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Statistical analysis of the primary outcome in acute stroke trials [PDF]

, 2012
Common outcome scales in acute stroke trials are ordered categorical or pseudocontinuous in structure but most have been analyzed as binary measures. The use of fixed dichotomous analysis of ordered categorical outcomes after stroke (such as the modified
Lees, K.R., Saver, J.L., Howard, G., TONI, Danilo, Altman, H., Schellinger, P.D., Bland, M., Hogg, C., Bath, P.M.W., European Stroke Organisation Outcomes Working Group   +9 more
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Data collection methods for patient-reported outcome measures in cancer randomised controlled trials: a protocol for a rapid scoping review

BMJ Open
Background There are different modes and ways to assess patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical trials. However, there is little systematic information on how often different modes of assessment (MOA) are used in cancer clinical trials and how ...
Deborah Fitzsimmons, Bernhard Holzner, Johannes M Giesinger, Jens Lehmann, Daniela Krepper, Madeline Pe, Dagmara Kuliś, Monika Sztankay, Scottie Kern   +8 more
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Choledocholithiasis: Evaluation, Treatment, and Outcomes [PDF]

Seminars in Interventional Radiology, 2016
Choledocholithiasis occurs in up to approximately 20% of patients with cholelithiasis. A majority of stones form in the gallbladder and then pass into the common bile duct, where they generate symptoms, due to biliary obstruction. Confirmatory diagnosis of choledocholithiasis is made with advanced imaging, including magnetic resonance ...
Christopher, Molvar, Bryan, Glaenzer
openaire   +2 more sources

Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of patients’ preference on outcome in the EVerT cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts (verruca) trial [PDF]

, 2012
Background Randomised controlled trials are widely accepted as the gold standard method to evaluate medical interventions, but they are still open to bias. One such bias is the effect of patient’s preference on outcome measures.
McIntosh Caroline, Torgerson, David, Watt Ian, McIntosh, Caroline, Brierley Gwen, Thomas Kim, Hicks, Kate, Watt, Ian, Cockayne Sarah, Concannon, Michael, Kangombe Arthur R, Hashmi, Farina, Hewitt, Catherine, Concannon Michael, Hicks Kate, Brierley, Gwen, Kangombe, Arthur R., Thomas, Kim, Hewitt Catherine, Torgerson David, Cockayne, Sarah, Hashmi Farina, Kangombe, Arthur R   +22 more
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Endophthalmitis in Oman: A descriptive retrospective multi-center study

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to report the anatomical and functional outcome, microbiology profile and treatment used for endophthalmitis in Oman. DESIGN: The study design involves retrospective descriptive multicenter study.
Mohamed Al-Abri, Ahmed Al-Hinai, Youssef Al Hamar, Hisham Al-Abri, Asaad-Al Habsi, Abdullah Al-Kaabi, Chandrashekar Nooyi   +6 more
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A comparable study of clinical and optical outcomes after 1.8, 2.0 mm microcoaxial and 3.0 mm coaxial cataract surgery [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016
AIM: To evaluate the clinical and optical outcomes after clear corneal incision cataract surgery (CICS) with three different incision sizes (1.8, 2.0 and 3.0 mm).
Yi-Bo Yu, Ya-Nan Zhu, Wei Wang, Yi-Dong Zhang, Yin-Hui Yu, Ke Yao   +5 more
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Heterogeneity in the Global Practice of Central Nervous System Staging in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási, Bernadett Borbála Huszti, Gábor Barna, Marko Kavcic, Janez Jazbec, Lennart Lenk, Vera Münch, Sophia Polychronopoulou, Ágnes Márk, Maria Thastrup, Lüder H. Meyer, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Cornelia Eckert, Christina Halsey, Dániel J. Erdélyi   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The combined dexamethasone/CRH Test (DEX/CRH test) and prediction of acute treatment response in major depression. [PDF]

, 2009
In this study the predictive value of the combined dexamethasone/CRH test (DEX/CRH test) for acute antidepressant response was investigated. In 114 depressed inpatients suffering from unipolar or bipolar depression (sample 1) the DEX/CRH test was ...
Daniela Eser, Baghai Thomas C., Herrmann, Sascha, Rupprecht Rainer, Born, Christoph, Sascha Herrmann, Schüle Cornelius, Cornelius Schüle, Sibylle Häfner, Rupprecht, Rainer, Häfner Sibylle, Eser, Daniela, Schüle, Cornelius, Baghai, Thomas C., Herrmann Sascha, Christoph Born, Rainer Rupprecht, Thomas C. Baghai, Häfner, Sibylle, Thomas C Baghai, Eser Daniela, Born Christoph   +21 more
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30-Second Chair Stand and 5-Times Sit-to-Stand Tests Are Interesting Tools for Assessing Disability and Ability to Ambulate among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Life
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating and chronic disease with variable neurological symptoms. There are different scales that score the level of disability, but only few papers have taken into consideration the 5-times sit-to-stand (5STS) test and ...
Andrea Polidori, Mattia Malagoli, Rosario Giacalone, Giampaolo Brichetto, Margherita Monti Bragadin, Valeria Prada   +5 more
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