A Systematic Review of Patient-reported Outcomes in Randomized Controlled Trials of Unplanned General Surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 267-276

  Stevens, Daniel J ^a   Blencowe, Natalie S ^a,b   McElnay, Philip J ^b   Macefield, Rhiannon C ^a   Savović, Jelena ^a   Avery, Kerry N L ^a   Blazeby, Jane M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84955216962     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3292-1     Document Type: Review

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