Some practical issues in the design, monitoring and analysis of a sequential randomized trial in pressure sore prevention

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 3389-3400

  Brown, Julia ^a   McElvenny, Damien ^a   Nixon, Jane ^b   Bainbridge, Jackie ^a   Mason, Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECUBITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0034736557     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0258(20001230)19:24<3389::AID-SIM826>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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