Effect of correcting outcome data for case mix: an example from stroke medicine.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of high dose folic acid supplementation for prevention of pre-eclampsia in women with at least one risk factor: pre-existing hypertension, prepregnancy diabetes (type 1 or 2), twin pregnancy, pre-eclampsia in a previous pregnancy, or body mass index ≥35. DESIGN:Randomised, phase III...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wen SW,White RR,Rybak N,Gaudet LM,Robson S,Hague W,Simms-Stewart D,Carroli G,Smith G,Fraser WD,Wells G,Davidge ST,Kingdom J,Coyle D,Fergusson D,Corsi DJ,Champagne J,Sabri E,Ramsay T,Mol BWJ,Oudijk MA,Walker MC,

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of oral rehydration in children with moderate dehydration caused by gastroenteritis, and to compare the complications of oral and intravenous treatment. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Emergency department and infectious diseases ward in a large urban teaching hosp...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mackenzie A,Barnes G

更新日期：1991-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the benefit of rice oral rehydration salts solution in relation to the glucose based World Health Organisation oral rehydration salts solution for treating and preventing dehydration in patients with severe dehydrating diarrhoea. DESIGN:Meta-analysis using data from 13 available randomised trials t...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gore SM,Fontaine O,Pierce NF

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review completed trials assessing effect of hormone replacement therapy on subsequent risk of stroke, assessing stroke by pathological type, severity, and outcome. DESIGN:Systematic review of randomised controlled trials identified from the Cochrane Library, Embase, and Medline; reviews; and reference li...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bath PM,Gray LJ

更新日期：2005-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Telephone helplines are an effective way of dealing with health related incidents in which large numbers of people need personal counselling or information for reassurance or case finding. Helplines often have to be set up at short notice, which is labour intensive and makes recruitment of appropriate staff difficult....

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Stark C,Christie P,Marr AC

更新日期：1994-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of the revised diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus adopted by the American Diabetes Association on prevalence of diabetes and on classification of patients. For epidemiological purposes the American criteria use a fasting plasma glucose concentration >=7.0 mmol/l in contrast with ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors：

更新日期：1998-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the mortality of patients in a palliative care unit on working days with that on weekends and public holidays. DESIGN:Retrospective database study. SETTING:Palliative care unit in Germany. POPULATION:All admissions to palliative care unit between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2008. MAIN OUTCOM...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Voltz R,Kamps R,Greinwald R,Hellmich M,Hamacher S,Becker G,Kuhr K,Gaertner J

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To see whether telling peer reviewers that their signed reviews of original research papers might be posted on the BMJ's website would affect the quality of their reviews. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:A large international general medical journal based in the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS:54...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： van Rooyen S,Delamothe T,Evans SJ

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the appropriateness of referrals from general practice to hospital outpatient departments. DESIGN:Prospective audit of referrals from a group practice over one year. SETTING:Six handed practice in a southern coastal town. SUBJECTS:All patients referred during the study period for whom a copy o...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Emmanuel J,Walter N

更新日期：1989-09-16 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 investigate the variation in prescribing among general practices by examining the contribution to this variation of fundholding, training status, partnership status, and the level of deprivation in the practice population and to investigate the extent to which fundholding has been responsible for any chang...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wilson RP,Hatcher J,Barton S,Walley T

更新日期：1996-09-07 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the circumstances since the 1950s in which people who were attracted to members of the same sex received treatments to change their sexual orientation, the referral pathway and the process of therapy, and its aftermath. DESIGN:A nationwide study based on qualitative interviews. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Smith G,Bartlett A,King M

更新日期：2004-02-21 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：:A random sample of 133 elderly patients who had an unplanned readmission to a district general hospital within 28 days of discharge from hospital was studied and compared with a matched control sample of patients who were not readmitted. The total group was drawn from all specialties in the hospital, and by interviewi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Williams EI,Fitton F

更新日期：1988-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate estimation of calorie (energy) content of meals from fast food restaurants in adults, adolescents, and school age children. DESIGN:Cross sectional study of repeated visits to fast food restaurant chains. SETTING:89 fast food restaurants in four cities in New England, United States: McDonald's...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Block JP,Condon SK,Kleinman K,Mullen J,Linakis S,Rifas-Shiman S,Gillman MW

