Three years of experience with prospective randomized effectiveness studies

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 419-426

  Hillis, Argye ^a,b,c   Rajab, M Hasan ^a,b   Baisden, Clinton E ^a,b   Villamaria, Frank J ^a,b   Ashley, Pandora ^a   Cummings, Christine ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Texas A/M Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Effectiveness study; Outcomes; Randomization; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ISOPRENALINE; MAGNESIUM; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE TEST; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032190605     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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