Misclassification and treatment effect on primary outcome measures in clinical trials of severe neurotrauma

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Choi, Sung C ^a   Clifton, Guy L ^b   Marmarou, Anthony ^a   Miller, Emmy R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Interobserver variability; Misclassifications; Number of outcome categories; Power; Primary outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036158909     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089771502753460204     Document Type: Article

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