Dr Jonathan Birns’ publications
R.Gill and J. Birns.
Syringomyelia in an elderly patient.
Age and Ageing (in press)
J. Birns, Z. Mehdi and D. Dasgupta.
Simulation Training for Geriatric Medicine.
European Geriatric Medicine (in press)
Z. Mehdi, A. Ross, G. Reedy, A. Roots, T. Ernst, P. Jaye and J. Birns.
Simulation Training for Geriatric Medicine.
The Clinical Teacher (in press)
J. Fleet, J. Birns and A. Bhalla.
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Adults.
Journal of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 2013; 2: 1033
Z. Mehdi, J. Birns and A. Bhalla.
Post-stroke urinary incontinence.
International Journal of Clinical Practice 2013; 67: 1128-1137
J. Birns, A. Roots and A. Bhalla.
Role of telemedicine in the management of acute ischemic stroke.
Clinical Practice 2013; 10: 189-200
S. Carrington and J. Birns.
Establishing capacity in a patient with incomplete locked-in syndrome.
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry 2012; 16: Issue 6: 18-20
N. Graham, J. Birns, P.I. Dargan, D.M. Wood and A. Bhalla.
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity mimicking basilar artery stroke.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2012; 73: 412-413
J. Birns, P. Tzakas and E. Chua.
Skin and nail pigmentation from long-term use of minocycline.
European Geriatric Medicine 2012; 3: 51-52
S.E. Williams, T. Ernst and J. Birns.
Autonomic failure following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2012; 73: 170-171
M. Chowdhury, J. Birns, A. Rudd and A. Bhalla.
Telemedicine versus face to face evaluation in the delivery of thrombolysis
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for acute ischaemic stroke: a single centre experience.
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2012; 88: 134-137
R.A. Badawi, S. Seetharaman and J. Birns.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - a real risk factor for stroke.
Scottish Medical Journal 2012; 57: 60
M. Yeung, A. Bhalla and J. Birns.
Recreational drug misuse and stroke.
Current Drug Abuse Reviews 2011; 4: 286-291
A. Roots, L. Thomas, P. Jaye and J. Birns.
Simulation training for hyperacute stroke unit nurses.
British Journal of Nursing 2011; 20: 1352-1356
S. Seetharaman, B. Lams, A. Rudd and J. Birns.
Pulmonary and Paradoxical Embolism with Platypnoea-Orthodeoxia.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2011; 72: 652-653
A. Roots, A. Bhalla and J. Birns.
Telemedicine for stroke: a systematic review.
British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2011; 7: 481-489
J. Birns, A. Siddiqui, P. Holmes and A. G. Rudd.
Acute left anterior cerebral artery territory stroke presenting as mutism
with abulia for contralateral function.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2011; 72: 112-113
J. Birns, A. Bhalla and A.G. Rudd.
Telemedicine: a concept in practice.
Age & Ageing 2010; 39: 666-667
J. Birns.
Identifying and managing TIA.
GP October 15, 2010: 32
J. Birns.
Stroke.
GP August 6, 2010: 29-30
J. Birns and A. Roots.
Innovations in the assessment and management of stroke: the use of
telemedicine.
British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2010; 6: 66-69
J. Birns, R. Morris, J. Jarosz, H. Markus and L. Kalra.
Hypertension-related cognitive decline - is the time right for intervention
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trials?
Minerva Cardioangiologica 2009; 61: 813-830
J. Birns and S. Seetharaman.
Early supported discharge for stroke.
Geriatric Medicine 2009; 39(10): 562-565
J. Birns and L. Kalra.
Thrombolytic therapy for stroke.
Therapy 2009; 6: 733-745
J. Birns, J. Jarosz, H. Markus and L. Kalra.
Cerebrovascular reactivity and dynamic autoregulation in ischaemic
subcortical white matter disease.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2009; 80:1093-1098
J. Birns, R. Morris, J. Jarosz, H. Markus and L. Kalra.
The structural and functional consequences of diurnal variations in blood
pressure in treated patients with hypertensive cerebrovascular disease.
Journal of Hypertension 2009; 27: 1042-1048
J. Birns and L. Kalra.
Cognitive function and hypertension.
