening tool for high – risk and abnormal pregnancies in a district general hospital setting.
  2002 Drysdale K, Ridley D, Walker K, Higgins B, Dean T.
  Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 22 (2) 159 – 165