The number, content, and quality of randomized controlled trials in the prevention and care of injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1488-1493

  Stelfox, Henry Thomas ^a   Goverman, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Randomized controlled trial; Research design; Systematic review; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DROWNING; FACE INJURY; FALLING; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTOXICATION; LIMB INJURY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKIN INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650638313     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181568cfc     Document Type: Article

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