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The Number Needed to Treat: 25 Years of Trials and Tribulations in Clinical Research

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2015
The number needed to treat (NNT) is a simple measure of a treatment’s impact, increasingly reported in randomized trials and observational studies, but often incorrectly calculated in studies involving varying follow-up times. We discuss the NNT in these
Samy Suissa
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Comprehensive Characterization of 98 Chinese Cases of Genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease With T188K Mutation

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize the demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of the Chinese patients of genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease with T188K variant (T188K‐gCJD), the most common subtype of genetic prion diseases (gPrDs) in China. Methods In this nationwide retrospective study, data from 98 genetically confirmed T188K‐gCJD patients ...
Chun‐Jie Li, Dong‐Lin Liang, Li‐Ping Gao, Wei‐Wei Zhang, Wei Zhou, A. Ruhan, Bing Xu, Run‐Dong Cao, Kang Xiao, Cao Chen, Qi Shi, Xiao‐Ping Dong   +11 more
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Método de captura e recaptura: nova metodologia para pesquisas epidemiológicas

Revista de Saúde Pública
O método de captura e recaptura, embora não seja novo, tem sido pouco usado em estudos epidemiológicos. Trata-se de método bem adaptável e adequado para estudar populações incomuns ou esquivas, como usuários de drogas endovenosas.
John Dunn, Sérgio Baxter Andreoli
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A Two‐Stage Questionnaire and Actigraphy Screening for iRBD in a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Isolated rapid‐eye‐movement sleep behavior disorder is a prodromal marker of synucleinopathies. However, most cases remain undiagnosed due to the insufficient predictive value of questionnaires and limited access to confirmatory video‐polysomnography. We assessed a two‐stage screening strategy combining a brief questionnaire on rapid‐
Caleb A. Massimi, Giorgio Ricciardiello Mejia, Andre Metzger, Kang Hyun Ryu, Salonee Marwaha, Eva Grzegorczyk, Li Zhou, Eliana Jacobs, Boris Gilyadov, Claudia Kunney, Liqhwa Ncube, Ankit Parekh, Emmanuel Mignot, Fanny M. Elahi, Joseph Winer, Kathleen Poston, Andreas Brink‐Kjaer, Emmanuel H. During   +17 more
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Study designs: Part 3 - Analytical observational studies

Perspectives in Clinical Research, 2019
In analytical observational studies, researchers try to establish an association between exposure(s) and outcome(s). Depending on the direction of enquiry, these studies can be directed forwards (cohort studies) or backwards (case–control studies).
Priya Ranganathan, Rakesh Aggarwal
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Grand Challenge-Crossing Borders to Develop Epidemiologic Methods. [PDF]

Front Epidemiol, 2021
Groenwold RHH.
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Interaction of Intraprocedural Antiplatelets and Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Intracranial Stenting: RESISTANT Registry Subanalysis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Objective Acute intracranial stenting during endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for ischemic stroke requires intraprocedural antiplatelet therapy (APT) to maintain patency. However, the hemorrhagic risk of combining APT with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) remains uncertain.
Aaron Rodriguez‐Calienes, Leonardo Cruz‐Criollo, Eric Kontowicz, Marta Olivé‐Gadea, Francesco Diana, Johannes Kaesmacher, Adnan Mujanovic, Serdar Geyik, Songul Senadim, Amedeo Cervo, Andrea Salcuni, Mariangela Piano, Manuel Moreu, Alfonso López‐Frías, Ameer E. Hassan, Samantha Miller, Elena Zapata‐Arriaza, Asier de Albóniga‐Chindurza, Mauro Bergui, Stefano Molinaro, João André Sousa, Fábio Gomes, João Sargento‐Freitas, Andrea Alexandre, Alessandro Pedicelli, Jeremy Hofmeister, Paolo Machi, Luca Scarcia, Erwah Kalsoum, Jose Amorim, Torcato Meira, Leonardo Renieri, Francesco Capasso, Daniele Romano, Eduardo Bárcena‐Ruiz, David Seoane, Mohamad Abdalkader, Piers Klein, Thanh N. Nguyen, Catarina Perry da Câmara, Anderson Brito, Nashwa Abdelhakim, Isabel Fragata, Dileep R. Yavagal, Jude H. Charles, Jose Rodriguez Castro, Pedro Vega, Atilla Özcan Özdemir, Zehra Uysal Kocabaş, Stanislas Smajda, Sadiq Al Salman, Jane Khalife, Tudor G. Jovin, Francesco Biraschi, Francesca Richetti, Pedro Castro, Luis Albuquerque, Adnan Siddiqui, Vinay Jaikumar, Pedro Navia, Nikolaos Ntoulias, Marios Psychogios, Mariano Velo, Joaquín Zamarro, Gonzalo de Paco, Yazan Ashouri, Mohammad AlMajali, Juan F. Arenillas, Alicia Sierra, Michele Romoli, João Pedro Marto, Shadi Yaghi, Marc Ribo, Alejandro Tomasello, Manuel Requena, Santiago Ortega‐Gutierrez   +75 more
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Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Population Perspective

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The need to stem the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance has prompted multiple, sometimes conflicting, calls for changes in the use of antimicrobial agents.
Marc Lipsitch, Matthew H. Samore
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Invited Commentary: Use of Epidemiologic Methods to Guide Comprehensive and Equitable Approaches to Policy. [PDF]

Am J Epidemiol, 2023
Widome R.
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Epidemiological methods in Prevention of Blindness [PDF]

Eye, 1988
A major objective of the Prevention of Blindness programme of the World Health Organisation (WHO PBL Programme) is that by the year 1989 National Prevention of Blindness Programmes should be established in 60 developing countries which have a huge excess of avoidable blindness. To date, this has been achieved in 57 developing countries.
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