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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SERIES Study design: the soul of the recipe for clinical research

Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2022
A good research study begins with a good hypothesis. From the hypothesis arise the objectives of the study. The study design is the instrument to carry out the objective in the best possible manner.
Nivedita Kamath, PS Priyamvada, Arpana Iyengar   +2 more
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A prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study of analgesia and outcome after pneumonectomy [PDF]

, 2011
Background Meta-analysis and systematic reviews of epidural compared with paravertebral blockade analgesia techniques for thoracotomy conclude that although the analgesia is comparable, paravertebral blockade has a better short-term side-effect profile ...
Mills, R., Woodward, D., B Naidu, Woodall, N., Naidu, Babu V., Pearce, A C, Nelson, J., Stockwell, M., Nel, L., Giri, R., Gao, F, Cook, D, Macfie, A., Latter, J., Davies, P, E.S. Powell, Brown, V., Gao Smith, Fang; id_orcid, Gilbert, M., Naidu, Babu, Forrest, M., Knowles, A., McCulloch, B., Mitchell, J., A.C. Pearce, Foley, M., Naidu, B, Bowler, G. M. R., Powell, E. S., Cook, D., Bowler, G M R, D Cook, Powell, E S, Pearce, A. C., Kendall, J., G.M.R. Bowler, Lee, G., F Gao, Berry, C., P Davies, Dhallu, T., Strachan, L., Pardeshi, L., Davies, P., Smith, F. Gao (Fang Gao)   +44 more
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A Retrospective Study of the Efficacy of Albendazole and Diethylcarbamazine for the Treatment of Human Toxocariasis

Pathogens, 2022
In the Department of Parasitology and Mycology of Toulouse University Hospitals, patients presenting with common/covert toxocariasis were treated either with albendazole (39 cases) or with diethylcarbamazine (32 cases).
Jean-François Magnaval, Judith Fillaux, Antoine Berry   +2 more
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Status of dental caries and associated factors in Tibetan adults: findings from the fourth China National Oral Health Survey

BMC Oral Health, 2020
Background Tibet, a region where average elevation is above 3500 m and socio-economic development is relatively lower, was not included in National Oral Health Survey over decades.
Lingxia Guan, Jing Guo, Jinghao Ban, Gang Li, Juan Tong, Aiyun Chuan, Tian Tian, Bing Han, Kun Xuan, Shengchao Wang   +9 more
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Undertaking the surgical count: An observational study

, 2021
Objective To systematically measure and describe perioperative nurses’ surgical count practices using the Surgical Count Observational Tool, to measure conformity with standardised processes and identify barriers and enablers influencing nurses ...
Karen G Clark-Burg, Victoria Ruth Warwick, Brigid M Gillespie, Anne McMurray, Clark-Burg, KG, Gillespie, BM, Warwick, VR, McMurray, A   +7 more
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Changing Incidence and Risk Factors for Kaposi Sarcoma by Time Since Starting Antiretroviral Therapy: Collaborative Analysis of 21 European Cohort Studies

, 2016
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) remains a frequent cancer in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients starting combination antiretroviral therapy (cART).
Cancer Project Working Group for the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe study in E.u.r.o.C.o.o.r.d., QUIROS ROLDAN, Maria Eugenia   +1 more
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Managing polyuria during lithium treatment: a preliminary prospective observational study [PDF]

, 2019
Objectives:Lithium-treated patients with polyuria are at increased risk of lithium toxicity. We aimed to describe the clinical benefits and risks of different management strategies for polyuria in community lithium-treated patients.Methods:This is a ...
Kinahan, James C., Cunningham, Sean K., Ní Chorcoráin, Aoife, Kelly, Brendan, Barry, Siobhan   +4 more
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Overview of clinical study designs [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
The goal of a clinical study is to determine the factors associated with a disease and to assess the efficacy and safety of an investigational drug, procedure, or device. Since clinical study designs vary due to unique requirements of individual studies,
Seonwoo Kim
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The Revised Trauma Score: A Better Early Predictor for Survival of Head Trauma Patients than the Glasgow Coma Scale-Age-Pressure Score [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery
Purpose Trauma is a common cause of death worldwide and head injury is the most common form of trauma presented at the Emergency Department. Physiological scores are better for predicting outcome than anatomical scores.
Richa Patel, Geeta Sandeep Ghag, Sandhya Iyer, Vipul Versi Nandu   +3 more
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Nested and multipart prospective observational studies, flaming fiasco or efficiently economical?: The Brain, Bone, Heart case study

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Background Collecting new data from cross-sectional/survey and cohort observational study designs can be expensive and time-consuming. Nested (hierarchically cocooned within an existing parent study) and/or Multipart (≥ 2 integrally interlinked projects)
C. Christina Mehta, Kimberly S. Hagen, Lauren F. Collins, Renee’ H. Moore, Ighovwerha Ofotokun   +4 more
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