更新日期：2013-05-23 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between intake of fish and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) and the risk of breast cancer and to evaluate the potential dose-response relation. DESIGN:Meta-analysis and systematic review of prospective cohort studies. DATA SOURCES:PubMed and Embase up to December 20...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Zheng JS,Hu XJ,Zhao YM,Yang J,Li D

更新日期：2013-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：CLINICAL QUESTION:Do adults with atraumatic shoulder pain for more than 3 months diagnosed as subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS), also labelled as rotator cuff disease, benefit from subacromial decompression surgery? This guideline builds on to two recent high quality trials of shoulder surgery. CURRENT PRACTICE:SAPS is...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Vandvik PO,Lähdeoja T,Ardern C,Buchbinder R,Moro J,Brox JI,Burgers J,Hao Q,Karjalainen T,van den Bekerom M,Noorduyn J,Lytvyn L,Siemieniuk RAC,Albin A,Shunjie SC,Fisch F,Proulx L,Guyatt G,Agoritsas T,Poolman RW

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental issues tend to greater political attention than do environmental health aspects. Therefore, when conflicts of interest occur with other environmental concerns, negative consequences for public health may result. For example, a strategy to substantially reduce indoor ventilation in many dwellings in Sca...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Pershagen G

更新日期：1999-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the risk of acute hepatotoxicity associated with nimesulide compared with other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort and nested case-control study. SETTING:Umbria region, Italy. PARTICIPANTS:400 000 current, recent, and past users (almost 2 million prescriptions) o...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Traversa G,Bianchi C,Da Cas R,Abraha I,Menniti-Ippolito F,Venegoni M

更新日期：2003-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether breast feeding is related to subsequent risk of breast cancer. DESIGN:Population based case-control study designed primarily to investigate the relation between oral contraceptives and risk of breast cancer; data obtained from questionnaires administered by interviewers, general practi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors：

更新日期：1993-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To clarify the type of fetal growth impairment associated with increased blood pressure in adult life, and to establish whether this association is influenced by obesity and is mediated through impairment of insulin action. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey with retrospective ascertainment of size at birth from...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Leon DA,Koupilova I,Lithell HO,Berglund L,Mohsen R,Vagero D,Lithell UB,McKeigue PM

更新日期：1996-02-17 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 cost the relation between socioeconomic status and various measures of primary care workload and assess the adequacy of current "deprivation" payments in relation to actual costings for patients living in qualifying areas. DESIGN:Retrospective data on primary care were collected over a 4.5 year period fro...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Worrall A,Rea JN,Ben-Shlomo Y

更新日期：1997-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated care programme, combining a patient directed and a workplace directed intervention, for patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN:Population based randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Primary care (10 physiotherapy practices, one occupational health service, ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lambeek LC,van Mechelen W,Knol DL,Loisel P,Anema JR

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether, according to the conclusions of a 2000 systematic review with meta-analysis on interventions to prevent pain from propofol injection that provided a research agenda to guide further research on the topic, subsequently published trials were more often optimally blinded, reported on children...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Habre C,Tramèr MR,Pöpping DM,Elia N

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of construction of microdams on the incidence of malaria in nearby communities in terms of possibly increasing peak incidence and prolonging transmission. DESIGN:Four quarterly cycles of malaria incidence surveys, each taking 30 days, undertaken in eight at risk communities close to dams...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Ghebreyesus TA,Haile M,Witten KH,Getachew A,Yohannes AM,Yohannes M,Teklehaimanot HD,Lindsay SW,Byass P

更新日期：1999-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of involving patients in the planning and development of health care. DATA SOURCES:Published and grey literature. STUDY SELECTION:Systematic search for worldwide reports written in English between January 1966 and October 2000. DATA EXTRACTION:Qualitative review of papers describing ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Crawford MJ,Rutter D,Manley C,Weaver T,Bhui K,Fulop N,Tyrer P

更新日期：2002-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To determine the efficacy of low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) for healing of fracture or osteotomy.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and trial registries up to November 2016.Study selection Randomized contro...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Schandelmaier S,Kaushal A,Lytvyn L,Heels-Ansdell D,Siemieniuk RA,Agoritsas T,Guyatt GH,Vandvik PO,Couban R,Mollon B,Busse JW

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00