Our objective was to undertake a systematic review ascertaining the accuracy of using
administrative healthcare data to identify epilepsy cases. We searched MEDLINE and …

Dravet syndrome (DS) and Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) are rare developmental and
epileptic encephalopathies associated with seizure and nonseizure symptoms. A …

OBJECTIVES: Few studies have quantified the incidence and prevalence of celiac disease
(CD) and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) nationally and regionally by time and age groups …

Background & Aims Approximately 50% of all patients with pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDA) develop diabetes mellitus before their cancer diagnosis. Screening …

Predicting the incidence of complex chronic conditions such as heart failure is challenging.
Deep learning models applied to rich electronic health records may improve prediction but …

Objectives We describe temporal trends in the recorded incidence of inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) in UK primary care patients between 2000 and 2018. Design A cohort study …

Background and purpose—Smoking is a modifiable risk factor that may adversely affect
postoperative outcomes. Healthcare providers are increasingly denying smokers access to …

Background Myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and diabetes share underlying risk factors and
commonalities in clinical management. We examined if their combined impact on mortality is …

Background Comorbidity measures, such as the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and
Elixhauser Method (EM), are frequently used for risk-adjustment by healthcare researchers …

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are an important cause of morbidity and antibiotic use in older
adults but there are little data describing disease burden in primary care. The aim of this …