期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Objective Our study aimed to identify predictors as well as develop machine learning (ML) models to predict the risk of 30-day mortality in patients w......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background Early rehabilitation is the foundation for recovery for those admitted to an intensive care unit. Appropriate assessment of consciousness i......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background Current dose-finding designs for phase I clinical trials can correctly select the MTD in a range of 30-80% depending on various conditions ......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background Our study aimed to compare the reference distributions of serum creatinine and urea obtained by direct sampling technique and two indirect ......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background To summarize the up-to-date empirical evidence on trial-level characteristics of randomized controlled trials associated with treatment eff......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background Currently, the direct method is the main approach for establishment of reference interval (RI). However, only a handful of studies have des......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background: Estimating the average effect of a treatment, exposure, or intervention on health outcomes is a primary aim of many medical studies. Howev......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Objective To describe the temporal trend of the number of new congenital heart disease (CHD) cases among newborns in Jinhua from 2019 to 2020 and expl......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background Linkage of public healthcare data provides powerful resources for studying from a comprehensive view of quality of care than information fo......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Objective Middle-aged and older adults are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases because of their particular health characteristics, which lead ......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background Rapid Advice Guidelines (RAG) provide decision makers with guidance to respond to public health emergencies by developing evidence-based re......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background A short instrument would enhance the viability of a study. Therefore, we aimed to shorten the specific module (SPD-10) of the Quality of Li......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
BackgroundNumerous observational studies have revealed an increased risk of death and complications with transfusion, but this observation has not bee......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2022; 22 (1)
Background: Interrater reliability, aka intercoder reliability, is defined as true agreement between raters, aka coders, without chance agreement. It ......
期刊： BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, 2021; 21 (1)
Background: Missing data is a pervasive problem in clinical research. Generative adversarial imputation nets (GAIN), a novel machine learning data imp......
