Overprescription of cholera vaccine to travellers by general practitioners.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare mix of patients, scope of practice, and duration of visit in primary care physicians in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. DESIGN:Comparison of three comparable cross sectional surveys performed in 2001-2. Physicians completed a questionnaire on patients' demographics, diagnoses, and ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bindman AB,Forrest CB,Britt H,Crampton P,Majeed A

更新日期：2007-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility and acceptability of screening young children for iron deficiency in a deprived inner city practice and to assess the effects of a programme of dietary education. DESIGN:Prospective study of children in general practice, comparison with historical controls. SETTING:A deprived inner...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： James J,Lawson P,Male P,Oakhill A

更新日期：1989-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence of serious maternal complications after the use of various tocolytic drugs for the treatment of preterm labour in routine clinical situations. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:28 hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium. PARTICIPANTS:1920 consecutive women treated with toc...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de Heus R,Mol BW,Erwich JJ,van Geijn HP,Gyselaers WJ,Hanssens M,Härmark L,van Holsbeke CD,Duvekot JJ,Schobben FF,Wolf H,Visser GH

更新日期：2009-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of preventive home visits to elderly people living in the community. DESIGN:Systematic review. SETTING:15 trials retrieved from Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane controlled trial register. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Physical function, psychosocial function, falls, admissions to institution...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： van Haastregt JC,Diederiks JP,van Rossum E,de Witte LP,Crebolder HF

更新日期：2000-03-18 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：:Cancer control encompasses the whole spectrum from prevention and early diagnosis to treatment and palliation. The key to the future of cancer control will be to establish multidisciplinary approaches to each type of cancer across this spectrum. For primary prevention this requires some understanding of the causes of ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Austoker J

更新日期：1994-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether, according to the conclusions of a 2000 systematic review with meta-analysis on interventions to prevent pain from propofol injection that provided a research agenda to guide further research on the topic, subsequently published trials were more often optimally blinded, reported on children...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Habre C,Tramèr MR,Pöpping DM,Elia N

更新日期：2014-08-26 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：OBJECTIVES:To observe one general practice's attempt to reduce prescribing costs on becoming third wave fundholders through the introduction of a generic formulary applied to all new and repeat prescribing. To assess the impact on patients and prescribing patterns. DESIGN:An observational study using interviews with p...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dowell JS,Snadden D,Dunbar JA

更新日期：1995-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the effect of brief behavioural counselling in general practice on patients' consumption of fruit and vegetables in adults from a low income population. DESIGN:Parallel group randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Primary health centre in a deprived, ethnically mixed inner city area. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Steptoe A,Perkins-Porras L,McKay C,Rink E,Hilton S,Cappuccio FP

更新日期：2003-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the cost effectiveness of statins in lowering serum cholesterol concentration in people at varying risk of fatal cardiovascular disease and to explore the implications of changing the criteria for intervention on cost and cost effectiveness for a purchasing authority. DESIGN:A life table method ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Pharoah PD,Hollingworth W

更新日期：1996-06-08 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：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of metformin on the incidence of vitamin B-12 deficiency (<150 pmol/l), low concentrations of vitamin B-12 (150-220 pmol/l), and folate and homocysteine concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving treatment with insulin. DESIGN:Multicentre randomised placebo controlled tri...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de Jager J,Kooy A,Lehert P,Wulffelé MG,van der Kolk J,Bets D,Verburg J,Donker AJ,Stehouwer CD

更新日期：2010-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the link suggested between growth in utero and during infancy and death from cardiovascular disease in men is also present in women. DESIGN:Follow up study of women and men whose birth weight and weight at 1 year of age had been recorded. SETTING:Hertfordshire, England. SUBJECTS:5585 w...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Osmond C,Barker DJ,Winter PD,Fall CH,Simmonds SJ

更新日期：1993-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact and cost effectiveness of a programme to transform adult critical care throughout England initiated in late 2000. DESIGN:Evaluation of trends in inputs, processes, and outcomes during 1998-2000 compared with last quarter of 2000-6. SETTING:96 critical care units in England. PARTICIPA...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hutchings A,Durand MA,Grieve R,Harrison D,Rowan K,Green J,Cairns J,Black N

更新日期：2009-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify modifiable factors that influence relatives' decision to allow organ donation. DESIGN:Systematic review. DATA SOURCES:Medline, Embase, and CINAHL, without language restriction, searched to April 2008. Review methods Three authors independently assessed the eligibility of the identified studies. ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Simpkin AL,Robertson LC,Barber VS,Young JD

