Patient outcomes in historical comparators compared with randomised-controlled trials

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-15

  Ali, M ^a   Juttler E ^b,c   Lees, K R ^a   Hacke, W ^b   Diedler, J ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Database; Historical comparators; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIOTOMY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949110605     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2009.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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