Lung function and cognitive ability in children: a UK birth cohort study.

Background: Decreased adult lung function is associated with subsequent impairment in cognition. A similar relationship in early life could be of great policy importance, since childhood cognitive ability determines key adult outcomes, including socioeconomic status and mortality. We aimed to expand the very limited data available on this relationship in children, and hypothesised that reduced lung function would be longitudinally associated with decreased cognitive ability.

Head, heart or checklist? How self-reported decision-making strategies change according to speciality and grade: a cross-sectional survey of doctors.

Purpose: To identify and analyse variations in self-reported decision-making strategies between medical professionals of different specialty and grade.

Study Design: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of doctors of different specialities and grades at St. George's Hospital, London, UK.