Spontaneous pneumothorax: marker gas technique for predicting outcome of manual aspiration.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria seem cost effective in standard analyses, but these do not take account of clinicians' response to test results. This study tested the impact of clinicians' response to rapid diagnostic test or microscopy results on the costs and benefits of testing at different levels of ma...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lubell Y,Reyburn H,Mbakilwa H,Mwangi R,Chonya S,Whitty CJ,Mills A

更新日期：2008-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To improve the selection of patients with acute ischaemic stroke for intra-arterial treatment using a clinical decision tool to predict individual treatment benefit.Design Multivariable regression modelling with data from two randomised controlled clinical trials.Setting 16 hospitals in the Netherlands (deri...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Venema E,Mulder MJHL,Roozenbeek B,Broderick JP,Yeatts SD,Khatri P,Berkhemer OA,Emmer BJ,Roos YBWEM,Majoie CBLM,van Oostenbrugge RJ,van Zwam WH,van der Lugt A,Steyerberg EW,Dippel DWJ,Lingsma HF

更新日期：2017-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the risk profile of women receiving public and private obstetric care and to compare the rates of obstetric intervention among women at low risk in these groups. DESIGN:Population based descriptive study. SETTING:New South Wales, Australia. SUBJECTS:All 171,157 women having a live baby during 19...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Roberts CL,Tracy S,Peat B

更新日期：2000-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:On 1 April the Department of Health introduced the mandatory collection of data on the ethnic group of patients admitted to hospital. Its coding was based on a national minimum standard for classifying ethnic groups, ostensibly using the categories in the 1991 census. In the census, however, one in four people from et...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Aspinall PJ

更新日期：1995-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: To directly compare the performance and externally validate the three most studied prediction tools for osteoporotic fractures-QFracture, FRAX, and Garvan-using data from electronic health records. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Payer provider healthcare organisation in Israel. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dagan N,Cohen-Stavi C,Leventer-Roberts M,Balicer RD

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Swedish government recently published a report on priorities in health care. It was written by a cross party group of politicians and drew extensively on the views of the public, health professionals, experience of earlier local exercises in priority setting, and research based evidence. It laid down an ethical fr...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McKee M,Figueras J

更新日期：1996-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the psychosocial factors associated with consultation for low back pain. DESIGN:Two phase cross sectional postal survey. SETTING:Bradford Metropolitan Health District. SUBJECTS:1813 adults responding to the phase 1 questionnaire. 540 of the 782 with an episode of low back pain in the past 12...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Waxman R,Tennant A,Helliwell P

更新日期：1998-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To calculate socioeconomic and health status measures for the primary care groups in London and to examine the association between these measures and hospital admission rates. DESIGN:Cross sectional study. SETTING:66 primary care groups in London, total list size 8.0 million people. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Majeed A,Bardsley M,Morgan D,O'Sullivan C,Bindman AB

更新日期：2000-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of early treatment for amblyopia in children. DESIGN:Follow up of outcomes of treatment for amblyopia in a randomised controlled trial comparing intensive orthoptic screening at 8, 12, 18, 25, 31, and 37 months (intensive group) with orthoptic screening at 37 months only (control ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Williams C,Northstone K,Harrad RA,Sparrow JM,Harvey I,ALSPAC Study Team.

更新日期：2002-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of peak bone mass and subsequent postmenopausal bone loss in the development of osteoporosis and the reliability of identifying women at risk from one bone mass measurement and one biochemical assessment of the future bone loss. DESIGN:Population based study. SETTING:Outpatient clinic fo...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hansen MA,Overgaard K,Riis BJ,Christiansen C

更新日期：1991-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To characterize the prospective controlled clinical studies for all novel drugs that were initially approved by the Food and Drug Administration on the basis of limited evidence.Design Systematic review.Data sources Drugs@FDA database and PubMed.Study inclusion All prospective controlled clinical studies pub...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Pease AM,Krumholz HM,Downing NS,Aminawung JA,Shah ND,Ross JS

更新日期：2017-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the primary care communications initiative, which introduced NHSnet to primary care in Scotland. DESIGN:Semi-structured telephone interviews, postal questionnaire. SETTING:All 15 Scottish health boards, random sample of 1 in 3 of all Scottish general practices. PARTICIPANTS:Information manageme...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Willmot M,Sullivan F

更新日期：2000-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether tobacco smoking causes increased DNA modification (adducts) in human cervical epithelium. DESIGN:Comparison of DNA adducts measured by the technique of postlabelling with phosphorus-32 in normal ectocervical epithelium of smokers and non-smokers. A questionnaire on smoking habit and a ur...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Simons AM,Phillips DH,Coleman DV

更新日期：1993-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore genetic and environmental contributions to the influence of parental social class and region of upbringing on adult human fatness. DESIGN:Survey of sample of adults who had been adopted in childhood to relate their body mass index to sociodemographic variables in a series of multiple linear regres...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Teasdale TW,Sørensen TI,Stunkard AJ

