Influence of study goals on study design and execution

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 488-493

  Kirklin, John W ^a,b   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Naftel, David C ^a   Turner, Malcolm E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical predictions; Observational studies; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK;

EID: 0030715690     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(97)00100-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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