Observational Studies as Topic
"Observational Studies as Topic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Works about clinical studies in which participants may receive diagnostic, therapeutic, or other types of interventions, but the investigator does not assign participants to specific interventions (as in an interventional study).
| Descriptor ID |
D064887
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.760.250.750 N05.715.360.775.088.750 N06.850.520.450.250.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Observational Studies as Topic" by people in Profiles.
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Racial Disparities in Parkinson Disease Clinical Phenotype, Management, and Genetics: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Apr 07; 14:e60587.
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Protocol for a multisite, observational clinical study of the association between skin colour and pulse oximeter accuracy in children undergoing cardiac catheterisation (PACH study). BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 05; 15(4):e100391.
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Let the resident try: Evaluation of central venous catheter placement in patients with hypotensive trauma using trauma video review. Surgery. 2025 05; 181:109215.
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The National Cancer Institute clinical trials planning meeting to address gaps in observational and intervention trials for cancer-related cognitive impairment. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Feb 01; 117(2):217-228.
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Preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate to predict cardiac events in major noncardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of two large international studies. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Feb; 134(2):297-307.
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Identification of meaningful individual-level change thresholds for worsening on the patient-reported outcomes version of the common terminology criteria for adverse events (PRO-CTCAE?). Qual Life Res. 2025 Feb; 34(2):495-507.
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Examining the Impact of Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use on Alcohol Consumption and Consequences: Protocol for an Observational Ambulatory Assessment Study in Young Adults. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Sep 25; 13:e58685.
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and uncontrolled trials reporting on the use of checkpoint blockers in patients with cancer and pre-existing autoimmune disease. Eur J Cancer. 2024 Aug; 207:114148.
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Response letter to "Some common, fatal flaws in systematic reviews of observational studies". Fertil Steril. 2024 Aug; 122(2):391.
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Prolonging the lives of African-Americans with metastatic breast cancer by adding palbociclib to an aromatase inhibitor in routine clinical practice: a plain language summary of a real-world database study. Future Oncol. 2024; 20(19):1299-1307.