Screening for prolonged incubation of HTLV-I infection in British and Jamaican relatives of British patients with tropical spastic paraparesis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess general practitioners' decisions to request lumbar spine radiographs according to the guidelines of the Royal College of Radiologists. DESIGN:Prospective questionnaire survey of outpatients attending for lumbar spine radiography. SETTING:London community hospital. SUBJECTS:100 consecutive adult o...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Halpin SF,Yeoman L,Dundas DD

更新日期：1991-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study different nutrients and food additives as risk factors for insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in childhood. DESIGN:Prospective case-control study. Parents of the children being studied were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the children's frequency of consumption of various foods. Parents ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dahlquist GG,Blom LG,Persson LA,Sandström AI,Wall SG

更新日期：1990-05-19 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 determine whether a booklet given to patients being discharged from hospital giving details of their admission and treatment increased their knowledge and recall when reviewed in outpatient clinics. DESIGN:Patients alternately allocated to receive a booklet or to serve as controls. Assessment by a questio...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Sandler DA,Mitchell JR,Fellows A,Garner ST

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether diurnal variation occurs in the onset of stroke. DESIGN:Community based study over four years. SETTING:Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. SUBJECTS:105,000 people, of whom 675 had a first ever stroke. 545 had a cerebral infarction, 66 had primary intracerebral haemorrhage, 33 had subarachnoid...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wroe SJ,Sandercock P,Bamford J,Dennis M,Slattery J,Warlow C

更新日期：1992-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess, as part of wider inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, the extent and quality of health care in prisons in England and Wales. DESIGN:Inspections based on a set of "expectations" derived mainly from existing healthcare quality standards published by the prison service and existing ethical gui...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Reed J,Lyne M

更新日期：1997-11-29 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 describe the current methods used by English medical schools to identify prospective medical students for admission to the five year degree course. DESIGN:Review study including documentary analysis and interviews with admissions tutors. SETTING:All schools (n = 22) participating in the national expansio...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Parry J,Mathers J,Stevens A,Parsons A,Lilford R,Spurgeon P,Thomas H

更新日期：2006-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical circumstances in which psychiatric patients commit suicide. DESIGN:National clinical survey. SETTING:England and Wales. SUBJECTS:A two year sample of people who had committed suicide, in particular those who had been in contact with mental health services in the 12 months before de...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Appleby L,Shaw J,Amos T,McDonnell R,Harris C,McCann K,Kiernan K,Davies S,Bickley H,Parsons R

更新日期：1999-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effectiveness of parenteral corticosteroids for the relief of acute severe migraine headache and prevention of recurrent headaches. DESIGN:Meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Electronic databases (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Embase, LILACS, and CINAHL), conference proceed...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Colman I,Friedman BW,Brown MD,Innes GD,Grafstein E,Roberts TE,Rowe BH

更新日期：2008-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The high prevalence of cigarette smoking and tobacco related morbidity and mortality in people with chronic mental illness is well documented. This review summarizes results from studies of smoking cessation treatments in people with schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. It ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Tidey JW,Miller ME

更新日期：2015-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the compliance of Asian intensive care units and hospitals to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign's resuscitation and management bundles. Secondary objectives were to evaluate the impact of compliance on mortality and the organisational characteristics of hospitals that were associated with higher compli...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Phua J,Koh Y,Du B,Tang YQ,Divatia JV,Tan CC,Gomersall CD,Faruq MO,Shrestha BR,Gia Binh N,Arabi YM,Salahuddin N,Wahyuprajitno B,Tu ML,Wahab AY,Hameed AA,Nishimura M,Procyshyn M,Chan YH,MOSAICS Study Group.

更新日期：2011-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings. DESIGN:Systematic review. DATA SOURCES:Medline, Embase, CINAHL, CAB Health, Cochrane central register of controlled trials, the database of abstracts of review...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Smith SM,Soubhi H,Fortin M,Hudon C,O'Dowd T

更新日期：2012-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether in a patient with spontaneous pneumothorax the presence or absence of a pleural leak can be shown at the time of manual aspiration by use of a marker gas. Also, to find out if the technique can predict whether manual aspiration will be successful, hence avoiding the need for intercostal t...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Seaton D,Yoganathan K,Coady T,Barker R

更新日期：1991-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To see whether the issue of AIDS has influenced the observed decline in blood donation in Scotland. DESIGN:Two methods: a quantitative survey using personal interviews based on a questionnaire and a qualitative survey based on group discussions. SETTING:Interviews based on the questionnaire were conducted i...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： MacAskill SG,Hastings GB,McNeill RE,Gillon J

