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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate pharmaceutical or medical device industry funding of patient groups. DESIGN:Systematic review with meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Ovid Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar from inception to January 2018; reference lists of eligible studies and experts in the field. ELIGIB...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Fabbri A,Parker L,Colombo C,Mosconi P,Barbara G,Frattaruolo MP,Lau E,Kroeger CM,Lunny C,Salzwedel DM,Mintzes B

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The right of consultants to study leave and expenses is not binding on trusts and has been eroded in directly managed units. Complaints led to a survey of consultants in North West Thames region. This showed that most consultants use their own time and money to maintain their knowledge by buying and consulting journal...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kerr DN,Jones SA,Easmon CS

更新日期：1993-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative contribution of decline in bone density to the increase in risk of hip fracture with age in men and women. DESIGN:Incidence data of hip fracture from the general population were combined with the bone density distribution in a sample from the same population and with a risk estimate...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： De Laet CE,van Hout BA,Burger H,Hofman A,Pols HA

更新日期：1997-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify major concerns of national and local importance in the provision, commissioning, research, and use of generalist end of life care. DESIGN:A national consultation and prioritising exercise using a modified form of the nominal group technique. PARTICIPANTS:Healthcare practitioners, commissioners, ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Shipman C,Gysels M,White P,Worth A,Murray SA,Barclay S,Forrest S,Shepherd J,Dale J,Dewar S,Peters M,White S,Richardson A,Lorenz K,Koffman J,Higginson IJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the risk of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 in a representative group of people with psychotic disorders from different ethnic groups. SETTING:Two defined geographical areas in south London. DESIGN:Annual period prevalent cases of psychosis were identified in 1993 in the study areas fr...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Davies S,Thornicroft G,Leese M,Higgingbotham A,Phelan M

更新日期：1996-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the clinical and radiological features of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and to evaluate the accuracy of the World Health Organization's guidelines on defining cases of SARS. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:A newly set up SARS screening clinic in the emergency departm...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Rainer TH,Cameron PA,Smit D,Ong KL,Hung AN,Nin DC,Ahuja AT,Si LC,Sung JJ

更新日期：2003-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers of unknown primary (CUPs) are histologically confirmed, metastatic malignancies with a primary tumor site that is unidentifiable on the basis of standard evaluation and imaging studies. CUP comprises 2-5% of all diagnosed cancers worldwide and is characterized by early and aggressive metastasis. Current standa...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lee MS,Sanoff HK

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide a contemporary account of the treatment and outcomes of acute coronary attacks in England and Wales and to identify strategies that might improve the outcome. DESIGN:Two year community and hospital based study in three British health districts. SETTING:Health districts of Brighton (population 28...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Norris RM

更新日期：1998-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness and costs of a multifaceted flexible educational programme aimed at reducing antibiotic dispensing at the practice level in primary care. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial with general practices as the unit of randomisation and analysis. Clinicians and researchers were blinded ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Butler CC,Simpson SA,Dunstan F,Rollnick S,Cohen D,Gillespie D,Evans MR,Alam MF,Bekkers MJ,Evans J,Moore L,Howe R,Hayes J,Hare M,Hood K

更新日期：2012-02-02 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 examine the reporting characteristics and methodological details of randomised trials indexed in PubMed in 2000 and 2006 and assess whether the quality of reporting has improved after publication of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Statement in 2001. DESIGN:Comparison of two cross...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hopewell S,Dutton S,Yu LM,Chan AW,Altman DG

更新日期：2010-03-23 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of HIV among pregnant women, in particular those whose behaviour or that of their partners put them at "low risk" of infection. DESIGN:Voluntary named or anonymous HIV testing of pregnant women during 21 months (November 1988 to July 1990). SUBJECTS AND SETTING:All women who plan...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Goldberg DJ,MacKinnon H,Smith R,Patel NB,Scrimgeour JB,Inglis JM,Peutherer JF,Urquhart GE,Emslie JA,Covell RG

