Retrospective analysis of census data on general practitioners who qualified in South Asia: who will replace them as they retire?

abstract：:The Health of the Nation white paper set a target for 15% reduction in overall suicide rates by the year 2000. If the targets are to be achieved interventions must be identified which are of proved effectiveness. This paper examines the evidence on the available interventions and points of access to the population at ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gunnell D,Frankel S

更新日期：1994-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate differences between hospitals in clinical management of patients admitted with fractured hip and to relate these to mortality at 90 days. DESIGN:A prospective audit of process and outcome of care based on interviews with patients, abstraction from records with standard proforma, and follow up ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Todd CJ,Freeman CJ,Camilleri-Ferrante C,Palmer CR,Hyder A,Laxton CE,Parker MJ,Payne BV,Rushton N

更新日期：1995-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relative efficacy of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) or programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors versus conventional drugs in patients with cancer that were PD-L1 positive and PD-L1 negative. DESIGN:Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, Embase, Cochrane ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Shen X,Zhao B

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent growth in the numbers of published systematic reviews reflects growing recognition of their importance for improving knowledge about the effects of health care. In Britain the NHS R&D Programme has established two centres to prepare systematic reviews of existing information, and the Cochrane Collaboration-...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Chalmers I,Haynes B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to a London physician, women with epilepsy taking antiepileptic drugs can take combined oral contraceptives (OCs). It is usual to recommend a combined OC preparation containing at least 50 mcg of estrogen (Ovran) from patients taking enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs; this can be increased to 60 mcg by ta...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： O'Brien MD,Gilmour-White S

更新日期：1993-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:About 70% of all abortions performed in Delhi, India, are terminations due to the fetus being female. Private clinics make a profit out of offering sex determination tests. The new bill (the Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Bill) introduced in Lok Sabha by Deputy Health Minister Pawan Singh Ghatowatr would stop "sex d...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Imam Z

更新日期：1994-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To determine the attributable risk of community acquired pneumonia on incidence of heart failure throughout the age range of affected patients and severity of the infection.Design Cohort study.Setting Six hospitals and seven emergency departments in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2000-02.Participants 4988 adults...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Eurich DT,Marrie TJ,Minhas-Sandhu JK,Majumdar SR

更新日期：2017-02-13 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 whether enalapril or ramipril causes the sensitivity of the cough reflex to change or symptomatic cough to develop in patients with hypertension. DESIGN:Prospective, placebo controlled, double blind, randomised crossover study. SETTING:Academic units of clinical pharmacology and medicine. PATIE...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McEwan JR,Choudry N,Street R,Fuller RW

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocycline is the most widely prescribed systemic antibiotic for acne largely because it needs to be given only once or twice a day and seems not to induce resistance. Up to April 1994 11 cases of minocycline induced systemic lupus erythematosus and 16 cases of hepatitis had been reported to the Committee on Safety o...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gough A,Chapman S,Wagstaff K,Emery P,Elias E

更新日期：1996-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy and safety of the anticoagulant fondaparinux in older acute medical inpatients at moderate to high risk of venous thromboembolism. DESIGN:Double blind randomised placebo controlled trial. SETTING:35 centres in eight countries. PARTICIPANTS:849 medical patients aged 60 or more admi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cohen AT,Davidson BL,Gallus AS,Lassen MR,Prins MH,Tomkowski W,Turpie AG,Egberts JF,Lensing AW,ARTEMIS Investigators.

更新日期：2006-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: To identify and characterise non-specific immunological effects after routine childhood vaccines against BCG, measles, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. DESIGN: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies. DATA SOURCES: Embase, PubMed, Cochrane library, and...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kandasamy R,Voysey M,McQuaid F,de Nie K,Ryan R,Orr O,Uhlig U,Sande C,O'Connor D,Pollard AJ

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A doctor who performed an abortion in Poland faces two years in prison and the loss of his medical license for up to 10 years if he is found guilty of violating the new abortion laws introduced in 1993 after a lengthy campaign by the Catholic church and the Christian Democratic Union party. The new laws permit aborti...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gajewski M