更新日期：1989-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review and critically appraise published and preprint reports of prediction models for diagnosing coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in patients with suspected infection, for prognosis of patients with covid-19, and for detecting people in the general population at increased risk of becoming infected with...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wynants L,Van Calster B,Collins GS,Riley RD,Heinze G,Schuit E,Bonten MMJ,Damen JAA,Debray TPA,De Vos M,Dhiman P,Haller MC,Harhay MO,Henckaerts L,Kreuzberger N,Lohman A,Luijken K,Ma J,Andaur CL,Reitsma JB,Sergeant

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative importance of appropriate prescribing for asthma in explaining high rates of hospital admission for asthma among east London general practices. DESIGN:Poisson regression analysis describing relation of each general practice's admission rates for asthma with prescribing for asthma an...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Griffiths C,Sturdy P,Naish J,Omar R,Dolan S,Feder G

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that hydroxymethyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) may decrease the risk of community acquired pneumonia. DESIGN:Population based case-control study. SETTING:Group Health, a large integrated healthcare delivery system. Population Immunocompetent, community dwelling ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dublin S,Jackson ML,Nelson JC,Weiss NS,Larson EB,Jackson LA

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of the timing of first postnatal home visit by community health workers on neonatal mortality. DESIGN:Analysis of prospectively collected data using time varying discrete hazard models to estimate hazard ratios for neonatal mortality according to day of first postnatal home visit. DATA ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Baqui AH,Ahmed S,El Arifeen S,Darmstadt GL,Rosecrans AM,Mannan I,Rahman SM,Begum N,Mahmud AB,Seraji HR,Williams EK,Winch PJ,Santosham M,Black RE,Projahnmo 1 Study Group.

更新日期：2009-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire describing five hypothetical patients intending to travel to different countries was sent to 113 general practitioners, who were asked to state which patients they would recommend cholera vaccination to. The response rate was 80%. The general practitioners' recommendations were compared with those of t...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mott A,Kinnersley P

更新日期：1990-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the comparative clinical efficacy and acceptability of non-surgical brain stimulation for the acute treatment of major depressive episodes in adults. DESIGN:Systematic review with pairwise and network meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Electronic search of Embase, PubMed/Medline, and PsycINFO up to 8 M...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mutz J,Vipulananthan V,Carter B,Hurlemann R,Fu CHY,Young AH

更新日期：2019-03-27 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the perspectives of patients with asthma on the use of an action plan and the implementation of this plan during an asthma attack that culminated in a visit to an emergency department. DESIGN:Qualitative study. SETTING:Tertiary teaching hospital, suburban hospital, and rural hospital. PARTI...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Douglass J,Aroni R,Goeman D,Stewart K,Sawyer S,Thien F,Abramson M

更新日期：2002-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the associations between personal use of permanent hair dyes and cancer risk and mortality. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:117 200 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study, an ongoing prospective cohort study of female nurses in the United States. The women were free...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Zhang Y,Birmann BM,Han J,Giovannucci EL,Speizer FE,Stampfer MJ,Rosner BA,Schernhammer ES

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians need to evaluate clinical research critically, and determining the power of a study is an essential component of research evaluation. This report presents a graphical aid that permits rapid power determination for clinical trials with two groups. Power curves were developed for dichotomous outcomes by setti...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Miller DK,Homan SM

更新日期：1988-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 106 senior house officers who had graduated from Nottingham University in 1987 was surveyed about their experience of and need for careers guidance, performance appraisal, and stress counselling. Of the 80 who replied, a quarter had received no careers guidance and a quarter no feedback about their work pe...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Garrud P

更新日期：1990-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects on independence in older people needing rehabilitation in a locality based community hospital compared with care on a ward for elderly people in a district general hospital. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Care in a community hospital and district general hospital in Bra...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Green J,Young J,Forster A,Mallinder K,Bogle S,Lowson K,Small N

更新日期：2005-08-06 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：OBJECTIVE:Detailed analysis of primary cutaneous melanoma first diagnosed in Scotland in patients aged 65 and over. DESIGN:Comparison of changing incidence, sex distribution, site, histogenetic type, tumour thickness, and prognosis of all primary cutaneous melanomas in patients aged 65 and over diagnosed in Scotland i...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McHenry PM,Hole DJ,MacKie RM

更新日期：1992-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of severe psychological trauma --that is, post-traumatic stress disorder--in children involved in everyday road traffic accidents. DESIGN:12 month prospective study. SETTING:Accident and emergency department, Royal United Hospital, Bath. SUBJECTS:119 children aged 5-18 years inv...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Stallard P,Velleman R,Baldwin S

更新日期：1998-12-12 00:00:00