Many analyses of observational data are attempts to emulate a target trial. The emulation of
the target trial may fail when researchers deviate from simple principles that guide the …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of preventable drug-related hospital admissions (PDRAs)
and to explore if selected study characteristics affect prevalence estimates. …

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its treatments are associated with an increased risk
of infection, but it remains unclear whether these factors have an impact on the risk or …

Objective There has been limited investigation into cause‐specific mortality and the associated
risk factors in men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We investigated all‐cause and cause‐…

Rationale: Mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients are frequently managed
using a continuous-infusion sedative. Although recent guidelines suggest avoiding …

Purpose. The underlying causes of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in adult medical and
surgical inpatients were studied. Methods. Hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic events …

This paper addresses strategies for selecting variables for adjustment in non‐experimental
comparative effectiveness research and uses causal graphs to illustrate the causal network …

Objective The C‐reactive protein ( CRP ) level and erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR )
are important disease activity biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ). This study aimed to …

Converging evidence from neuroimaging studies and computational modelling suggests an
organization of language in a dual dorsal–ventral brain network: a dorsal stream connects …

Importance Use of empirical broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia has increased owing
to concern for resistant organisms, including methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(…