How are abnormal results for liver function tests dealt with in primary care? Audit of yield and impact.

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 evaluate the effect of financial incentives on four clinical quality indicators common to pay for performance plans in the United Kingdom and at Kaiser Permanente in California. DESIGN:Longitudinal analysis. SETTING:35 medical facilities of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 1997-2007. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lester H,Schmittdiel J,Selby J,Fireman B,Campbell S,Lee J,Whippy A,Madvig P

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether inhaled salmeterol, a new long acting inhaled beta adrenergic agonist, reduces nocturnal bronchoconstriction and improves sleep quality in patients with nocturnal asthma. DESIGN:Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled crossover study. SETTING:Hospital outpatient clinics in Edinburg...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Fitzpatrick MF,Mackay T,Driver H,Douglas NJ

更新日期：1990-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of lichen planus with liver complaints and with known aetiological factors of liver diseases. DESIGN:Multicentre case-control study. Interviews were conducted by trained medical investigators on the basis of a structured questionnaire. At the interview patients and controls were ask...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors：

更新日期：1990-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between long term intake of dietary and supplemental calcium and death from all causes and cardiovascular disease. DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal cohort study. SETTING:Swedish mammography cohort, a population based cohort established in 1987-90. PARTICIPANTS:61 433 women (bo...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Michaëlsson K,Melhus H,Warensjö Lemming E,Wolk A,Byberg L

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between genotype at the insertion or deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene and risk of coronary restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention. DESIGN:Meta-analysis of studies before July 2001 that reported on these genotypes and risk of coronary reste...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bonnici F,Keavney B,Collins R,Danesh J

更新日期：2002-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether fibrinogen and lipid concentrations are risk factors for ischaemic stroke. DESIGN:Case-control study with a population based comparison within the overall study. SETTING:Oxfordshire community stroke project and a neurology clinic. SUBJECTS:105 patients who had a transient ischaemic at...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Qizilbash N,Jones L,Warlow C,Mann J

更新日期：1991-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the incidence, time of day, and driver morbidity associated with vehicle accidents where the most likely cause was the driver falling asleep at the wheel. DESIGN:Two surveys were undertaken, in southwest England and the midlands, by using police databases or on the spot interviews. SUBJECTS:Drive...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Horne JA,Reyner LA

更新日期：1995-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the author's 20.9 lb (9.5 kg) carbon frame bicycle reduced commuting time compared with his 29.75 lb (13.5 kg) steel frame bicycle. DESIGN:Randomised trial. SETTING:Sheffield and Chesterfield, United Kingdom, between mid-January 2010 and mid-July 2010. PARTICIPANTS:One consultant in an...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Groves J

更新日期：2010-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The studyEveritt H, Landau G, Little P. Therapist telephone-delivered CBT and web-based CBT compared with treatment as usual in refractory irritable bowel syndrome: the ACTIB three-arm RCT. Health Technol Assess 2019;23:1-154.This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 11...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cook R,Davidson P,Martin R,NIHR Dissemination Centre.

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of HIV seroprevalence in the world. In 2001 only 4% of women and children in need of services for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV were receiving them. DESIGN:Pilot implementation of the first programme for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Perez F,Orne-Gliemann J,Mukotekwa T,Miller A,Glenshaw M,Mahomva A,Dabis F

更新日期：2004-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the feasibility of obtaining signed consent for submission of patient identifiable data to a national clinical audit database and to identify factors influencing the consent process and its success. DESIGN:Feasibility study. SETTING:Seven paediatric intensive care units in England. PARTICIP...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McKinney PA,Jones S,Parslow R,Davey N,Darowski M,Chaudhry B,Stack C,Parry G,Draper ES,PICANet Consent Study Group.

更新日期：2005-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether a strategy of endovascular repair (if aortic morphology is suitable, open repair if not) versus open repair reduces early mortality for patients with suspected ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:30 vascular centres (29 UK, 1 Canadian), 2009-13. ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： IMPROVE Trial Investigators.,Powell JT,Sweeting MJ,Thompson MM,Ashleigh R,Bell R,Gomes M,Greenhalgh RM,Grieve R,Heatley F,Hinchliffe RJ,Thompson SG,Ulug P

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the association between stressful life events and exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, PsychInfo, and Psychological Abstracts searched for empirical papers from 1965 to February 2003 with terms "stress", "trauma", and "multiple sclerosis". REVIEW METHODS:Three investigators ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mohr DC,Hart SL,Julian L,Cox D,Pelletier D