更新日期：2009-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether the relation between income inequality and mortality found in US states is because of different levels of formal education. DESIGN:Cross sectional, multiple regression analysis. SETTING:All US states and the District of Columbia (n=51). DATA SOURCES:US census statistics and vital statistics...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Muller A

更新日期：2002-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES: To determine whether late mortality after sepsis is driven predominantly by pre-existing comorbid disease or is the result of sepsis itself. DEIGN: Observational cohort study. SETTING: US Health and Retirement Study. PARTICIPANTS: 960 patients aged ≥65 (1998-2010) with fee-for-service Medicare coverage w...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Prescott HC,Osterholzer JJ,Langa KM,Angus DC,Iwashyna TJ

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:According to a London physician, women with epilepsy taking antiepileptic drugs can take combined oral contraceptives (OCs). It is usual to recommend a combined OC preparation containing at least 50 mcg of estrogen (Ovran) from patients taking enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs; this can be increased to 60 mcg by ta...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： O'Brien MD,Gilmour-White S

更新日期：1993-08-21 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the performance of a panel of common single nucleotide polymorphisms (genotypes) associated with type 2 diabetes in distinguishing incident cases of future type 2 diabetes (discrimination), and to examine the effect of adding genetic information to previously validated non-genetic (phenotype based)...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Talmud PJ,Hingorani AD,Cooper JA,Marmot MG,Brunner EJ,Kumari M,Kivimäki M,Humphries SE

更新日期：2010-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine changes in immunisation performance in Grampian region after the introduction of the 1990 contract for general practitioners. DESIGN:Retrospective descriptive study using data held on the Grampian immunisation record system's computer. SETTING:All 95 general practices in Grampian region (313 gene...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Ritchie LD,Bisset AF,Russell D,Leslie V,Thomson I

更新日期：1992-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study prevalence of Turner's syndrome in Denmark and to assess validity of prenatal diagnosis. DESIGN:Study of data on prenatal and postnatal Turner's syndrome in Danish Cytogenetic Central Register. SUBJECTS:All registered Turner's syndrome karyotypes (100 prenatal cases and 215 postnatal cases) during ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gravholt CH,Juul S,Naeraa RW,Hansen J

更新日期：1996-01-06 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：OBJECTIVES:To provide insight into factors that contribute to the anxiety reported in a quantitative study of the psychological effect of screening for type 2 diabetes. To explore expectations of and reactions to the screening experience of patients with positive, negative, and intermediate results. DESIGN:Prospective...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Eborall H,Davies R,Kinmonth AL,Griffin S,Lawton J

更新日期：2007-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of combinations of statins, aspirin, beta blockers, and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in the secondary prevention of all cause mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease. DESIGN:Open prospective cohort study with nested case-control analysis. SETTING:1.18 million p...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hippisley-Cox J,Coupland C

更新日期：2005-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical effectiveness of cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts. DESIGN:A multicentre, open, two arm randomised controlled trial. SETTING:University podiatry school clinics, NHS podiatry clinics, and primary care in England, Scotland, and Ireland. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cockayne S,Hewitt C,Hicks K,Jayakody S,Kang'ombe AR,Stamuli E,Turner G,Thomas K,Curran M,Denby G,Hashmi F,McIntosh C,McLarnon N,Torgerson D,Watt I,EVerT Team.

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of neuromuscular training in reducing the rate of acute knee injury in adolescent female football players. DESIGN:Stratified cluster randomised controlled trial with clubs as the unit of randomisation. SETTING:230 Swedish football clubs (121 in the intervention group, 109 in th...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Waldén M,Atroshi I,Magnusson H,Wagner P,Hägglund M

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between exposure to radiotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer and subsequent second malignancies (second primary cancers). DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. DATA SOURCES:Medline and Embase up to 6 April 2015 with no restrictions on year...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wallis CJ,Mahar AL,Choo R,Herschorn S,Kodama RT,Shah PS,Danjoux C,Narod SA,Nam RK

更新日期：2016-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of four monthly vitamin D supplementation on the rate of fractures in men and women aged 65 years and over living in the community. DESIGN:Randomised double blind controlled trial of 100 000 IU oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation or matching placebo every four months ove...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Trivedi DP,Doll R,Khaw KT

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00