Recovery of bone density in women who stop using medroxyprogesterone acetate.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate patients' and family members' perceptions and experiences of disclosure of healthcare incidents and to derive principles of effective disclosure. DESIGN:Retrospective qualitative study based on 100 semi-structured, in depth interviews with patients and family members. SETTING:Nationwide mult...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Iedema R,Allen S,Britton K,Piper D,Baker A,Grbich C,Allan A,Jones L,Tuckett A,Williams A,Manias E,Gallagher TH

更新日期：2011-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of two peritendinous autologous blood injections in addition to a standardised eccentric calf strengthening programme in improving pain and function in patients with mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy. DESIGN:Single centre, participant and single assessor blinded, parallel group, r...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bell KJ,Fulcher ML,Rowlands DS,Kerse N

更新日期：2013-04-18 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：:National allocation of resources to regional health authorities and by them to districts is now determined by a weighted capitation formula. The national formula was derived from regression analysis, with hospital utilisation as an index of need for health care--a method which has fundamental limitations. This paper a...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Sheldon TA,Smith GD,Bevan G

更新日期：1993-03-27 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To measure the impact of socioeconomic deprivation on rates of teenage pregnancy and the extent of local variation in pregnancy rates in Scotland, and to examine how both have changed over time. DESIGN:Population study using routine data from hospital records, aggregated for small areas. SUBJECTS:Female te...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McLeod A

更新日期：2001-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the association between epithelial cell IgM, which has previously been associated with an increased incidence of loss of renal graft in children, with a novel cutaneous eruption and unexplained native renal disease. DESIGN:Observational study on children with epithelial cell antibody presenting w...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Deal JE,Groves RW,Harmer AW,Welsh KI,MacDonald DM,Rigden SP

更新日期：1991-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm the findings of pilot studies that interferon alfa is an effective treatment of Europid men with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial of three months treatment with interferon alfa followed by 12 months of observation. SETTING:Outpatient clinic of a tertiary ref...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Brook MG,Chan G,Yap I,Karayiannis P,Lever AM,Jacyna M,Main J,Thomas HC

更新日期：1989-09-09 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 assess whether occupational exposure among commercial airline cabin attendants are associated with risk of cancer. DESIGN:Record linkage study. SETTING:Finland. SUBJECTS-1577 female and 187 male cabin attendants who had worked for the Finnish airline companies. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE:Standardised incidenc...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Pukkala E,Auvinen A,Wahlberg G

更新日期：1995-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate risk of late life coronary heart disease associated with being overweight in late middle or old age and to assess whether weight change modifies this risk. DESIGN:Longitudinal study of subjects in the epidemiological follow up study of the national health and nutrition examination survey I. SETT...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Harris TB,Launer LJ,Madans J,Feldman JJ

更新日期：1997-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Swedish government recently published a report on priorities in health care. It was written by a cross party group of politicians and drew extensively on the views of the public, health professionals, experience of earlier local exercises in priority setting, and research based evidence. It laid down an ethical fr...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McKee M,Figueras J

更新日期：1996-03-16 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：:The author is one of the medical advisers to the judge who led a government inquiry into allegations that an experimental research program at the National Women's Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, to study the natural course of cervical carcinoma in situ had withheld conventional treatment from some patients. She ar...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Paul C

更新日期：1988-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the effect of brief behavioural counselling in general practice on patients' consumption of fruit and vegetables in adults from a low income population. DESIGN:Parallel group randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Primary health centre in a deprived, ethnically mixed inner city area. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Steptoe A,Perkins-Porras L,McKay C,Rink E,Hilton S,Cappuccio FP

更新日期：2003-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find out what inpatients with advanced cancer who are receiving palliative care think about the effect of thromoprophylaxis on overall quality of life. DESIGN:Qualitative study using audiotaping of semistructured interviews. SETTING:Regional cancer centre in Wales. PARTICIPANTS:28 inpatients with advanc...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Noble SI,Nelson A,Turner C,Finlay IG

