Effects of legislation restricting pack sizes of paracetamol and salicylate on self poisoning in the United Kingdom: before and after study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of drug and alcohol use among newly remanded prisoners, assess the effectiveness of prison reception screening, and examine the clinical management of substance misusers among remand prisoners. DESIGN:A consecutive case study of remand prisoners screened at reception for substanc...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mason D,Birmingham L,Grubin D

更新日期：1997-07-05 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 assess the effect of weight loss induced by a very low energy diet on moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men. Design Single centre, two arm, parallel, randomised, controlled, open label trial. Blocked randomisation procedure used for treatment allocation. Setting Outpatient obesity clini...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Johansson K,Neovius M,Lagerros YT,Harlid R,Rössner S,Granath F,Hemmingsson E

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether peer review medical audit in a primary care setting changes clinical behaviour in relation to the management of hypertension. DESIGN:Review of medical records in general practices to identify hypertensive patients followed up by assessment of the pre-educational and post-educational mana...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mashru M,Lant A

更新日期：1997-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In July 1992 Dr Keith Mumby, a clinical ecologist, appeared before the professional conduct committee of the General Medical Council on five charges to do with his practice of clinical ecology. He was found guilty of two of the charges--touting for publicity and failing to give a patient adequate medical attention--an...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kay AB

更新日期：1993-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of surgery with disc prosthesis versus non-surgical treatment for patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN:A prospective randomised multicentre study. SETTING:Five university hospitals in Norway. PARTICIPANTS:173 patients with a history of low back pain for at least one year, Osw...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hellum C,Johnsen LG,Storheim K,Nygaard OP,Brox JI,Rossvoll I,Rø M,Sandvik L,Grundnes O,Norwegian Spine Study Group.

更新日期：2011-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of support with human chorionic gonadotrophin in the luteal phase in women taking part in an in vitro fertilisation programme after buserelin and human menopausal gonadotrophin were used to hyperstimulate their ovaries. DESIGN:Controlled group comparison. SETTING:Outpatient department...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Smith EM,Anthony FW,Gadd SC,Masson GM

更新日期：1989-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of plasma caffeine concentrations during pregnancy with fetal growth and to compare this with relations with reported caffeine intake. DESIGN:Prospective population based study. SETTING:District general hospital, inner London. SUBJECTS:Women booking for delivery between 1982 and...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cook DG,Peacock JL,Feyerabend C,Carey IM,Jarvis MJ,Anderson HR,Bland JM

更新日期：1996-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of teaching general practitioners to carry out structured assessments of their long term mentally ill patients. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Sixteen group general practices in South Thames (west) region. SUBJECTS:440 adults disabled by long term mental illness. INTERVEN...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kendrick T,Burns T,Freeling P

更新日期：1995-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of health checks by nurses in reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients from general practice. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Five urban general practices in Bedfordshire. SUBJECTS:2136 patients receiving an initial health check in 1989-91 and sch...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors：

更新日期：1994-01-29 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 estimate the usefulness of serum concentrations of the complex of trypsin 2 and alpha 1 antitrypsin in diagnosing and assessing the severity of acute pancreatitis in comparison with serum C reactive protein, amylase, and trypsinogen 2 concentrations (reference markers). DESIGN:Markers were measured in con...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hedström J,Sainio V,Kemppainen E,Haapiainen R,Kivilaakso E,Schröder T,Leinonen J,Stenman UH

更新日期：1996-08-10 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection on future development of ischaemic heart disease and mortality. DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal study. SETTING:Caerphilly, South Wales. SUBJECTS:Plasma specimens were collected during 1979-83 from 1773 men aged 45-59 years. These were tested for ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Strachan DP,Carrington D,Mendall MA,Ballam L,Morris J,Butland BK,Sweetnam PM,Elwood PC

更新日期：1999-04-17 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess oesophageal Doppler ultrasonography as a convenient means of optimising positive end expiratory pressure for maximal delivery of oxygen to tissues. DESIGN:Measurements of blood flow, arterial oxygen saturation, and cardiac output by thermodilution (when available) at baseline and at 20-30 minutes a...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Singer M,Bennett D

更新日期：1989-05-20 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare the prevalence of antibody to and proviral DNA of the retrovirus HTLV-I in relatives of 11 British patients with tropical spastic paraparesis who had migrated from Jamaica before they developed symptoms, and to examine factors possibly related to transmission of HTLV-I. DESIGN:Migrant, family stud...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cruickshank JK,Richardson JH,Morgan OS,Porter J,Klenerman P,Knight J,Newell AL,Rudge P,Dalgleish AG

