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WEB1 day ago · BMJ Open. is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. The journal publishes all research study types, from protocols through phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small, specialist studies, and negative studies. Publishing procedures are built around fully open ...
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WEBBMJ Open is an open access journal dedicated exclusively to publishing medical research. The journal aims to provide rapid publication of research across a range of medical disciplines and therapeutic areas, through a continuous publication model. As well as publishing definitive articles, including small and specialist studies, BMJ Open will ...
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WEBBMJ Open is a medical journal. We consider papers addressing research questions in clinical medicine, public health and epidemiology. We also welcome studies in health services research, health economics, surgery, qualitative research, research methods, medical education, medical publishing and any other field that directly addresses patient outcomes or the practice and delivery of healthcare.
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Antibiotic-induced changes in the human gut microbiota for the …
WEBObjective The gut microbiota influences many aspects of human health. We investigated the magnitude and duration of changes in gut microbiota in response to antibiotics commonly prescribed in UK primary care. Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and AMED, all years up to May 2020 including all study designs, collecting and analysing data on the effect of antibiotics prescribed for respiratory ...
Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve …
WEBObjective To provide researchers with guidance on actions to take during intervention development. Summary of key points Based on a consensus exercise informed by reviews and qualitative interviews, we present key principles and actions for consideration when developing interventions to improve health. These include seeing intervention development as a dynamic iterative process, involving ...
Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ...
WEBObjective To investigate the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for relief of pain in adults. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline, Cochrane Central, Embase (and others) from inception to July 2019 and updated on 17 May 2020. Eligibility criteria for study selection Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing strong non ...
Health effects of climate change: an overview of systematic …
WEBObjectives We aimed to develop a systematic synthesis of systematic reviews of health impacts of climate change, by synthesising studies’ characteristics, climate impacts, health outcomes and key findings. Design We conducted an overview of systematic reviews of health impacts of climate change. We registered our review in PROSPERO (CRD42019145972). No ethical approval was required since we ...
What is an invasive procedure? A definition to inform study design ...
WEBWorldwide, there are at least 230 million invasive procedures performed annually and most of us will undergo several in our lifetime. There is therefore a need for high-quality evidence to underpin this clinical area. Currently, however, there is no widely accepted definition of an invasive procedure and the terms ‘surgery’ and ‘interventional procedure’ are characterised ...
Cohort study evaluating the burden of wounds to the UK’s …
WEBObjective To evaluate the prevalence of wounds managed by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) in 2017/2018 and associated health outcomes, resource use and costs. Design Retrospective cohort analysis of the electronic records of patients from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database. Setting Primary and secondary care sectors in the UK. Participants Randomly selected cohort of 3000 ...
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