Intravenous methylprednisolone in the treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy.

abstract：:Doctors and other health professionals in developing countries are missing out on relevant information about health. A lot of the information they need is available in the developed countries, and those who have it are happy to share it with them. But transporting information, like food or medicines, from one part of ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kale R

更新日期：1994-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the long term effects of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media in young children. DESIGN:Prospective three year follow-up study within the framework of a primary care based, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. SETTING:53 general practices in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bezáková N,Damoiseaux RA,Hoes AW,Schilder AG,Rovers MM

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the time distribution of visits at night and to evaluate trends in night visits from 1982 to 1992. DESIGN:Analysis of a sample of one in 12 claim forms for night visits submitted over one year beginning 1 July 1991, and estimation of the number of night visits in previous years from data on payme...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Salisbury C

更新日期：1993-03-20 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：:All developmental screening in Somerset is performed by general practitioners and health visitors. A retrospective review of a cohort of 1504 7 year old children living in semirural Somerset found that the development assessment by a health visitor at age 3 1/2 years had a sensitivity of 45% for identifying the 103 ch...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dearlove J,Kearney D

更新日期：1990-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study prospectively the differences in health inequality in men and women from 1986-96 using the Office for National Statistics' longitudinal study and new socioeconomic classification. To assess the relative importance of social class (based on employment characteristics) and social position according to...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Sacker A,Firth D,Fitzpatrick R,Lynch K,Bartley M

更新日期：2000-05-13 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 evaluate the association between use of hormone replacement therapy and the risk of idiopathic venous thromboembolism. DESIGN:Population based case-control study. SETTING:Population enrolled in the General Practice Research Database, United Kingdom. SUBJECTS:A cohort of 347,253 women aged 50 to 79 witho...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Pérez Gutthann S,García Rodríguez LA,Castellsague J,Duque Oliart A

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of perineal massage in the second stage of labour on perineal outcomes. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS:At 36 weeks' gestation, women expecting normal birth of a singleton were asked to join the study. Women became eligible to be randomised in labour if they progres...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Stamp G,Kruzins G,Crowther C

更新日期：2001-05-26 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 clinical correlates and outcome of hypoxaemia in children admitted to hospital with an acute lower respiratory tract infection. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Paediatric wards of the Royal Victoria Hospital and the hospital of the Medical Research Council's hospital in Banjul, the Ga...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Usen S,Weber M,Mulholland K,Jaffar S,Oparaugo A,Omosigho C,Adegbola R,Greenwood B

更新日期：1999-01-09 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of HIV among pregnant women, in particular those whose behaviour or that of their partners put them at "low risk" of infection. DESIGN:Voluntary named or anonymous HIV testing of pregnant women during 21 months (November 1988 to July 1990). SUBJECTS AND SETTING:All women who plan...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Goldberg DJ,MacKinnon H,Smith R,Patel NB,Scrimgeour JB,Inglis JM,Peutherer JF,Urquhart GE,Emslie JA,Covell RG

更新日期：1992-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the acceptability of screening newborn boys for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. DESIGN:Screening is offered on the basis of informed consent in response to an information sheet entitled "A new test for baby boys--Do you want it?" The programme includes a prospective long term evaluation of family res...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bradley DM,Parsons EP,Clarke AJ

更新日期：1993-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of daily zinc supplementation in children on the incidence of acute lower respiratory tract infections and pneumonia. DESIGN:Double masked, randomised placebo controlled trial. SETTING:A slum community in New Delhi, India. PARTICIPANTS:2482 children aged 6 to 30 months. INTERVENTIO...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bhandari N,Bahl R,Taneja S,Strand T,Mølbak K,Ulvik RJ,Sommerfelt H,Bhan MK

更新日期：2002-06-08 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 investigate whether paracetamol (acetaminophen) plus ibuprofen are superior to either drug alone for increasing time without fever and the relief of fever associated discomfort in febrile children managed at home. DESIGN:Individually randomised, blinded, three arm trial. SETTING:Primary care and househol...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hay AD,Costelloe C,Redmond NM,Montgomery AA,Fletcher M,Hollinghurst S,Peters TJ

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact on birth size and risk of low birth weight of alternative combinations of micronutrients given to pregnant women. DESIGN:Double blind cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Rural community in south eastern Nepal. PARTICIPANTS:4926 pregnant women and 4130 live born infants. INTER...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Christian P,Khatry SK,Katz J,Pradhan EK,LeClerq SC,Shrestha SR,Adhikari RK,Sommer A,West KP Jr

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review measures of data quality in electronic patient records (EPRs) in primary care. DESIGN:Systematic review of English language publications, 1980-2001. DATA SOURCES:Bibliographic searches of medical databases, specialist medical informatics databases, conference proceedings, and instit...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Thiru K,Hassey A,Sullivan F

更新日期：2003-05-17 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

abstract：:This paper examines the impact of marital status on maternal mortality in the period before and the period after German reunification in the area covered by the former East Germany. Maternal mortality ratio prior to the reunification was stable and declined after reunification. This can be attributed to the adoption ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Razum O,Jahn A,Snow R

更新日期：1999-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide a contemporary account of the treatment and outcomes of acute coronary attacks in England and Wales and to identify strategies that might improve the outcome. DESIGN:Two year community and hospital based study in three British health districts. SETTING:Health districts of Brighton (population 28...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Norris RM

更新日期：1998-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The first call for applications to the NHS research and development programme on the interface between primary and secondary care was advertised in February 1994. A total of 674 outline proposals were submitted and 54 (8%) secured funding. Projects have been commissioned in 16 of the 21 priority areas and around 6m po...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wisely J,Haines A

更新日期：1995-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis of an association between neonatal intramuscular vitamin K and childhood leukaemia and other cancers. DESIGN:Population based case-control study with data abstracted from hospital records. SETTING:Scotland. SUBJECTS:Children aged 0-14 years resident in Scotland from 1991-4 and diagno...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McKinney PA,Juszczak E,Findlay E,Smith K

更新日期：1998-01-17 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：OBJECTIVE:To characterise the clinical features of patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in the United Kingdom during the growth phase of the first wave of this outbreak who were enrolled in the International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infections Consortium (ISARIC) World Hea...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Docherty AB,Harrison EM,Green CA,Hardwick HE,Pius R,Norman L,Holden KA,Read JM,Dondelinger F,Carson G,Merson L,Lee J,Plotkin D,Sigfrid L,Halpin S,Jackson C,Gamble C,Horby PW,Nguyen-Van-Tam JS,Ho A,Russell CD,Dun

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunities for international public health collaboration through joint business ventures between the USSR and Western nations, an arrangement that would benefit the public, industry, and the medical community, are discussed. Evidence indicates that the state of health of the Soviet population is declining rapi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gellert GA,Kaznady SI

更新日期：1991-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:London's health care problems, particularly underfunding, are mirrored in other major cities in the United Kingdom and abroad. None has found the perfect solution, but the debates on the Tomlinson report provide an opportunity to review how to manage the three major areas of service provision, medical education, and r...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Maxwell R

更新日期：1993-01-16 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 report on the country of training and ethnicity of consultants in different specialties in the NHS, on trends in intake to UK medical schools by ethnicity, and on the specialty choices made by UK medical graduates in different ethnic groups. DESIGN:Analysis of official databases of consultants and of stu...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Goldacre MJ,Davidson JM,Lambert TW

更新日期：2004-09-11 00:00:00