更新日期：2006-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess long term survival (> 5 years) and quality of life in severely ill patients referred for urgent cardiac transplantation. SETTING:Tertiary referral centres: before transplantation at the National Heart Hospital (late 1984 to end 1986); after transplantation at Harefield Hospital. SUBJECTS:Eighteen ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mulcahy D,Fitzgerald M,Wright C,Sparrow J,Pepper J,Yacoub M,Fox KM

更新日期：1993-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE-To assess the risk of cardiorespiratory symptoms and mortality in non-smokers who were passively exposed to environmental smoke. DESIGN:Prospective study of cohort from general population first screened between 1972 and 1976 and followed up for an average of 11.5 years, with linkage of data from p...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hole DJ,Gillis CR,Chopra C,Hawthorne VM

更新日期：1989-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess relative efficacy and toxicity of aminoglycosides given by single daily dose compared with multiple daily doses. DESIGN:Meta-analysis of 21 randomised trials identified through MEDLARS (1966 to January 1995). Data were overviewed with fixed effects and random effects models and with meta-regression...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Barza M,Ioannidis JP,Cappelleri JC,Lau J

更新日期：1996-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the use and effect of a computer based information system for cancer patients that is personalised using each patient's medical record with a system providing only general information and with information provided in booklets. DESIGN:Randomised trial with three groups. Data collected at start of r...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Jones R,Pearson J,McGregor S,Cawsey AJ,Barrett A,Craig N,Atkinson JM,Gilmour WH,McEwen J

更新日期：1999-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of home blood pressure monitoring on blood pressure levels and proportion of people with essential hypertension achieving targets. DESIGN:Meta-analysis of 18 randomised controlled trials. PARTICIPANTS:1359 people with essential hypertension allocated to home blood pressure monitoring...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cappuccio FP,Kerry SM,Forbes L,Donald A

更新日期：2004-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effects of physical work environment on long term sickness absence and to investigate interaction between physical and psychosocial risk factors. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective cohort study of long term sickness absence among employees in Denmark. PARTICIPANTS:5357 employees interviewed in 2...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lund T,Labriola M,Christensen KB,Bültmann U,Villadsen E

更新日期：2006-02-25 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 whether an aid to the diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions reduces the ratio of benign lesions to melanomas excised in general practice. DESIGN:Controlled trial randomised by practice. SETTING:General practices in Perth, Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS:468 general practitioners in 223 practice...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： English DR,Burton RC,del Mar CB,Donovan RJ,Ireland PD,Emery G

更新日期：2003-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the association between stressful life events and exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, PsychInfo, and Psychological Abstracts searched for empirical papers from 1965 to February 2003 with terms "stress", "trauma", and "multiple sclerosis". REVIEW METHODS:Three investigators ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mohr DC,Hart SL,Julian L,Cox D,Pelletier D

更新日期：2004-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the amount spent on specific hospital care by health agencies in 1993-4 and compare it with the resources allocated to patients registered with fundholding practices for the same type of care. To investigate whether fundholding practices and health agencies pay different amounts for inpatient car...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dixon J,Dinwoodie M,Hodson D,Dodd S,Poltorak T,Garrett C,Rice P,Doncaster I,Williams M

更新日期：1994-07-02 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 explore the assumptions underlying consumers' responses to questions of resource priorities in the NHS. DESIGN:Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with a heterogeneous sample of 16 patients drawn from a general practice. RESULTS:Interviewees were not persuaded that they had a legitimate r...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dicker A,Armstrong D

更新日期：1995-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In just 3 months in 1991, WHO increased its estimate of the number of people infected with HIV in all of Asia 2 fold (500,000-1 million). By 2000, WHO estimated that there will be 250,000 new cases each year in India and Thailand alone where HIV infection has spread most rapidly. A professor from the All India Insti...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Tanne JH

更新日期：1991-06-29 00:00:00