更新日期：2004-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relative efficacy of the World Health Organization 2005 campaign (WHO-5) and other interventions to promote hand hygiene among healthcare workers in hospital settings and to summarize associated information on use of resources. DESIGN:Systematic review and network meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Luangasanatip N,Hongsuwan M,Limmathurotsakul D,Lubell Y,Lee AS,Harbarth S,Day NP,Graves N,Cooper BS

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of modest non-financial incentives on immunisation rates in children aged 1-3 and to compare it with the effect of only improving the reliability of the supply of services. DESIGN:Clustered randomised controlled study. SETTING:Rural Rajasthan, India. PARTICIPANTS:1640 children aged 1...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Banerjee AV,Duflo E,Glennerster R,Kothari D

更新日期：2010-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence of both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in an area of predominantly Asian population the Coventry diabetes study is carrying out house to house screening for diabetes in people aged 20 and over in Foleshill, Coventry. In the first five of 12 areas to be studied 2130 of 2283 Asian (...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Simmons D,Williams DR,Powell MJ

更新日期：1989-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical benefit of lipid lowering drug treatment in patients with and without diabetes mellitus, for primary and secondary prevention. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Cochrane, Medline, Embase, and reference lists up to April 2004. STUDY SELECTION:Randomised, place...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Costa J,Borges M,David C,Vaz Carneiro A

更新日期：2006-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 563 white primigravid patients at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, were recruited in a prospective study to examine the association between maternal height, shoe size, and the outcome of labour. There was a significantly increased caesarean section rate in women of short stature but no association between mode...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mahmood TA,Campbell DM,Wilson AW

更新日期：1988-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between birth weight of offspring and mortality among fathers and mothers in the west of Scotland. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. PARTICIPANTS:794 married couples in Renfrew district of the west of Scotland. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Mortality from all causes and from ca...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Davey Smith G,Hart C,Ferrell C,Upton M,Hole D,Hawthorne V,Watt G

更新日期：1997-11-08 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether use of intermediate acting neuromuscular blocking agents during general anesthesia increases the incidence of postoperative respiratory complications. DESIGN:Prospective, propensity score matched cohort study. SETTING:General teaching hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 20...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Grosse-Sundrup M,Henneman JP,Sandberg WS,Bateman BT,Uribe JV,Nguyen NT,Ehrenfeld JM,Martinez EA,Kurth T,Eikermann M

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare neonatal mortality and morbidity in term infants presenting by the breech and delivered vaginally or by caesarean section. DESIGN:Population based comparison of outcomes. Data derived from the St Mary's maternity information system. SETTING:North West Thames Regional Health Authority, 1988-90. S...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Thorpe-Beeston JG,Banfield PJ,Saunders NJ

更新日期：1992-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives To estimate the short term effect of particulate air pollution (particle diameter <10 μm, or PM10) on mortality and explore the heterogeneity of particulate air pollution effects in major cities in China.Design Generalised linear models with different lag structures using time series data.Setting 38 of the ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Yin P,He G,Fan M,Chiu KY,Fan M,Liu C,Xue A,Liu T,Pan Y,Mu Q,Zhou M

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the association between epithelial cell IgM, which has previously been associated with an increased incidence of loss of renal graft in children, with a novel cutaneous eruption and unexplained native renal disease. DESIGN:Observational study on children with epithelial cell antibody presenting w...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Deal JE,Groves RW,Harmer AW,Welsh KI,MacDonald DM,Rigden SP

更新日期：1991-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of patients' preferences for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, by using individualised decision analysis combining probability and utility assessments into a decision tree. DESIGN:Observational study based on interviews with patients. SETTING:Eight general practices in Avon. P...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Protheroe J,Fahey T,Montgomery AA,Peters TJ

更新日期：2000-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the frequency of discrepancies in retracted reports of clinical trials with those in adjacent unretracted reports in the same journal. DESIGN:Blinded case-control study. SETTING:Journals in PubMed. POPULATION:50 manuscripts, classified on PubMed as retracted clinical trials, paired with 50 adja...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cole GD,Nowbar AN,Mielewczik M,Shun-Shin MJ,Francis DP

更新日期：2015-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess and improve the quality of care provided to women undergoing induced abortion. DESIGN:Two rounds of prospective, criterion based case note review audit. SETTING:Ten NHS gynaecology units throughout Scotland. SUBJECTS:2004 patient episodes of abortion care identified consecutively during two roun...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Penney GC,Glasier A,Templeton A

更新日期：1994-07-02 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：:Many clinicians remain unsure of the relevance of measuring quality of life to their clinical practice. In health economics quality of life measures have become the standard means of assessing the results of health care interventions and, more controversially, the means of prioritising funding; but they have many othe...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Fitzpatrick R,Fletcher A,Gore S,Jones D,Spiegelhalter D,Cox D

更新日期：1992-10-31 00:00:00