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A systematic review of tests for lymph node status in primary endometrial cancer.
(2008-05-05)
BACKGROUND: The lymph node status of a patient is a key determinate in staging, prognosis and adjuvant treatment of endometrial cancer. Despite this, the potential additional morbidity associated with lymphadenectomy makes ...
Meta-DiSc: a software for meta-analysis of test accuracy data.
(2006-07-12)
BACKGROUND: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of test accuracy studies are increasingly being recognised as central in guiding clinical practice. However, there is currently no dedicated and comprehensive software for ...
External validation of preexisting first trimester preeclampsia prediction models.
(2017-10)
OBJECTIVE: To validate the increasing number of prognostic models being developed for preeclampsia using our own prospective study. STUDY DESIGN: A systematic review of literature that assessed biomarkers, uterine artery ...
Estimated glomerular filtration rate is an early biomarker of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury.
(2018-11)
BACKGROUND: and objective Acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnosis is still based on serum creatinine and diuresis. However, increases in creatinine are typically delayed 48h or longer after injury. Our aim was to determine the ...
Prevalence and factors associated with a higher risk of neck and back pain among permanent wheelchair users: a cross-sectional study.
(2018-04)
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, spinal pain among wheelchair users. SETTING: Four Spanish hospitals specialized in providing care for wheelchair ...
Meta-analysis using individual participant data from randomised trials: opportunities and limitations created by access to raw data.
(2017-10)
Meta-analysis based on individual participant data (IPD), often described as the 'gold standard' for effectiveness evidence synthesis, is increasingly being deployed despite being more resource intensive than collating ...
The Use of International Classification of Diseases Codes to Identify Patients with Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.
(2018-10-04)
BACKGROUND: Hospital discharge codes are increasingly used in gastroenterology research, but their accuracy in the setting of acute pancreatitis (AP) and chronic pancreatitis (CP), one of the most frequent digestive diseases, ...
Hepatic safety of maraviroc in HIV-1-infected patients with hepatitis C and/or B co-infection. The Maraviroc Cohort Spanish Group.
(2017-10)
INTRODUCTION: Limited data is available regarding the hepatic safety of maraviroc in patients co-infected with HIV and HCV and/or HBV. Our objective was to compare the hepatic safety profile and fibrosis progression in ...
Computer-based teaching is as good as face to face lecture-based teaching of evidence based medicine: a randomised controlled trial.
(2007-07-20)
BACKGROUND: At postgraduate level evidence based medicine (EBM) is currently taught through tutor based lectures. Computer based sessions fit around doctors' workloads, and standardise the quality of educational provision. ...
Clinical interval and diagnostic characteristics in a cohort of bladder cancer patients in Spain: a multicenter observational study.
(2017-12-07)
OBJECTIVE: We performed a cohort study in seven hospitals in Spain to determine the clinical characteristics of incident patients with bladder cancer, the diagnostic process, and the conditions that might affect health ...