更新日期：1990-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the change in first day infant mortality during 1935-87. To examine the hypothesis that excess first day mortality in the 1950s and 1960s was attributable to restricting oxygen for sick newborn infants. DESIGN:Time series analysis of first day infant mortality and stillbirth rates. SETTING:Engl...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Whyte RK

更新日期：1992-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To appraise a new method of prenatal screening for Down's syndrome based on maternal serum concentrations of alpha fetoprotein, unconjugated oestriol, and human chorionic gonadotrophin combined with maternal age--the "triple test." DESIGN:Examination of the cost effectiveness of the triple test relative to s...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Sheldon TA,Simpson J

更新日期：1991-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine prospectively the rates of change in bone mineral density in elderly people and to examine the relation between lifestyle and demographic factors and these rates of change. DESIGN:Longitudinal population based study. SETTING:Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. SUBJECTS:Representative sample (n...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Jones G,Nguyen T,Sambrook P,Kelly PJ,Eisman JA

更新日期：1994-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the impact of citalopram and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on corrected QT interval (QTc), a marker of risk for ventricular arrhythmia, in a large and diverse clinical population. DESIGN:A cross sectional study using electrocardiographic, prescribing, and clinical data from electr...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Castro VM,Clements CC,Murphy SN,Gainer VS,Fava M,Weilburg JB,Erb JL,Churchill SE,Kohane IS,Iosifescu DV,Smoller JW,Perlis RH

更新日期：2013-01-29 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 evaluate the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a new triple S recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in a cohort of healthy people in whom currently licensed hepatitis B vaccines had persistently not induced an immune response. DESIGN:Single centre, randomised, double blind, dose-response study. SETTING:Rese...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Zuckerman JN,Sabin C,Craig FM,Williams A,Zuckerman AJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the experiences of obstetricians in England and Wales of serum screening for Down's syndrome. DESIGN:Postal questionnaire survey. SUBJECTS:Questionnaires were sent to all practising obstetricians in England and Wales with nonacademic appointments who had not participated in an earlier (randomly s...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Green JM

更新日期：1994-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the outcome of administration of neuroleptics to patients with senile dementia of Lewy body type confirmed at necropsy. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of clinical notes blind to neuropathological diagnosis. SETTING:Specialist psychogeriatric assessment units referring cases for necropsy to a tea...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McKeith I,Fairbairn A,Perry R,Thompson P,Perry E

更新日期：1992-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare patients' preference for transdermal fentanyl or sustained release oral morphine, their level of pain control, and their quality of life after treatment. DESIGN:Randomised, multicentre, international, open label, crossover trial. SETTING:35 centres in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Unite...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Allan L,Hays H,Jensen NH,de Waroux BL,Bolt M,Donald R,Kalso E

更新日期：2001-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review and describe currently available approaches to supporting maintenance of weight loss in obese adults and to assess the evidence for the effectiveness of these interventions. DESIGN:Systematic review with meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, and the Cochrane Central...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dombrowski SU,Knittle K,Avenell A,Araújo-Soares V,Sniehotta FF

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the absolute risks or benefits on cancer associated with oral contraception, using incident data. DESIGN:Inception cohort study. SETTING:Royal College of General Practitioners' oral contraception study. PARTICIPANTS:Directly standardised data from the Royal College of General Practitioners' oral...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hannaford PC,Selvaraj S,Elliott AM,Angus V,Iversen L,Lee AJ

更新日期：2007-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the cost-effectiveness of low dose statins for primary prevention of vascular disease, incorporating current prices, non-adherence (reduced clinical efficacy while maintaining healthcare costs), and the results of the recently published JUPITER trial. DESIGN:Cost-effectiveness analysis using a Mark...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Greving JP,Visseren FL,de Wit GA,Algra A

更新日期：2011-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven euthyroid patients with severe Graves' eye disease were treated with intravenous methylprednisolone and followed up for six months or more by ophthalmological assessment, orbital computed tomography (CT), photographs, and antibody measurements. Papilloedema resolved in the single patient in whom it was present;...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kendall-Taylor P,Crombie AL,Stephenson AM,Hardwick M,Hall K

更新日期：1988-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of high dose inhaled corticosteroids on skin. DESIGN:Cross sectional study of patients receiving treatment for chest diseases. SETTING:Outpatient chest clinic in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:68 Patients divided into four groups of similar age--namely, 15 receiving long term oral predn...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Capewell S,Reynolds S,Shuttleworth D,Edwards C,Finlay AY

更新日期：1990-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of withdrawing diuretic drugs on oedema in patients prescribed them for only ankle oedema, excluding patients with cardiac, hepatic, or renal failure. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:15 general practices in the Netherlands. PATIENTS:1202 patients aged 65 years or older a...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de Jonge JW,Knottnerus JA,van Zutphen WM,de Bruijne GA,Struijker Boudier HA

更新日期：1994-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted (a) to assess the number of patients registered with a south London general practice who over 11 weeks referred themselves to an accident and emergency department, (b) to identify the characteristics of those patients, and (c) to determine their perceptions of the services and resources available...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Singh S

更新日期：1988-11-05 00:00:00