BMJ4d
Scoping review protocol of interventions for the mental health of women with and without HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction Mental health issues among women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially those living with HIV, pose a major public health challenge. Despite the established connections between HIV ...
BMJ8d
How do hospitals that serve low socioeconomic status patients achieve low readmission rates? A qualitative study of safety-net hospitals
Background Hospital readmissions are an important quality of care indicator and are tied to hospitals’ financial reimbursements. Safety-net hospitals, which serve a high proportion of patients of low ...
BMJ1d
Current Issue
Original research: Is geographical variation in emergency epilepsy admissions related to variation in new epilepsy diagnoses among children and young people across England? An observational study ...
BMJ4d
Prognostic impact of moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) irrespective of concomitant comorbidities: a retrospective matched cohort study
1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 Faculty of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Objective We ...
BMJ2d
Climate footprint of industry-sponsored in-human clinical trials: life cycle assessments of clinical trials spanning multiple phases and disease areas
Objective This study aims to calculate the global warming potential, in carbon dioxide (CO 2) equivalent emissions, from all in-scope activities involved in phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 clinical trials ...
BMJ11d
Latest trends in ADHD drug prescribing patterns in children in the UK: prevalence, incidence and persistence
Objectives To investigate attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug prescribing in children under 16 years old in the UK between 1992 and 2013. Methods All patients under 16 registered ...
BMJ5d
Words do matter: a systematic review on how different terminology for the same condition influences management preferences
Objectives Changing terminology for low-risk, screen-detected conditions has now been recommended by several expert groups in order to prevent overdiagnosis and reduce the associated harms of ...
BMJ12d
Predictors of long-term symptom burden and quality of life in patients hospitalised with chest pain: a prospective observational study
Objective To describe the magnitude and predictors of symptom burden (SB) and quality of life (QoL) 3 months after hospital admission for acute chest pain. Design Prospective observational study.
BMJ10d
Gout and the risk for incident heart failure and systolic dysfunction
Objective To test the hypothesis that gouty arthritis (gout) is a risk factor for incidence of heart failure and for echocardiographic measures signifying subclinical heart failure. Design Post-hoc, ...
BMJ10d
Protocol of the Nurses’ Mental Health Study (NMHS): a nationwide hospital multicentre prospective cohort study
1 Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China 2 Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China ...
BMJ9d
Rehabilitative management of back pain in children: protocol for a mixed studies systematic review
9 Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, Odense, Denmark Introduction Little is known about effective, efficient and acceptable management of back pain in children. A ...
BMJ12d
Evaluating Maternity Units: a prospective cohort study of freestanding midwife-led primary maternity units in New Zealand—clinical outcomes
Objective To compare maternal and neonatal birth outcomes and morbidities associated with the intention to give birth in a freestanding primary level midwife-led maternity unit (PMU) or tertiary level ...