更新日期：1995-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare patient outcomes of restrictive versus liberal blood transfusion strategies in patients with cardiovascular disease not undergoing cardiac surgery. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Randomised controlled trials involving a threshold for red blood cell transfusion in hospita...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Docherty AB,O'Donnell R,Brunskill S,Trivella M,Doree C,Holst L,Parker M,Gregersen M,Pinheiro de Almeida J,Walsh TS,Stanworth SJ

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether abnormal results for liver function tests are investigated in primary care and findings on full investigation. DESIGN:Retrospective audit and prospective clinical investigation. SETTING:University hospital and surrounding general practices serving around 330 000 people. SUBJECTS:Adults...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Sherwood P,Lyburn I,Brown S,Ryder S

更新日期：2001-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the sensitivities of the faecal occult blood test, screening episode, and screening programme for colorectal cancer and the benefits of applying a randomised design at the implementation phase of a new public health policy. DESIGN:Experimental design incorporated in public health evaluation using ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Malila N,Oivanen T,Malminiemi O,Hakama M

更新日期：2008-11-20 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 effectiveness of classroom based cognitive behavioural therapy with attention control and usual school provision for adolescents at high risk of depression. DESIGN:Three arm parallel cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Eight UK secondary schools. PARTICIPANTS:Adolescents (n=5030) ag...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Stallard P,Sayal K,Phillips R,Taylor JA,Spears M,Anderson R,Araya R,Lewis G,Millings A,Montgomery AA

更新日期：2012-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prepare and assess the sensitivity and specificity of a latex agglutination test specific for the serotype of antigen in diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in Gambian children. DESIGN:Comparison of agglutination test specific for serotype with culture of blood and lung aspirates, countercurrent immunoelect...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： O'Neill KP,Lloyd-Evans N,Campbell H,Forgie IM,Sabally S,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1989-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the frequency with which antibiotics are prescribed in the absence of a documented indication in the ambulatory care setting, to quantify the potential effect on assessments of appropriateness of antibiotics, and to understand patient, provider, and visit level characteristics associated with ant...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Ray MJ,Tallman GB,Bearden DT,Elman MR,McGregor JC

更新日期：2019-12-11 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the cost effectiveness of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX 2) selective inhibitors and traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and the addition of proton pump inhibitors to these treatments, for people with osteoarthritis. DESIGN:An economic evaluation using a Markov model and data ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Latimer N,Lord J,Grant RL,O'Mahony R,Dickson J,Conaghan PG,National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Osteoarthritis Guideline Development Group.

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Confirmation of breakthroughs in three different malaria chemoprophylactic regimens (chloroquine 300 mg weekly and proguanil 100 mg daily; chloroquine 300 mg weekly and proguanil 200 mg daily; proguanil 200 mg daily) and assessment of compliance. DESIGN:Prospective, randomised multicentre trial. SETTING:Fi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wetsteyn JC,de Geus A

更新日期：1993-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare patterns of admission to hospital and prognosis in white and South Asian patients newly admitted with heart failure, and to evaluate the effect of personal characteristics and comorbidity on outcome. DESIGN:Historical cohort study. SETTING:UK district health authority (population 960,000). PART...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Blackledge HM,Newton J,Squire IB

更新日期：2003-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine long term outcome in children who had a severe acute neurological illness in early childhood associated with pertussis immunisation. DESIGN:Follow up study of cases and matched controls. SETTING:Assessment of children at home and at school throughout Britain. SUBJECTS:Children recruited into t...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Miller D,Madge N,Diamond J,Wadsworth J,Ross E

更新日期：1993-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), the extreme manifestation of renal impairment in patients with cirrhosis, is characterized by reduction in renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate. Hepatorenal syndrome is diagnosed when kidney function is reduced but evidence of intrinsic kidney disease, such as hematuria, proteinu...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Simonetto DA,Gines P,Kamath PS

更新日期：2020-09-14 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To determine prevalence of HIV infection and drug injecting behaviour among inmates of Glenochil Prison on a specified date a year after an outbreak of hepatitis B and HIV infection. DESIGN:Cross sectional: voluntary, anonymous HIV salivary antibody surveillance and linked self completion questionnaire on ri...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Gore SM,Bird AG,Burns SM,Goldberg DJ,Ross AJ,Macgregor J

更新日期：1995-02-04 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