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Susan Shenkin

Reader in Geriatric Medicine, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh
Verified email at ed.ac.uk
Cited by 5863

Birth weight and cognitive ability in childhood: a systematic review.

SD Shenkin, JM Starr, IJ Deary - Psychological bulletin, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
… Selection criteria were applied independently by Susan D. Shenkin, but agreement …
random sample of references to ensure that no relevant articles were missed, and Susan D. …

Brain White Matter Hyperintensities: Relative Importance of Vascular Risk Factors in Nondemented Elderly People1

AD Murray, RT Staff, SD Shenkin, IJ Deary, JM Starr… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To prospectively determine whether there is an association between brain white
matter signal hyperintensities on magnetic resonance (MR) images and potential risk …

Lifestyle intervention for improving school achievement in overweight or obese children and adolescents

A Martin, DH Saunders, SD Shenkin… - Cochrane Database of …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence is high.
Excessive body fat at a young age is likely to persist into adulthood and is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity and exercise in mild cognitive impairment and dementia: an umbrella review of intervention and observational studies

…, W Kemmler, C Sieber, C Mueller, SD Shenkin… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of this umbrella review was to determine the effect of physical activity/exercise
on improving cognitive and noncognitive outcomes in people with MCI (mild cognitive …

Diagnostic accuracy of the 4AT for delirium detection in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

…, K Agarwal, G Taffet, T Quinn, SD Shenkin… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Detection of delirium in hospitalised older adults is recommended in national and
international guidelines. The 4 ‘A’s Test (4AT) is a short (<2 minutes) instrument for delirium …

Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities

…, TJ Quinn, L Rochester, AA Sayer, SD Shenkin… - Age and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Older people are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a
profound impact on research as well as clinical service delivery. This commentary identifies …

Tools to detect delirium superimposed on dementia: a systematic review

…, P Lee, JC Jackson, SD Shenkin… - Journal of the …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To identify valid tools to diagnose delirium superimposed on dementia. Design
Systematic review of studies of delirium tools that explicitly included individuals with dementia. …

[HTML][HTML] Delirium detection in older acute medical inpatients: a multicentre prospective comparative diagnostic test accuracy study of the 4AT and the confusion …

SD Shenkin, C Fox, M Godfrey, N Siddiqi, S Goodacre… - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Delirium affects > 15% of hospitalised patients but is grossly underdetected,
contributing to poor care. The 4 ‘A’s Test (4AT, www.the4AT.com ) is a short delirium …

The consistent burden in published estimates of delirium occurrence in medical inpatients over four decades: a systematic review and meta-analysis study

K Gibb, A Seeley, T Quinn, N Siddiqi, S Shenkin… - Age and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Delirium is associated with a wide range of adverse patient safety outcomes,
yet it remains consistently under-diagnosed. We undertook a systematic review of studies …

Effects of oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation after spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage in the UK: a randomised, open-label, assessor-masked, pilot-phase, non …

…, P Taylor, G Blair, W Whiteley, S Shenkin… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Oral anticoagulation reduces the rate of systemic embolism for patients with
atrial fibrillation by two-thirds, but its benefits for patients with previous intracranial …