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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 ... -
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 ... -
Metabolic follow-up at one year and beyond of women with gestational diabetes treated with insulin and/or oral hypoglycaemic agents: study protocol for the identification of a core outcomes set using a Delphi survey.
(2019-01-05)BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes (GDM) is associated with an increased lifetime risk for the development of glucose abnormalities, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, depression and tumours. Despite this high risk ... -
Methodological decisions influence the identification of potential core outcomes in studies related to pre-eclampsia: an analysis informing the development of recommendations for future core outcome set developers.
(2019-11)OBJECTIVE: To quantify the effect of different methodological decisions on the identification of potential core outcomes to inform the development of recommendations for future core coutcome set developers. DESIGN: Mixed ... -
Methods and processes for development of a CONSORT extension for reporting pilot randomized controlled trials.
(2016)BACKGROUND: Feasibility and pilot studies are essential components of planning or preparing for a larger randomized controlled trial (RCT). They are intended to provide useful information about the feasibility of the main ... -
Methods for Evaluating Medical Tests and Biomarkers
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Mike Courtenay: an appreciation
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Militaries and global health.
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A mixed method observational study of strategies to promote adoption and usage of an application to support asthma self-management.
(BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT under Creative, 2018-10-01)BACKGROUND: Apps can potentially support asthma self-management, however attracting downloads and encouraging on-going adherence is challenging. OBJECTIVES: We observed the impact of different recruitment strategies and ... -
A model of human lung fibrogenesis for the assessment of anti-fibrotic strategies in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
(2018-01-10)Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease with limited therapeutic options. KCa3.1 ion channels play a critical role in TGFβ1-dependent pro-fibrotic responses in human lung myofibroblasts. ... -
Modelling Survival and Mortality Risk to 15 Years of Age for a National Cohort of Children with Serious Congenital Heart Defects Diagnosed in Infancy
(Public Library of Science, 2014-09-10)Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are a significant cause of death in infancy. Although contemporary management ensures that 80% of affected children reach adulthood, post-infant mortality and factors associated with death ...