Cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure can improve quality of life and fitness.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate socioeconomic variation among young women in the risk of hospital admission for diseases (including neoplasms) of the female genital system and breast and for the common surgical procedures of dilatation and curettage and hysterectomy. DESIGN:Large nationally representative cohort study with i...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kuh D,Stirling S

更新日期：1995-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine trends over time in the rates of admission to hospital for accidents of preschool children and to study patterns of repeated admissions for accidents in these children. DESIGN:Analysis of linked, routine abstracts of hospital inpatient records for accidents. SETTING:Six districts in the Oxford R...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Sellar C,Ferguson JA,Goldacre MJ

更新日期：1991-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" had the merit of widening concepts of health to include psychological and social aspects, but is of no practical use. In fact, this statement m...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Saracci R

更新日期：1997-05-10 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：:The results of the work of the Edinburgh Rehabilitation Medicine Service in one year were evaluated. Over 1400 new patients were seen, of whom 525 were in hospital at the time. Patients most often referred were those who had had cardiovascular accidents, back pain, lower limb amputations, and head injuries and those c...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Roy CW,Arthurs Y,Hunter J,Parker S,McLaren A

更新日期：1988-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of an antenatal service using community based breastfeeding peer support workers on initiation of breast feeding. DESIGN:Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Community antenatal clinics in one primary care trust in a multiethnic, deprived population. PARTICIPANTS:66 ante...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： MacArthur C,Jolly K,Ingram L,Freemantle N,Dennis CL,Hamburger R,Brown J,Chambers J,Khan K

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven euthyroid patients with severe Graves' eye disease were treated with intravenous methylprednisolone and followed up for six months or more by ophthalmological assessment, orbital computed tomography (CT), photographs, and antibody measurements. Papilloedema resolved in the single patient in whom it was present;...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kendall-Taylor P,Crombie AL,Stephenson AM,Hardwick M,Hall K

更新日期：1988-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential effects of primary prevention with anticoagulants or aspirin in atrial fibrillation on Swedish population. DESIGN:Analysis of cost effectiveness based on the following assumptions: about 83,000 people have atrial fibrillation in Sweden, of whom 22,000 would be potential candidates for...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gustafsson C,Asplund K,Britton M,Norrving B,Olsson B,Marké LA

更新日期：1992-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether tobacco smoking causes increased DNA modification (adducts) in human cervical epithelium. DESIGN:Comparison of DNA adducts measured by the technique of postlabelling with phosphorus-32 in normal ectocervical epithelium of smokers and non-smokers. A questionnaire on smoking habit and a ur...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Simons AM,Phillips DH,Coleman DV

更新日期：1993-05-29 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 independently evaluate the impact of the second phase of the Health Foundation's Safer Patients Initiative (SPI2) on a range of patient safety measures. Design A controlled before and after design. Five substudies: survey of staff attitudes; review of case notes from high risk (respiratory) patients in med...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Benning A,Dixon-Woods M,Nwulu U,Ghaleb M,Dawson J,Barber N,Franklin BD,Girling A,Hemming K,Carmalt M,Rudge G,Naicker T,Kotecha A,Derrington MC,Lilford R

更新日期：2011-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantify the relative contribution of premorbid and episode specific factors in determining the long term persistence of disabling symptoms of low back pain. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Two general practices in the south Manchester area. PARTICIPANTS:180 patients, who previously participat...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Thomas E,Silman AJ,Croft PR,Papageorgiou AC,Jayson MI,Macfarlane GJ

更新日期：1999-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine variations in teenage pregnancy rates in Trent region and to determine possible associations with local general practice characteristics such as the age and sex of the doctors. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey. SETTING:All 826 general practices in Trent region in existence between 1994 and 1997. SU...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hippisley-Cox J,Allen J,Pringle M,Ebdon D,McPhearson M,Churchill D,Bradley S

