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Module Coordinator: Essential Medical Statistics
Part of the Evidence-Based Health Care MSc Programme
Susannah Fleming
MEng DPhil
Senior Quantitative Researcher
My research is focussed on monitoring and diagnosis, particularly using "vital signs" such as heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen levels, temperature, blood pressure, and capillary refill time. I have particular interest in temperature monitoring, and am a member of the National Body Temperature Measurement Group. I am interested in the accuracy of monitoring technology used by both clinicians and patients.
Teaching
I teach on the MSc in EBHC Medical Statistics, and co-ordinate the module in Essential Medical Statistics. I also teach medical statistics on the undergraduate medical course.
MSc Supervision
I am particularly keen to supervise students considering research on monitoring and diagnosis. I have particular experience in systematic reviewing and meta-analysis, observational research, and diagnostic accuracy studies, and so would welcome students considering any of these methodologies.
Links to resources:
Evidence-based centiles for heart rate and breathing rate in children (Fleming S. et al, (2011), Lancet, 377, 1011 - 1018)
- Centile web application
- Centile charts poster - apologies. These resources are currently unavailable. Please email me for access in the meantime while we work on getting them back up again.
- Raw centile data and associated software code
"Dumbell" pre- and post-test probability plots
Key publications
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Journal article
Fleming S. et al, (2015), American Journal of Hypertension, 28, 1316 - 1324
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Journal article
Fleming S. et al, (2015), Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100, 239 - 249
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Journal article
Fleming S. et al, (2015), PLoS ONE, 10
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Journal article
Fleming S. et al, (2011), The Lancet, 377, 1011 - 1018
Recent publications
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Is current body temperature measurement practice fit-for-purpose?
Journal article
FLEMING S. et al, (2020), Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology
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Van den Bruel A. et al, (2020), Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 24, 1 - 28
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Journal article
Fleming S. et al, (2020), BMJ open, 10
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Hayward G. et al, (2020), British Journal of General Practice, 70, E236 - E244
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Accuracy and acceptability of non-contact infrared compared to axillary and tympanic thermometers in children under 6 attending primary care: a method comparison study and nested qualitative evaluation
Journal article
HAYWARD G. et al, (2019), British Journal of General Practice