更新日期：1992-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the individual and combined associations of unhealthy behaviours (low/intermediate physical activity, consuming fruit and vegetables less than once a day, current smoking/short term ex-smoking, never/former/heavy alcohol drinking), assessed at start of follow-up, with hazard of disability among ol...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Artaud F,Dugravot A,Sabia S,Singh-Manoux A,Tzourio C,Elbaz A

更新日期：2013-07-23 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 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relation between pretraumatic and trauma related headache in patients suffering from whiplash. DESIGN:Follow up study of patients examined a mean (SD) of 7.4 (4.2) days after trauma and again at three and six months. SETTING:Patients referred from primary care. SUBJECTS:117 patients (mean age...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Radanov BP,Sturzenegger M,Di Stefano G,Schnidrig A,Aljinovic M

更新日期：1993-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how the UK National Health Service (NHS) is performing relative to health systems of other high income countries, given that it is facing sustained financial pressure, increasing levels of demand, and cuts to social care. DESIGN:Observational study using secondary data from key international org...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Papanicolas I,Mossialos E,Gundersen A,Woskie L,Jha AK

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The relations among parental reports of respiratory symptoms, bronchospasm measured after exercise, and the presence of visible fungal mould in the home was assessed in a population sample of 7 year old children (n = 873). Wheeze in the past year was the symptom most closely associated with reported dampness and parti...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Strachan DP

更新日期：1988-11-12 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of weight loss induced by a very low energy diet on moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men. Design Single centre, two arm, parallel, randomised, controlled, open label trial. Blocked randomisation procedure used for treatment allocation. Setting Outpatient obesity clini...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Johansson K,Neovius M,Lagerros YT,Harlid R,Rössner S,Granath F,Hemmingsson E

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of a multifaceted empowerment strategy on the actual use of single embryo transfer after in vitro fertilisation. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Five in vitro fertilisation clinics in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS:308 couples (women aged <40) on the waiting list for a fi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： van Peperstraten A,Nelen W,Grol R,Zielhuis G,Adang E,Stalmeier P,Hermens R,Kremer J

更新日期：2010-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether short-term, oral low dose prednisolone (< or = 15 mg daily) is superior to placebo and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN:Meta-analysis of randomised trials of oral corticosteroids compared with placebo or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gøtzsche PC,Johansen HK

更新日期：1998-03-14 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 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 determine whether the author's 20.9 lb (9.5 kg) carbon frame bicycle reduced commuting time compared with his 29.75 lb (13.5 kg) steel frame bicycle. DESIGN:Randomised trial. SETTING:Sheffield and Chesterfield, United Kingdom, between mid-January 2010 and mid-July 2010. PARTICIPANTS:One consultant in an...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Groves J

更新日期：2010-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:WHO is under pressure from all sides to justify its existence. Donors want to know what they are getting for their money, and health professionals question the relevance of the organisation's work. The pressure to justify itself is perhaps strongest of all in Europe, where most member countries have fully fledged heal...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Godlee F

更新日期：1995-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether customised mobile phone reminders would improve adherence to therapy and thus decrease virological failure among HIV infected patients starting antiretroviral treatment (ART). DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial among HIV infected patients initiating antiretroviral treatment. SETTING:Three ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Shet A,De Costa A,Kumarasamy N,Rodrigues R,Rewari BB,Ashorn P,Eriksson B,Diwan V,HIVIND Study Team.

更新日期：2014-10-24 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：OBJECTIVE:To use funnel plots and cumulative funnel plots to compare in-hospital outcome data for operators undertaking percutaneous coronary interventions with predicted results derived from a validated risk score to allow for early detection of variation in performance. DESIGN:Analysis of prospectively collected dat...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kunadian B,Dunning J,Roberts AP,Morley R,Twomey D,Hall JA,Sutton AG,Wright RA,Muir DF,de Belder MA

更新日期：2008-04-26 00:00:00