Evaluating outcomes used in cardiothoracic surgery interventional research: a systematic review of reviews to develop a core outcome set.

<h4>Background</h4>When planning clinical trials, it is a key element to choose appropriate outcomes that ensure the comparability of effects of interventions in ways that minimise bias. We hypothesise that outcome measures in cardiothoracic surgical trials are inconsistent and without s...

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Main Authors: Carina Benstoem, Ajay Moza, Rüdiger Autschbach, Christian Stoppe, Andreas Goetzenich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122204

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