Engaging stakeholders in surgical research: The design of a pragmatic clinical trial to study management of acute appendicitis

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 580-582

  Ehlers, Anne P ^a   Davidson, Giana H ^a   Bizzell, Bonnie J ^b   Guiden, Mary K ^b   Skopin, Elliott ^b   Flum, David R ^a   Lavallee, Danielle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Patient Advisory Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELECONFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; APPENDICITIS; BENCHMARKING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84975078248     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.5531     Document Type: Letter

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