Journal of Human Hypertension 2009; 23: 86-96
J. Birns and M. Fitzpatrick.
Management of spasticity: a brief overview of educational and
pharmacological therapies.
British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2008; 4: 370-373
J. Birns and L. Kalra.
Early cerebrovasular impairment: new insights and controversies.
International Journal of Stroke 2008; 3: 167-168
J. Birns, R. Morris, J. Jarosz, H. Markus and L. Kalra.
Ethnic differences in the cerebrovascular impact of hypertension.
Cerebrovascular Diseases 2008; 25: 408-416
J.M. Brostoff, J. Birns and D. McCrea.
Phenytoin toxicity - an easily missed cause of cerebellar syndrome.
Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 2008; 33: 211-214
J.M. Brostoff, Y. Beitverda and J. Birns.
Post-influenza vaccine chronic inflammatory demyelinating
polyneuropathy.
Age and Ageing 2008; 37: 229-230
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J. Birns and L. Kalra.
Subcortical vascular cognitive impairment - the pathology and
pathophysiology.
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 2007; 17: 39-44
H.S. Markus, U. Khan, J. Birns, A. Evans, L. Kalra, A.G. Rudd, C.D.A. Wolfe
and P.Jerrard-Dunne.
Differences in stroke subtypes between black and white patients with
stroke
– The South London Ethnicity and Stroke Study.
Circulation 2007; 116: 2157-2164
G. Brigstocke, M. Poormolkara and J. Birns.
Neoplasia and the nonagenarian.
Geriatric Medicine 2007; 37(9): 25-26
D. Sen, J. Birns and A. Rahman.
Articular presentation of disseminated histoplasmosis.
Clinical Rheumatology 2007; 26: 823-824
P.F.K. Yong, J. Birns and M.A.A. Ibrahim.
Anaphylactic shock: the great mimic.
Southern Medical Journal 2007; 100: 295-297
J. Birns, R. Morris, N. Donaldson and L. Kalra.
The effects of blood pressure reduction on cognitive function: a review of
effects based on pooled data from clinical trials.
Journal of Hypertension 2006; 24: 1907-1914
J. Birns, M. Vilasuso and D.L. Cohen.
One-stop clinics are more effective than neurology clinics for TIA.
Age and Ageing 2006; 35: 306-308
J. Birns and L. Kalra.
Blood pressure and vascular cognitive impairment - the debate continues.
Journal of Human Hypertension 2006; 20: 1-3
J. Birns, H.S. Markus and L. Kalra.
Blood pressure reduction for vascular risk - is there a price to be paid?
Stroke 2005; 36: 1308-1313
J. Birns, Y. Ioannou and M.E. Shipley.
An unusual case of weight loss in a patient with refractory rheumatoid
arthritis.
Age and Ageing 2005; 34: 305-306
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J. Birns and M. Fitzpatrick.
Secondary prevention of stroke.
British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2005; 1: 32-37
R.A. Badawi, J. Birns, T. Watson and L. Kalra.
Growth factors and their relationship to neoplastic and paraneoplastic
disease.
European Journal of Internal Medicine 2005; 16: 83-94
M. Fitzpatrick and J. Birns.
Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke and the role of the nurse.
British Journal of Nursing 2004; 13: 1170-1174
R.A. Badawi, J. Birns, D.J. Ramsey and L. Kalra.
Hiccup-induced carotid artery dissection and stroke.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2004; 97: 331-332
J. Birns, N. Sabharwal and R. Senior.
Diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage indicated by transthoracic
echocardiography.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2003; 16: 995-998
J. Birns, E. Lukkari, J. Malone-Lee and the Oxybutynin CR Clinical Trial
Group.
Randomised controlled trial to compare the efficacy of controlled-release
oxybutynin tablets (10 mg o.d.) with conventional oxybutynin tablets (5 mg
b.d.) in patients whose symptoms are stabilised on 5 mg b.d. oxybutynin.
British Journal of Urology 2000; 85: 793-798
C.H. Fry, M. Cooklin, J. Birns and A.R. Mundy.
Measurement of intercellular coupling in guinea-pig detrusor smooth
muscle.
Journal of Urology 1999; 161: 660-664
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