Relation between troponin T concentration and mortality in patients presenting with an acute stroke: observational study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether sending patients a copy of their referral letter can reduce non-attendance at outpatient departments. DESIGN:Blinded randomised controlled trial. SETTING:13 general practices in Exeter, Devon. SUBJECTS:2078 new consultant referrals from 26 doctors. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Non-attenda...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hamilton W,Round A,Sharp D

更新日期：1999-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether use of tinzaparin, a low molecular weight heparin introduced for prophylactic management of deep vein thrombosis, increases the risk of serious postoperative bleeding leading to a higher than expected 28 day readmission rate after discharge for hysterectomy. DESIGN:Retrospective case-con...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cook G,Depares J,Singh M,McElduff P

更新日期：2006-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare outcome and costs of general practitioners, senior house officers, and registrars treating patients who attended accident and emergency department with problems assessed at triage as being of primary care type. DESIGN:Prospective intervention study which was later costed. SETTING:Inner city acci...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dale J,Lang H,Roberts JA,Green J,Glucksman E

更新日期：1996-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the intrinsic effects of individually prescribed homoeopathic medicines. DESIGN:Randomised double blind placebo controlled study. SETTING:Paediatric outpatient department of university hospital. PATIENTS:175 children with frequently recurring upper respiratory tract infections. Of the 170 ch...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de Lange de Klerk ES,Blommers J,Kuik DJ,Bezemer PD,Feenstra L

更新日期：1994-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the menstrual experience of women referred for menstrual problems, in particular menorrhagia (excessive menstrual loss), and to assess associations with reasons for referral given by their general practitioners, the women's understanding of the reasons for their attendance at the hospital clinics...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Warner P,Critchley HO,Lumsden MA,Campbell-Brown M,Douglas A,Murray G

更新日期：2001-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4 related disease was recognized as a unified disease entity only 15 years ago. Awareness of IgG4 related disease has increased worldwide since then, and specialists are now familiar with most of its clinical manifestations. Involvement of the pancreato-biliary tract, retroperitoneum/aorta, head and neck, and saliv...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lanzillotta M,Mancuso G,Della-Torre E

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 4% dimeticone lotion for treatment of head louse infestation. DESIGN:Randomised controlled equivalence trial. SETTING:Community, with home visits. PARTICIPANTS:214 young people aged 4 to 18 years and 39 adults with active head louse infestation. INTERVENTIONS:Two app...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Burgess IF,Brown CM,Lee PN

更新日期：2005-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effectiveness of post-diagnosis dementia treatment and coordination of care by memory clinics compared with general practitioners. DESIGN:Multicentre randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Nine memory clinics and 159 general practitioners in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS:175 patients with a ne...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Meeuwsen EJ,Melis RJ,Van Der Aa GC,Golüke-Willemse GA,De Leest BJ,Van Raak FH,Schölzel-Dorenbos CJ,Verheijen DC,Verhey FR,Visser MC,Wolfs CA,Adang EM,Olde Rikkert MG

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A random sample of 133 elderly patients who had an unplanned readmission to a district general hospital within 28 days of discharge from hospital was studied and compared with a matched control sample of patients who were not readmitted. The total group was drawn from all specialties in the hospital, and by interviewi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Williams EI,Fitton F

更新日期：1988-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide counter evidence to existing literature on healer shopping in Africa through a systematic analysis of illness practices by Ghanaians with diabetes; to outline approaches towards improving patient centred health care and policy development regarding diabetes in Ghana. DESIGN:Longitudinal qualitati...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de-Graft Aikins A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the costs of admission to a hospital at home scheme with those of acute hospital admission. DESIGN:Cost minimisation analysis within a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Hospital at home scheme in Leicester and the city's three acute hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:199 consecutive patients ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Jones J,Wilson A,Parker H,Wynn A,Jagger C,Spiers N,Parker G

更新日期：1999-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the cost effectiveness of a national programme to screen blood donors for infection with the human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus. DESIGN:Three models for calculating the costs and benefits of screening were developed. The first model analysed the cost of continuously testing all donations; the s...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Tynell E,Andersson S,Lithander E,Arneborn M,Blomberg J,Hansson HB,Krook A,Nomberg M,Ramstedt K,Shanwell A,Bjorkman A

更新日期：1998-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify an association between acute kidney injury and use of high potency statins versus low potency statins. DESIGN:Retrospective observational analysis of administrative databases, using nine population based cohort studies and meta-analysis. We performed as treated analyses in each database with a ne...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dormuth CR,Hemmelgarn BR,Paterson JM,James MT,Teare GF,Raymond CB,Lafrance JP,Levy A,Garg AX,Ernst P,Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies.

