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abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the functional results after displaced fractures of the femoral neck treated with internal fixation or hemiarthroplasty. DESIGN:Randomised trial with blinding of assessments of functional results. SETTING:University hospital. PARTICIPANTS:222 patients; 165 (74%) women, mean age 83 years. Inclusi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Frihagen F,Nordsletten L,Madsen JE

更新日期：2007-12-15 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 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate current processes by which young children presenting with a febrile illness but suspected of having serious bacterial infection are diagnosed and treated, and to develop and test a multivariable model to distinguish serious bacterial infections from self limiting non-bacterial illnesses. Design T...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Craig JC,Williams GJ,Jones M,Codarini M,Macaskill P,Hayen A,Irwig L,Fitzgerald DA,Isaacs D,McCaskill M

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of financial incentives on four clinical quality indicators common to pay for performance plans in the United Kingdom and at Kaiser Permanente in California. DESIGN:Longitudinal analysis. SETTING:35 medical facilities of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 1997-2007. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lester H,Schmittdiel J,Selby J,Fireman B,Campbell S,Lee J,Whippy A,Madvig P

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure thresholds have been defined for the diagnosis of mild hypertension but not for its treatment or for other blood pressure thresholds used in the diagnosis of moderate to severe hypertension. We aimed to derive age and sex related ambulatory blood pressure equivalent...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Head GA,Mihailidou AS,Duggan KA,Beilin LJ,Berry N,Brown MA,Bune AJ,Cowley D,Chalmers JP,Howe PR,Hodgson J,Ludbrook J,Mangoni AA,McGrath BP,Nelson MR,Sharman JE,Stowasser M,Ambulatory Blood Pressure Working Group of the

更新日期：2010-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Aside from email and the world wide web, there are several other systems for distributing information on the Internet. Telnet is a system that allows you to log on to a remote computer from anywhere on the Internet and affords access to many useful biomedical sites on the Internet. File transfer protocol (FTP) is a me...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Pallen M

更新日期：1995-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To gain insight into people's thoughts on stroke and to inform the development of educational strategies in the community. DESIGN:Focus group discussions: two groups of people who had a stroke and their carers, and two groups of members of the general public. SETTING:New South Wales, Australia. PARTICIPAN...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Yoon SS,Byles J

更新日期：2002-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:To reduce hospital inpatient mortality and thus increase public confidence in the quality of patient care in an urban acute hospital trust after adverse media coverage. DESIGN:Eight care bundles of treatments known to be effective in reducing in-hospital mortality were used in the intervention year; adjusted m...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Robb E,Jarman B,Suntharalingam G,Higgens C,Tennant R,Elcock K

更新日期：2010-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently much debate about how to improve undergraduate medical education, and in particular on how best to prepare students for clinical responsibility. For 20 years a period of trainee internship has formed part of New Zealand medical students' undergraduate training, and the model could have much to offer...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Allen PI,Colls BM

更新日期：1994-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and two patients returned structured questionnaires sent to clinics for sickle cell disease in the United Kingdom in order to gain greater insight into the patients' perception of painful crises. Most patients who suffer pain crises experience a prodromal stage that should be investigated further to find o...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Murray N,May A

更新日期：1988-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study changes from 1969 to 1983 in the prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction treated in a coronary care unit. DESIGN:Mortality follow up of all patients with definite acute myocardial infarction. SETTING:The coronary care unit of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, a tertiary referral centre. ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hopper JL,Pathik B,Hunt D,Chan WW

更新日期：1989-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the change in first day infant mortality during 1935-87. To examine the hypothesis that excess first day mortality in the 1950s and 1960s was attributable to restricting oxygen for sick newborn infants. DESIGN:Time series analysis of first day infant mortality and stillbirth rates. SETTING:Engl...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Whyte RK

更新日期：1992-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of modest non-financial incentives on immunisation rates in children aged 1-3 and to compare it with the effect of only improving the reliability of the supply of services. DESIGN:Clustered randomised controlled study. SETTING:Rural Rajasthan, India. PARTICIPANTS:1640 children aged 1...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Banerjee AV,Duflo E,Glennerster R,Kothari D

