Morbidity and healthcare utilisation of children in households with one adult: comparative observational study

Objective: To identify and consider differences in morbidity in children in households with one adult presenting to general practitioners compared with children in households with more than one adult.

Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and cause specific adult mortality: prospective observational study

Objective: To investigate the association between social circumstances in childhood and mortality from various causes of death in adulthood.

Cumulative risk adjusted mortality chart for detecting changes in death rate: observational study of heart surgery

Objective: To detect changes in mortality after surgery, with allowance being made for variations in case mix.

Mortality in people taking selegiline: observational study

Objective: To evaluate mortality among patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving different treatment.

Call to needle times after acute myocardial infarction in urban and rural areas in northeast Scotland: prospective observational study

Objective: To determine call to needle times and consider how best to provide timely thrombolytic treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction.

As seen on TV: observational study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in British television medical dramas

Objective: To determine the frequency and accuracy with which cardiopulmonary resuscitation is portrayed in British television medical dramas.