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical examination of the cardiovascular system is central to contemporary teaching and practice in clinical medicine. Evidence about its value focuses on its diagnostic accuracy and varies widely in methodological quality and statistical power. This makes collation, analysis, and understanding of results difficult ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Elder A,Japp A,Verghese A

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the associations between neuraxial anaesthesia or general anaesthesia and clinical outcomes, length of hospital stay, and readmission in adults undergoing lower limb revascularisation surgery. DESIGN:Comparative effectiveness study using linked, validated, population based databases. SETTING:Onta...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Roberts DJ,Nagpal SK,Kubelik D,Brandys T,Stelfox HT,Lalu MM,Forster AJ,McCartney CJ,McIsaac DI

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the most effective tocolytic agent at delaying delivery. DESIGN:Systematic review and network meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Medline In-Process, Embase, and CINAHL up to 17 February 2012. STUDY SELECTION:Randomised controlled trials of toco...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Haas DM,Caldwell DM,Kirkpatrick P,McIntosh JJ,Welton NJ

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy and acceptability to patients of non-endoscopic screening for Barrett's oesophagus, using an ingestible oesophageal sampling device (Cytosponge) coupled with immunocytochemisty for trefoil factor 3. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:12 UK general practices, with gastroscopi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kadri SR,Lao-Sirieix P,O'Donovan M,Debiram I,Das M,Blazeby JM,Emery J,Boussioutas A,Morris H,Walter FM,Pharoah P,Hardwick RH,Fitzgerald RC

更新日期：2010-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the use of a maternity unit run by general practitioners and midwives, describing the outcome of labour in an unselected group of women and quantifying the contribution made by general practitioners. DESIGN:Retrospective population based review of obstetric patients who had access to an isolated...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Baird AG,Jewell D,Walker JJ

更新日期：1996-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To gain detailed understanding of influences on smoking behaviour in Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities in the United Kingdom to inform the development of effective and culturally acceptable smoking cessation interventions. DESIGN:Qualitative study using community participatory methods, purposeful samplin...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bush J,White M,Kai J,Rankin J,Bhopal R

更新日期：2003-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess long term survival (> 5 years) and quality of life in severely ill patients referred for urgent cardiac transplantation. SETTING:Tertiary referral centres: before transplantation at the National Heart Hospital (late 1984 to end 1986); after transplantation at Harefield Hospital. SUBJECTS:Eighteen ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mulcahy D,Fitzgerald M,Wright C,Sparrow J,Pepper J,Yacoub M,Fox KM

更新日期：1993-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of a brief cognitive behavioural intervention in reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted infections among gay men. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial with 12 months' follow up. SETTING:Sexual health clinic in London. PARTICIPANTS:343 gay men with an acute sexually tran...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Imrie J,Stephenson JM,Cowan FM,Wanigaratne S,Billington AJ,Copas AJ,French L,French PD,Johnson AM,Behavioural Intervention in Gay Men Project Study Group.

更新日期：2001-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The studySheppard JP, Stevens S, Stevens R, Martin U, Mant J, Hobbs R, McManus R. Benefits and harms of antihypertensive treatment in low-risk patients with mild hypertension.Published on 1 December 2018 JAMA Intern Med 2018;178:1626-34.This project was funded by a grant from the National Institute for Health Research...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cook R,Lamont T,Martin R,NIHR Dissemination Centre.

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly and disabled people have been led to expect great improvements in the quality of community care after April 1993. The choice to live safely at home is to be offered as an alternative to residential care. The financial and organisational relationships are all intended to support this in practice. The Tomlinson ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Jowell T

更新日期：1992-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of watching different types of video on energy expenditure. DESIGN:Randomised study assessing a "pleasant," an "amusing," an "exciting," and no video film clips. SUBJECTS:12 volunteers who did not know the purpose of the study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Changes in energy expenditure, ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cooper BG,Matthews JN,Alberti KG

更新日期：1995-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of spinal cord stimulation on myocardial ischaemia, coronary blood flow, and myocardial oxygen consumption in angina pectoris induced by atrial pacing. DESIGN:The heart was paced to angina during a control phase and treatment with spinal cord stimulation. Blood samples were drawn f...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mannheimer C,Eliasson T,Andersson B,Bergh CH,Augustinsson LE,Emanuelsson H,Waagstein F

更新日期：1993-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of intensive geriatric rehabilitation on demented patients with hip fracture. DESIGN:Preplanned subanalysis of randomised intervention study. Settting: Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Finland. PARTICIPANTS:243 independently living patients aged 65 years or older admitted to hospital with ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Huusko TM,Karppi P,Avikainen V,Kautiainen H,Sulkava R

更新日期：2000-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with collar or physiotherapy compared with a wait and see policy in recent onset cervical radiculopathy. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Neurology outpatient clinics in three Dutch hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:205 patients with symptoms and signs of cervica...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kuijper B,Tans JT,Beelen A,Nollet F,de Visser M

更新日期：2009-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the extent of prescribing injectable and oral methadone to opiate addicts and the practice characteristics and dispensing arrangements attached to these prescriptions. DESIGN:National survey of 25% random sample of community (high street) pharmacies through postal questionnaire, with four mailin...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Strang J,Sheridan J,Barber N

更新日期：1996-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relation between total fat intake and body weight in adults and children. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies. DATA SOURCES:Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to June 2010. INCLUSION CR...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hooper L,Abdelhamid A,Moore HJ,Douthwaite W,Skeaff CM,Summerbell CD

更新日期：2012-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential effects of primary prevention with anticoagulants or aspirin in atrial fibrillation on Swedish population. DESIGN:Analysis of cost effectiveness based on the following assumptions: about 83,000 people have atrial fibrillation in Sweden, of whom 22,000 would be potential candidates for...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gustafsson C,Asplund K,Britton M,Norrving B,Olsson B,Marké LA

更新日期：1992-12-12 00:00:00