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THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHANGE*

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 1987
Abstract— Clinicians frequently make judgements about the clinical importance of a change in “score” on visual function tests obtained from patients on successive visits. Almost no normative data for assessing the significance of change in performance on routinely used clinical tests exists, and the importance ...
B C, Reeves, A R, Hill, P A, Aspinall
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The Significance of Clinical Change and Clinical Change of Significance: Issues and Methods

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1988
Abstract The emphasis on systematic methods of demonstrating accountability in health care is affecting the delivery of human services at all levels, from hospitals and community centers to individual private practitioners. New procedures are being proposed to meet the accountability demands encountered by therapists.
K J, Ottenbacher, M B, Johnson, M, Hojem
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The changing chest clinic

Tubercle, 1946
Summary (1) The need for a wider conception of the future tuberculosis service based on the Chest Clinic has been emphasized, in the best interests of the tuberculosis sufferer, the community and medical and nursing education. (2) This envisages a Chest Service to include an Out-patient Chest Clinic and an In-patient Chest Unit, in pavilion ...
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Changes in the Clinical Picture of Schizophrenia

Southern Medical Journal, 1976
Records of all patients admitted to inpatient facilities of a state department of mental health from 1948 to 1952 and from 1965 to 1969 and diagnosed schizophrenic were reviewed to determine diagnostic trends, if any. The percentage of diagnoses of the catatonic subtype showed a general decline, the hebephrenic subtype showed a marked decline, the ...
A G, Donald, L C, Pressley, W M, Pitts
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CHANGING TRENDS IN CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1959
Changing trends in American medicine, medical education, and research have for many years been favorite subjects for messages from chairmen. Nevertheless, since this represents the Centennial Meeting of the Section on Experimental Medicine and Therapeutics, it seems timely to discuss briefly a few of the problems related to the dynamic developments in ...
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Psoriasis: Changing clinical patterns

Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 1996
SUMMARYAlthough psoriasis has been recognized at least since Biblical times, new forms, associations and influences continue to be described in the twentieth century. New forms include the rupioid, erythema annulare centrifugum‐like and follicular patterns.
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Clinical Medicine and Climate Change

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
The health care system contributes substantially to global greenhouse gas emissions, a driver of climate change. At the same time, climate change has caused disruptions in health care delivery. In this article, the authors describe both how the health care industry contributes to climate change and how climate change affects patient care.
Pablo E, Morejón-Jaramillo, Nicholas J, Nassikas, Mary B, Rice   +2 more
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