Clinical Prediction Model to Aid Emergency Doctors Managing Febrile Children at Risk of Serious Bacterial Infections: Diagnostic Study
Ruud G Nijman, PhD student, Yvonne Vergouwe, methodologist, Matthew Thompson, clinical reader, Mirjam van Veen, resident, Alfred H J van Meurs, paediatrician, Johan van der Lei, professor, Ewout W Steyerberg, professor, Henriette A Moll, professor, Rianne Oostenbrink, paediatrician
Results presented at CROI 2013 underscore some of the barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis.
Studies presented at CROI 2013 remind us that, as prevention goes biological, human behavior still determines outcomes.
Neoadjuvant High Dose Endorectal Brachytherapy or Short Course External Beam Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer
Hesselager C, Vuong T, Påhlman L, Richard C, Liberman S, Letellier F, Folkesson J
Tara F. Bishop, MD, MPH
Sample Size Determinations in Original Research Protocols for Randomised Clinical Trials Submitted to UK Research Ethics Committees: Review
Timothy Clark, research scientist, Ursula Berger, senior statistician, Ulrich Mansmann, director, and chair of biostatistics and bioinformatics
Intensive Glycemic Control and End-Stage Renal Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
One case of ESRD was prevented for every 430 intensively treated patients.
Inflammatory Diseases with Liver and Joint Involvement : A Differential Diagnostic Challenge
Sebode M, Schramm C, Lohse AW
Strategies and Opportunities for Drug Development in Heart Failure
Javed Butler, MD, MPH; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Mihai Gheorghiade, MD
Cost Effectiveness of Telehealth for Patients with Long Term Conditions (Whole Systems Demonstrator Telehealth Questionnaire Study): Nested Economic Evaluation in a Pragmatic, Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Catherine Henderson, research officer, Martin Knapp, professor of social policy, director of personal social services research unit, José-Luis Fernández, deputy director of personal social services research unit, principal research fellow, Jennifer Beecham, professorial research fellow1, Shashivadan P Hirani, senior lecturer in health services research, Martin Cartwright, research associate in health services research, Lorna Rixon, research associate in health services research, Michelle Beynon, research assistant in health services research, Anne Rogers, professor of health systems implementation, Peter Bower, professor of health services research, Helen Doll, senior research associate, Ray Fitzpatrick, professor of public health and primary care, Adam Steventon, senior research analyst, Martin Bardsley, head of research, Jane Hendy, senior lecturer in healthcare management, Stanton P Newman, dean, professor, principal investigator 3 for the Whole System Demonstrator evaluation team
Decline in Adequate Chest Compressions Is Similar in Children and Adults
In a simulation study, percent adequate chest compressions performed by in-hospital providers fell below 70% within 120 seconds in child and adult manikins.