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Data quality predicts care quality: findings from a national clinical audit [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Missing clinical outcome data are a common occurrence in longitudinal studies. Data quality in clinical audit is a particular cause for concern. The relationship between departmental levels of missing clinical outcome data and care quality is
Bechman, Katie, Dennison, Elaine M., Galloway, James B., Ledingham, Jo, Macgregor, Alexander J., Norton, Sam, Yates, Mark   +6 more
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Access to reperfusion therapy and mortality outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction under universal health coverage in Thailand

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background Evidence on access to reperfusion therapy for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and associated mortality in developing countries is scarce.
Chulaporn Limwattananon, Jiraphan Jaratpatthararoj, Jutatip Thungthong, Phumtham Limwattananon, Amnat Kitkhuandee   +4 more
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Senile Systemic Amyloidosis: Clinical Features at Presentation and Outcome [PDF]

, 2013
Background Cardiac amyloidosis is a fatal disease whose prognosis and treatment rely on identification of the amyloid type. In our aging population transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt) is common and must be differentiated from other amyloid types.
Banypersad, SM, Dungu, J, Gibbs, SD, Gilbertson, JA, Gillmore, JD, Hawkins, PN, Lachmann, HJ, McCarthy, CA, Petrie, A, Pinney, JH, Rowczenio, D, Sattianayagam, P, Venner, CP, Wassef, N, Wechalekar, A, Whelan, CJ   +15 more
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Metronidazole resistance: a hidden epidemic? [PDF]

, 2018
This is a personal reflection from working as a clinical microbiologist and becoming increasingly concerned over gaps in our knowledge of metronidazole resistance and its impact on clinical ...
Smith, Andrew
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Report from the third international consensus meeting to harmonise core outcome measures for atopic eczema/dermatitis clinical trials (HOME). [PDF]

, 2014
This report provides a summary of the third meeting of the Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative held in San Diego, CA, U.S.A., 6-7 April 2013 (HOME III).
Admani, S, Aoki, V, Apfelbacher, C, Ardeleanu, M, Barbarot, S, Berger, T, Bergman, JN, Block, J, Borok, N, Burton, T, Chalmers, JR, Chamlin, SL, Deckert, S, DeKlotz, CC, Dohil, M, Eichenfield, LF, Graff, LB, Hanifin, JM, Hebert, AA, Humphreys, R, Katoh, N, Kisa, RM, Margolis, DJ, Merhand, S, Minnillo, R, Mizutani, H, Nankervis, H, Ohya, Y, Rodgers, P, Schmitt, J, Schram, ME, Simpson, EL, Singh, J, Spuls, P, Stalder, JF, Svensson, A, Takaoka, R, Teper, A, Thomas, KS, Tom, WL, von Kobyletzki, L, Weisshaar, E, Williams, HC, Zelt, S   +43 more
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Association between time to reperfusion and outcome is primarily driven by the time from imaging to reperfusion [PDF]

, 2016
Background and Purpose A progressive decline in the odds of favorable outcome as time to reperfusion increases is well known. However, the impact of specific workflow intervals is not clear.; Methods We studied the mechanical thrombectomy group (n=103 ...
Cerda, Neus, Cobo Valeri, Erik, Dávalos Errando, Antoni, Jovin, Tudor G., Molina, Carlos A., Ribó, Marc, Sanroman, Luis, Tomasello, Alejandro, Urra, Xabier   +8 more
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Improving the evaluation of therapeutic interventions in multiple sclerosis: the role of new psychometric methods

Health Technology Assessment, 2009
Objectives: In this monograph we examine the added value of new psychometric methods (Rasch measurement and Item Response Theory) over traditional psychometric approaches by comparing and contrasting their psychometric evaluations of existing sets of ...
J Hobart, S Cano
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Comparability of a provisioned device versus bring your own device for completion of patient-reported outcome measures by participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: qualitative interview findings

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2022
Background There is interest in participants using their own smartphones or tablets (“bring your own device”; BYOD) to complete patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in clinical studies.
Louise Newton, Oliver Knight-West, Sonya Eremenco, Stacie Hudgens, Mabel Crescioni, Tara Symonds, David S. Reasner, Bill Byrom, Paul O’Donohoe, Susan Vallow, the Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium, Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) Consortium   +11 more
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Multi-jurisdictional Prostate Cancer Registry Linkage.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objective The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry for Australian and New Zealand (PCOR-ANZ) aims to monitor population-wide prostate cancer characteristics, treatments, and outcomes.
Christopher Radbone, Kerri Beckmann, David Roder, Michael O'Callaghan, Kim Moretti, Liesel Fitzgerald, Liz Buckley   +6 more
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Accepting higher morbidity in exchange for sacrificing fewer animals in studies developing novel infection-control strategies. [PDF]

, 2020
Preventing bacterial infections from becoming the leading cause of death by the year 2050 requires the development of novel, infection-control strategies, building heavily on biomaterials science, including nanotechnology.
Busscher, Henk J., Frijlink, Hendrik W., Grainger, David W., Hinrichs, Wouter L.J., Jutte, Paul, Kates, Stephen, Liu, Jian, Liu, Jianfeng, Parvizi, Javad, Rotello, Vincent M., Schaer, Thomas P., Shi, Linqi, Shi, Rui, van der Mei, Henny C., van Kooten, Theo G., Williams, Dustin, Woudstra, Willem   +16 more
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