更新日期：1990-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify historical and clinical findings at emergency department presentation associated with severe H1N1 outcome in children presenting with influenza-like illness. DESIGN:Multicentre retrospective case-control study. SETTING:79 emergency departments of hospitals associated with the Pediatric Emergency...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dalziel SR,Thompson JM,Macias CG,Fernandes RM,Johnson DW,Waisman Y,Cheng N,Acworth J,Chamberlain JM,Osmond MH,Plint A,Valerio P,Black KJ,Fitzpatrick E,Newton AS,Kuppermann N,Klassen TP,Pediatric Emergency Research Netwo

更新日期：2013-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate explanations for social inequalities in health with respect to health related social mobility and cumulative socioeconomic circumstances over the first three decades of life. DESIGN:Longitudinal follow up. SETTING:Great Britain. SUBJECTS:Data from the 1958 birth cohort study (all children bo...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Power C,Matthews S,Manor O

更新日期：1996-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk of venous thromboembolic events associated with the use of progestin-only contraception and whether that risk differs with the mode of drug delivery (oral, intrauterine, or depot injection). DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational stu...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mantha S,Karp R,Raghavan V,Terrin N,Bauer KA,Zwicker JI

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether any association exists between exposure to 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza vaccination during pregnancy and negative health outcomes in early childhood. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Population based birth registry linked with health administrative databases in the pro...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Walsh LK,Donelle J,Dodds L,Hawken S,Wilson K,Benchimol EI,Chakraborty P,Guttmann A,Kwong JC,MacDonald NE,Ortiz JR,Sprague AE,Top KA,Walker MC,Wen SW,Fell DB

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess treatment related changes in quality of life up to 15 years after diagnosis of localised prostate cancer. DESIGN:Population based, prospective cohort study with follow-up over 15 years. SETTING:New South Wales, Australia. PARTICIPANTS:1642 men with localised prostate cancer, aged less than 70, an...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mazariego CG,Egger S,King MT,Juraskova I,Woo H,Berry M,Armstrong BK,Smith DP

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare perinatal morbidity and mortality for babies delivered in water with rates for babies delivered conventionally (not in water). DESIGN:Surveillance study (of all consultant paediatricians) and postal survey (of all NHS maternity units). SETTING:British Isles (surveillance study); England and Wales (post...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gilbert RE,Tookey PA

更新日期：1999-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomised controlled trial of two management regimens was carried out in women patients over 65 years of age with hip fractures. Ninety seven patients were admitted to a designated orthopaedic geriatric unit and 125 to orthopaedic wards. No difference was observed in mortality, length of stay, or placement of patie...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gilchrist WJ,Newman RJ,Hamblen DL,Williams BO

更新日期：1988-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between conflicts of interest and favourable recommendations in clinical guidelines, advisory committee reports, opinion pieces, and narrative reviews. DESIGN:Systematic review. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:Studies that compared the association between conflicts of interest and favour...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Nejstgaard CH,Bero L,Hróbjartsson A,Jørgensen AW,Jørgensen KJ,Le M,Lundh A

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical effectiveness of local corticosteroid injection, standard non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and simple analgesics for the early treatment of lateral epicondylitis in primary care. DESIGN:Multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING:23 general practices in North Sta...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hay EM,Paterson SM,Lewis M,Hosie G,Croft P

更新日期：1999-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarises the literature on shift work and its relation to insufficient sleep, chronic diseases, and accidents. It is based on 38 meta-analyses and 24 systematic reviews, with additional narrative reviews and articles used for outlining possible mechanisms by which shift work may cause accidents and adver...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kecklund G,Axelsson J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the potential for cadaver organ retrieval in New South Wales and to determine the reasons for potential donors failing to become actual donors. DESIGN:Prospective audit of all patients dying in five hospitals in New South Wales between 1 December 1989 and 30 November 1990; quality assurance of th...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hibberd AD,Pearson IY,McCosker CJ,Chapman JR,Macdonald GJ,Thompson JF,O'Connell DL,Mohacsi PJ,McLoughlin MP,Spratt PM

更新日期：1992-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Organs for donation are in short supply in the United Kingdom, resulting in allegations that relatives of potential donors are not being asked for consent. Legislation on "required request" has been proposed to overcome this. The incidence, causes, complications, and patterns of organ donation in brain stem dead patie...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bodenham A,Berridge JC,Park GR

更新日期：1989-10-21 00:00:00