更新日期：2010-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the risk of atrial fibrillation in relation to the whole spectrum of thyroid function in a large cohort of patients. DESIGN:Population based cohort study of general practice patients identified by linkage of nationwide registries at the individual level. SETTING:Primary care patients in the city...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Selmer C,Olesen JB,Hansen ML,Lindhardsen J,Olsen AM,Madsen JC,Faber J,Hansen PR,Pedersen OD,Torp-Pedersen C,Gislason GH

更新日期：2012-11-27 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 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 determine whether use of tinzaparin, a low molecular weight heparin introduced for prophylactic management of deep vein thrombosis, increases the risk of serious postoperative bleeding leading to a higher than expected 28 day readmission rate after discharge for hysterectomy. DESIGN:Retrospective case-con...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cook G,Depares J,Singh M,McElduff P

更新日期：2006-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To audit services for prenatal diagnosis for haemoglobin disorders in the United Kingdom. DESIGN:Comparison of the annual number of cases recorded in a United Kingdom register of prenatal diagnoses for haemoglobin disorders, with the annual number of pregnancies at risk of these disorders, by ethnic group a...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Modell B,Petrou M,Layton M,Varnavides L,Slater C,Ward RH,Rodeck C,Nicolaides K,Gibbons S,Fitches A,Old J

更新日期：1997-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the consequences of longstanding obesity on left ventricular mass and structure and to examine the effects of weight loss on these variables. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey and controlled intervention study. SETTING:City of Gothenburg and surrounding areas. Sweden. SUBJECTS:41 obese patients...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Karason K,Wallentin I,Larsson B,Sjöström L

更新日期：1997-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine differences in morbidity and mortality due to non-insulin dependent diabetes in African Caribbeans and Europeans. DESIGN:Cohort study of patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes drawn from diabetes clinics in London. Baseline investigations were performed in 1975-7; follow up continued until 1...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Chaturvedi N,Jarrett J,Morrish N,Keen H,Fuller JH

更新日期：1996-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the associations between different antidepressant treatments and the rates of suicide and attempted suicide or self harm in people with depression. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:Patients registered with UK general practices contributing data to the QResearch database. PARTICIPANTS:238,963 patients...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Coupland C,Hill T,Morriss R,Arthur A,Moore M,Hippisley-Cox J

更新日期：2015-02-18 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 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 evaluate the effectiveness of a monovalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus disease and to assess its impact on diarrhoea in children aged less than 2 years after national introduction in El Salvador, a low-middle income country in Central America. DESIGN:Matched case-control study. SETTING:Sev...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de Palma O,Cruz L,Ramos H,de Baires A,Villatoro N,Pastor D,de Oliveira LH,Kerin T,Bowen M,Gentsch J,Esposito DH,Parashar U,Tate J,Patel M

更新日期：2010-06-15 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 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess timeliness of carotid endarterectomy services in the United Kingdom. DESIGN:Observational study with follow-up to March 2008. SETTING:UK hospitals performing carotid endarterectomy. PARTICIPANTS:UK surgeons undertaking carotid endarterectomy from December 2005 to December 2007. MAIN OUTCOME MEA...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Halliday AW,Lees T,Kamugasha D,Grant R,Hoffman A,Rothwell PM,Potter JF,Horrocks M,Naylor R,Rudd AG,Carotid Endarterectomy Steering Group.,Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians.,Vascular Society o

更新日期：2009-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review the accuracy of physicians' clinical predictions of survival in terminally ill cancer patients. DATA SOURCES:Cochrane Library, Medline (1996-2000), Embase, Current Contents, and Cancerlit databases as well as hand searching. STUDY SELECTION:Studies were included if a physician's tem...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Glare P,Virik K,Jones M,Hudson M,Eychmuller S,Simes J,Christakis N

更新日期：2003-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the evidence base from randomised controlled trials of combined cardiac resynchronisation therapy and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in left ventricular impairment and symptomatic heart failure. DESIGN:Bayesian network meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Medline, Embase, and Cochrane datab...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lam SK,Owen A

更新日期：2007-11-03 00:00:00