Pilot studies: Are they appropriately reported?

Why are pilot studies not reported ?

Dr Edwin van Teijlingen is a medical sociologist and Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen. His research interests include the organisation of maternity care at home and abroad, substance misuse, and psychosocial aspects of genetics. Dr Vanora Hundley is a midwife and Lecturer at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing, University of Aber...

Adrenal incidentalomas: are they being worked up appropriately?

INTRODUCTION Adrenal incidentalomas are defined as masses picked up on imaging studies that were done for apparently different reasons. With frequent use of imaging modalities, incidental adrenal masses are commonly encountered in clinical practice. Guidelines are currently available for the diagnosis and management of adrenal incidentalomas, but the appropriateness of initial work-up and subse...

Patient-Reported Outcomes - Are They Living Up to Their Potential?

A part of a nationwide movement toward giving patients more of a voice in their health care, an increasing number of organizations are collecting and assessing patient-reported outcomes (PROs). There is a growing chorus of support from clinicians, researchers, and payers for embracing PRO measurement instruments in clinical care. But there are still important practical questions about how data ...

Observational studies: why are they so important?

Herbal drug leaflets: are they in compliance with standards?

Leaflets inside pharmaceutical packages should include focal points about medicines being used by patients. The current study was designed to assess the compliance of information cited in herbal medicine leaflets with the standards released by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran (MHMEI). Leaflets of commonly used herbal pharmaceutical products sold in pharmacies of Iran were co...