Effects of obesity and weight loss on left ventricular mass and relative wall thickness: survey and intervention study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study delays between sending referral letters and the outpatient appointment and to assess the content of referral and reply letters, their educational value, and the extent to which questions asked are answered by reply letters. DESIGN:Retrospective review of referrals to 16 consultant orthopaedic surgeo...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Jacobs LG,Pringle MA

更新日期：1990-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether poor reporting of methods in randomised controlled trials reflects on poor methods. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Reports of randomised controlled trials conducted by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group since its establishment in 1968. PARTICIPANTS:The Radiation Therapy Oncology...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Soares HP,Daniels S,Kumar A,Clarke M,Scott C,Swann S,Djulbegovic B,Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.

更新日期：2004-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether using intensive blood pressure targets leads to lower blood pressure in a community population of people with prevalent cerebrovascular disease. DESIGN:Open label randomised controlled trial. SETTING:99 general practices in England, with participants recruited in 2009-11. PARTICIPANTS:Peo...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Mant J,McManus RJ,Roalfe A,Fletcher K,Taylor CJ,Martin U,Virdee S,Greenfield S,Hobbs FD

更新日期：2016-02-24 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：:A sample of 106 senior house officers who had graduated from Nottingham University in 1987 was surveyed about their experience of and need for careers guidance, performance appraisal, and stress counselling. Of the 80 who replied, a quarter had received no careers guidance and a quarter no feedback about their work pe...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Garrud P

更新日期：1990-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In prospective studies, the prevalence of undiagnosed subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnant women ranges from 3% to 15%. Subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with multiple adverse outcomes in the mother and fetus, including spontaneous abortion, pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, prete...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Negro R,Stagnaro-Green A

更新日期：2014-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in patients with normal and abnormal cervical smears. DESIGN:A prospective study of asymptomatic women with normal cervical smears attending their general practitioner and newly referred patients with abnormal smears attending a colposcopy clinic. ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Smith JR,Murdoch J,Carrington D,Frew CE,Dougall AJ,MacKinnon H,Baillie D,Byford DM,Forrest CA,Davis JA

更新日期：1991-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To understand the approaches to learning of practising physicians in their workplace and to assess the relation of these approaches to their motivation for, preferred methods of, and perceived barriers to continuing medical education. DESIGN:Postal survey of 800 Ontario physicians. PARTICIPANTS:373 physici...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Delva MD,Kirby JR,Knapper CK,Birtwhistle RV

更新日期：2002-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative importance of appropriate prescribing for asthma in explaining high rates of hospital admission for asthma among east London general practices. DESIGN:Poisson regression analysis describing relation of each general practice's admission rates for asthma with prescribing for asthma an...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Griffiths C,Sturdy P,Naish J,Omar R,Dolan S,Feder G

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the intrinsic effects of individually prescribed homoeopathic medicines. DESIGN:Randomised double blind placebo controlled study. SETTING:Paediatric outpatient department of university hospital. PATIENTS:175 children with frequently recurring upper respiratory tract infections. Of the 170 ch...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de Lange de Klerk ES,Blommers J,Kuik DJ,Bezemer PD,Feenstra L

更新日期：1994-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between maternal overweight and obesity and infant mortality outcomes, including cause-specific mortality. DESIGN:Population based cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:1,857,822 live single births in Sweden 1992-2010. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Associations between maternal body ma...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Johansson S,Villamor E,Altman M,Bonamy AK,Granath F,Cnattingius S

更新日期：2014-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the risk profile of women receiving public and private obstetric care and to compare the rates of obstetric intervention among women at low risk in these groups. DESIGN:Population based descriptive study. SETTING:New South Wales, Australia. SUBJECTS:All 171,157 women having a live baby during 19...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Roberts CL,Tracy S,Peat B

更新日期：2000-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to general practice have resolved within one month. DESIGN:Prospective study of all adults consulting in general practice because of low back pain over 12 months with follow up at 1 week, 3 months, and 12 months after consultation. ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

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

更新日期：1998-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy and acceptability to patients of non-endoscopic screening for Barrett's oesophagus, using an ingestible oesophageal sampling device (Cytosponge) coupled with immunocytochemisty for trefoil factor 3. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:12 UK general practices, with gastroscopi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kadri SR,Lao-Sirieix P,O'Donovan M,Debiram I,Das M,Blazeby JM,Emery J,Boussioutas A,Morris H,Walter FM,Pharoah P,Hardwick RH,Fitzgerald RC

