Cluster randomized trials: Evaluating treatments applied to groups

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 2068-2069

  Meurer, William J ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BERRY CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HELMET; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEDATION; STUDY DESIGN; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84929911356     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.5199     Document Type: Article

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