Search Results - "Black, N. A."

Gender differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary artery disease by Raine, R A, Black, N A, Bowker, T J, Wood, D A

“…Study objectives: To compare the clinical management and health outcomes of men and women after admission with acute coronary syndromes, after adjusting for…”
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The Patient Outcomes of Surgery—Head/Neck (POS-Head/Neck): A new patient-based outcome measure by Cano, S.J., Browne, J.P., Lamping, D.L., Roberts, A.H.N., McGrouther, D.A., Black, N.A.

“…To develop a new patient-based outcome measure in plastic surgery for head/neck skin lesions for use in audit, clinical trials and effectiveness studies…”
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The effectiveness of surgery for stress incontinence in women: a systematic review by Black, N A, Downs, S H

“…To determine the methodological quality of studies evaluating surgery for stress incontinence, the effectiveness of different procedures and the frequency of…”
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Impact of surgery for stress incontinence on the social lives of women by Black, N. A., Bowling, A., Griffiths, J. M., Pope, C., Abel, P. D.

“…Objective To assess the feasibility of collecting disease‐specific and generic data on the impact of surgery on the social lives of women with stress…”
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Surgery for stress incontinence: a non-randomised trial of colposuspension, needle suspension and anterior colporrhaphy by Hutchings, A, Black, N A

“…To compare the outcome, 12 months after surgery, of three principal categories of procedure (colposuspension, needle suspension and anterior colporrhaphy) used…”
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A protocol-based treatment for intradialytic hypotension in hospitalized hemodialysis patients by Emili, Stefano, Black, Nancy A., Paul, Richard V., Rexing, Connie J., Ullian, Michael E.

“…Human serum albumin is used in hemodialysis (HD) units as treatment for hypotension despite its high cost and undetermined efficacy. During a 4-month period in…”
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Mortality, morbidity and complications following transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hypertrophy by Doll, H A, Black, N A, McPherson, K, Flood, A B, Williams, G B, Smith, J C

“…A total of 388 men undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hypertrophy during 1988 entered a prospective cohort study designed…”
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Heat Shock Protein Induction in Montastraea faveolata and Aiptasia pallida Exposed to Elevated Temperatures by Black, Nancy A., Voellmy, Richard, Szmant, Alina M.

“…Frequent widespread episodes of coral bleaching have made researchers aware of the sensitivity of reef corals to moderately elevated temperatures and led us to…”
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Health status and quality of life of british men with lower urinary tract symptoms: results from the sf-36 by Hunter, Duncan J.W., McKee, Martin, Black, Nick A., Sanderson, Colin F.B.

“…To determine the extent to which urinary symptoms, and resulting bothersomeness interfere with daily activities and affect health status, as measured using the…”
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Groin hernia surgery: a systematic review by Cheek, C M, Black, N A, Devlin, H B, Kingsnorth, A N, Taylor, R S, Watkin, D F

“…An extensive volume of clinical research has been undertaken on the use of surgery for groin hernias. For many years there has been a large number of different…”
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Urinary symptoms: prevalence and severity in British men aged 55 and over by Hunter, D J, McKee, C M, Black, N A, Sanderson, C F

“…OBJECTIVE--To measure the prevalence and severity of urinary symptoms among men aged 55 and over in the British population. DESIGN--Cross sectional population…”
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A randomised controlled trial of surgery for glue ear by Black, N A, Sanderson, C F, Freeland, A P, Vessey, M P

“…OBJECTIVE--To assess the effect of five different surgical treatments for glue ear (secretory otitis media) on improvement in hearing and, assuming one or more…”
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Surgery for stress incontinence: factors associated with a successful outcome by HUTCHINGS, A, GRIFFITHS, J, BLACK, N. A

“…Objective To investigate which patient and health‐service factors are predictive of outcome after surgery for stress incontinence. Patients and methods In all,…”
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Appropriate indications for prostatectomy in the UK--results of a consensus panel by Hunter, D J, McKee, C M, Sanderson, C F, Black, N A

“…STUDY OBJECTIVE--The use of formal consensus development to determine appropriate indications for prostatectomy and to identify factors underlying clinical…”
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Criterion validation of the Nottingham Health Profile: patient views of surgery for benign prostatic hypertrophy by Doll, H A, Black, N A, Flood, A B, McPherson, K

“…As part of a prospective cohort study of 388 men undergoing TURP for benign prostatic hypertrophy, the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) was self-administered…”
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Outcome measures for adult critical care: a systematic review by Hayes, J A, Black, N A, Jenkinson, C, Young, J D, Rowan, K M, Daly, K, Ridley, S

“…1. To identify generic and disease specific measures of impairment, functional status and health-related quality of life that have been used in adult critical…”
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The Impact of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms on General Health Status and on the Use of Prostatectomy by D. J. W. Hunter, McKee, C. M., N. A. Black, C. F. B. Sanderson

“…Our objective was to determine the extent to which lower urinary tract symptoms affect the general health status of men and contribute to the decision to…”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Guidelines, Audit and Feedback: Improving the use of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients with Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction by ROBINSON, M. B., THOMPSON, E., BLACK, N. A.

“…Objective: To determine the effectiveness of medical audit as a means of improving the use of intravenous thrombolytics in patients with suspected acute…”
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Review of outcome measures used in adult critical care by Black, Nicholas A, Jenkinson, Crispin, Hayes, Julie A, Young, Duncan, Vella, Keryn, M Rowan, Kathryn, Daly, Kath, Ridley, Saxon

“…OBJECTIVE To undertake a systematic review of the literature on the measurement properties of outcome measures that have been used with adults after discharge…”
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Total hip replacement. The preoperative health status of patients in Japan compared with England and the United States by Imamura, K, Black, N A

“…To explore the contribution of health care to the excellent health status enjoyed by the Japanese compared with other industrialized populations, the…”
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