更新日期：2010-09-10 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 determine cancer morbidity in members of the armed forces who took part in tests of chemical warfare agents from 1941 to 1989. DESIGN:Historical cohort study, with cohort members followed up to December 2004. DATA SOURCE:Archive of UK government research facility at Porton Down, UK military personnel rec...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Carpenter LM,Linsell L,Brooks C,Keegan TJ,Langdon T,Doyle P,Maconochie NE,Fletcher T,Nieuwenhuijsen MJ,Beral V,Venables KM

更新日期：2009-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety of rectal artemether with intravenous quinine in the treatment of cerebral malaria in children. DESIGN:Randomised, single blind, clinical trial. SETTING:Acute care unit at Mulago Hospital, Uganda's national referral and teaching hospital in Kampala. PARTICIPANTS:103 child...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Aceng JR,Byarugaba JS,Tumwine JK

更新日期：2005-02-12 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effectiveness of tai chi interventions compared with aerobic exercise, a current core standard treatment in patients with fibromyalgia, and to test whether the effectiveness of tai chi depends on its dosage or duration. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, 52 week, single blind comparative effec...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wang C,Schmid CH,Fielding RA,Harvey WF,Reid KF,Price LL,Driban JB,Kalish R,Rones R,McAlindon T

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain information about the computerisation of general practice in Wales, and to enable more effective planning of educational provision for doctors and other primary health care workers. DESIGN:Postal questionnaire sent to all general practices in Wales. SUBJECTS:553 general practices, of which 401 (73...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Goves JR,Davies T,Reilly T

更新日期：1991-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In the wake of the death of an 11-year-old girl the Egyptian government has banned any government-affiliated medical staff from performing female circumcision. Egyptian health policy has shifted from trying to control the practice by keeping it under government supervision towards condemnation. In October 1995 the h...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wiens J

更新日期：1996-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relation between total fat intake and body weight in adults and children. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies. DATA SOURCES:Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to June 2010. INCLUSION CR...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hooper L,Abdelhamid A,Moore HJ,Douthwaite W,Skeaff CM,Summerbell CD

更新日期：2012-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterise the percentage of available outcome data being presented in reports of randomised clinical trials with continuous outcome measures, thereby determining the potential for incomplete reporting bias. DESIGN:Descriptive cross sectional study. DATA SOURCES:A random sample of 200 randomised trials...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Schriger DL,Savage DF,Altman DG

更新日期：2012-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a survey of 769 patients attending the St. James's University Fertility Control Clinic, England, for abortion services showed that patients seeing general practitioners were less knowledgeable than those attending specialist clinics. There was a demonstrated need for counseling on pill and condom use a...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bromham DR,Cartmill RS

更新日期：1993-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk of glioma in adults in relation to mobile phone use. DESIGN:Population based case-control study with collection of personal interview data. SETTING:Five areas of the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS:966 people aged 18 to 69 years diagnosed with a glioma from 1 December 2000 to 29 Februa...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hepworth SJ,Schoemaker MJ,Muir KR,Swerdlow AJ,van Tongeren MJ,McKinney PA

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical effectiveness of cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts. DESIGN:A multicentre, open, two arm randomised controlled trial. SETTING:University podiatry school clinics, NHS podiatry clinics, and primary care in England, Scotland, and Ireland. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cockayne S,Hewitt C,Hicks K,Jayakody S,Kang'ombe AR,Stamuli E,Turner G,Thomas K,Curran M,Denby G,Hashmi F,McIntosh C,McLarnon N,Torgerson D,Watt I,EVerT Team.

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:Prophylactic treatment and follow-up after exposure to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C outside hospital needs to be improved. BACKGROUND AND SETTING:Until January 2000, people in Amsterdam could report exposure outside hospital to either a hospital or the municipal health service. If they reported to the mun...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Sonder GJ,Regez RM,Brinkman K,Prins JM,Mulder JW,Spaargaren J,Coutinho RA,van den Hoek A

更新日期：2005-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted (a) to assess the number of patients registered with a south London general practice who over 11 weeks referred themselves to an accident and emergency department, (b) to identify the characteristics of those patients, and (c) to determine their perceptions of the services and resources available...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Singh S

更新日期：1988-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the risk of pulmonary embolism, ischaemic stroke, and myocardial infarction associated with combined oral contraceptives according to dose of oestrogen (ethinylestradiol) and progestogen. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. SETTING:Data from the French national health insurance database linked with...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Weill A,Dalichampt M,Raguideau F,Ricordeau P,Blotière PO,Rudant J,Alla F,Zureik M

更新日期：2016-05-10 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