更新日期：2000-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore why cancer patients do not want or seek information about their condition beyond that volunteered by their physicians at times during their illness. DESIGN:Qualitative study based on in-depth interviews. SETTING:Outpatient oncology clinics at a London cancer centre. PARTICIPANTS:17 patients wit...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Leydon GM,Boulton M,Moynihan C,Jones A,Mossman J,Boudioni M,McPherson K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare patterns of admission to hospital and prognosis in white and South Asian patients newly admitted with heart failure, and to evaluate the effect of personal characteristics and comorbidity on outcome. DESIGN:Historical cohort study. SETTING:UK district health authority (population 960,000). PART...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Blackledge HM,Newton J,Squire IB

更新日期：2003-09-06 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the predictors of long term outcome for patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome. DESIGN:Cohort study. SUBJECTS:139 subjects previously enrolled in two treatment trials; 103 (74%) were reassessed a mean of 3.2 years after start of the trials. SETTING:University hospital referral centre. MAIN ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wilson A,Hickie I,Lloyd A,Hadzi-Pavlovic D,Boughton C,Dwyer J,Wakefield D

更新日期：1994-03-19 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare effectiveness and acceptability of early discharge to a hospital at home scheme with that of routine discharge from acute hospital. DESIGN:Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Acute hospital wards and community in north of Bristol, with a catchment population of about 224 000 people. S...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Richards SH,Coast J,Gunnell DJ,Peters TJ,Pounsford J,Darlow MA

更新日期：1998-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether elderly people can learn to use the inhaler used to deliver zanamivir (Relenza Diskhaler) as effectively as the Turbohaler and to identify which aspects of inhaler technique are most problematic. DESIGN:Randomised, controlled, intervention study. SETTING:Wards for acute elderly care in ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Diggory P,Fernandez C,Humphrey A,Jones V,Murphy M

更新日期：2001-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of papers published during the past decade Richard Wilkinson has advanced the view that income inequality is the key determinant of variations in average life expectancy at birth among developed countries. Yet a careful examination of the two sources of data on income distribution most often used by Wilkin...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Judge K

更新日期：1995-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the attitudes of general practitioners towards the use of thermometers in general practice. DESIGN:Postal questionnaire survey. SETTING:All general practitioners in the catchment area of Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey. SUBJECTS:145 general practitioners. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Answers to questio...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Clarke S

更新日期：1992-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the increased iron demands of pregnancy could be met by increased absorption from dietary sources. DESIGN AND SETTING:Longitudinal prospective study in the research unit of a maternity hospital. SUBJECTS:12 normal pregnant women. INTERVENTIONS:At 12, 24, and 36 weeks' gestation (within...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Barrett JF,Whittaker PG,Williams JG,Lind T

更新日期：1994-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The import of the HIV or AIDS epidemic for heterosexuals in Britain is difficult to evaluate at this stage. By June 1988, only 60 cases of heterosexually acquired AIDS are known, out of 1598 reported AIDS cases. Of these, only 6 women and 4 men presumably were infected in Britain, the rest abroad. But, judging from...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Skegg DC

更新日期：1989-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine patient, institution, and machine characteristics that contribute to variation in radiation doses used for computed tomography (CT). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Data were assembled and analyzed from the University of California San Francisco CT International Dose Registry. PARTICI...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Smith-Bindman R,Wang Y,Chu P,Chung R,Einstein AJ,Balcombe J,Cocker M,Das M,Delman BN,Flynn M,Gould R,Lee RK,Yellen-Nelson T,Schindera S,Seibert A,Starkey J,Suntharalingam S,Wetter A,Wildberger JE,Miglioretti DL

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether maternal smoking during pregnancy causes impairment in growth after birth. DESIGN:Longitudinal study. SETTING:Six medical university centres of six towns of north, central, and south Italy. SUBJECTS:12,987 babies (10,238 born from non-smoking mothers, 2276 from mothers smoking one to n...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Conter V,Cortinovis I,Rogari P,Riva L

更新日期：1995-03-25 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and effectiveness of eflornithine as first line treatment for human African trypanosomiasis. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:Control programme in Ibba, southern Sudan. PARTICIPANTS:1055 adults and children newly diagnosed with second stage disease in a 16 month period. MAIN OUTCOME MEASU...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Priotto G,Pinoges L,Fursa IB,Burke B,Nicolay N,Grillet G,Hewison C,Balasegaram M

更新日期：2008-03-29 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