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Reporting guidelines for specific conditions or procedures
| Scope of RG - type of studies | Name & website (where available) | References including PMID |
|---|---|---|
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Actigraphy |
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Berger AM, Wielgus KK, Young-McCaughan S, Fischer P, Farr L, Lee KA. Methodological challenges when using actigraphy in research. J Pain Symptom Manage 2008 Aug;36(2):191-9.
PMID: 18400460 |
| Clinical trials - acute myeloid leukaemia | |
Cheson BD, Bennett JM, Kopecky KJ, Buchner T, Willman CL, Estey EH, Schiffer CA, Doehner H, Tallman MS, Lister TA, Lo-Coco F, Willemze R, Biondi A, Hiddemann W, Larson RA, Lowenberg B, Sanz MA, Head DR, Ohno R, Bloomfield CD. Revised recommendations of the International Working Group for Diagnosis, Standardization of Response Criteria, Treatment Outcomes, and Reporting Standards for Therapeutic Trials in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2003; 21(24):4642-4649.
PMID: 14673054 |
| Vision screening studies | |
Donahue SP, Arnold RW, Ruben JB. Preschool vision screening: what should we be detecting and how should we report it? Uniform guidelines for reporting results of preschool vision screening studies. J AAPOS 2003; 7(5):314-316.
PMID: 14566312 |
| Evaluations of risk stratification of ED patients with potential acute coronary syndromes | |
Hollander JE, Blomkalns AL, Brogan GX, Diercks DB, Field JM, Garvey JL, Gibler WB, Henry TD, Hoekstra JW, Holroyd BR, Hong Y, Kirk JD, O'Neil BJ, Jackson RE. Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of ED patients with potential acute coronary syndromes. Acad Emerg Med 2004; 11(12):1331-1340.
PMID: 15576525 |
| Intravascular ultrasound studies | |
Mintz GS, Nissen SE, Anderson WD, Bailey SR, Erbel R, Fitzgerald PJ, Pinto FJ, Rosenfield K, Siegel RJ, Tuzcu EM, Yock PG. American College of Cardiology Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Standards for Acquisition, Measurement and Reporting of Intravascular Ultrasound Studies (IVUS). A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 37(5):1478-1492.
PMID: 11300468 |
| Case series - colon and rectum tumours | |
Rubino M, Pragnell MVC. Guidelines for reporting case series of tumours of the colon and rectum. TECH COLOPROCTOL 1999; Techniques-in-Coloproctology. 1999; 3:2-97.. |
| Clinical trials - rising prostate-specific antigen | |
Scher HI, Eisenberger M, D'Amico AV, Halabi S, Small EJ, Morris M, Kattan MW, Roach M, Kantoff P, Pienta KJ, Carducci MA, Agus D, Slovin SF, Heller G, Kelly WK, Lange PH, Petrylak D, Berg W, Higano C, Wilding G, Moul JW, Partin AN, Logothetis C, Soule HR. Eligibility and outcomes reporting guidelines for clinical trials for patients in the state of a rising prostate-specific antigen: recommendations from the Prostate-Specific Antigen Working Group. J CLIN ONCOL 2004; 22(3):537-556.
PMID: 14752077 |
| Clinical trials of exercise therapy for low back pain | |
Helmhout PH, Staal JB, Maher CG, Petersen T, Rainville J, Shaw WS. Exercise therapy and low back pain: insights and proposals to improve the design, conduct, and reporting of clinical trials. Spine (Phila Pa 1976 ) 2008;33(16):1782-8. PMID: 18628711 |
| Clinical trials of rheumatoid arthritis – reporting disease activity | |
Aletaha D, Landewe R, Karonitsch T, Bathon J, Boers M, Bombardier C, et al. Reporting disease activity in clinical trials of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: EULAR/ACR collaborative recommendations. Ann Rheum Dis 2008;67(10):1360-4. PMID: 18791055 |
| Surgery - trigeminal neuralgia | |
Zakrzewska JM, Lopez BC. Quality of reporting in evaluations of
surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: recommendations for future
reports. Neurosurgery 2003; 53(1):110-120.
PMID: 12823880 |
| HIV interventions | |
Flores SA, Crepaz N. Quality of study methods in individual- and group-level HIV intervention research: critical reporting elements. AIDS Educ Prev 2004; 16(4):341-352.
PMID: 15342336 |
| Surgery - refractive surgery results | |
Rosa N. Standards for reporting results of refractive surgery. J Refract Surg 2001; 17(4):473-474.
PMID: 11472009 |
| Surgery - heart valve surgery morbidity | |
Horstkotte D, Lengyel M, Mistiaen WP, Piper C, Voller H. Recommendations for reporting morbid events after heart valve surgery. J Heart Valve Dis 2005; 14(1):1-7.
PMID: 15700427 |
| Surgery - atrial fibrillation | |
Shemin RJ, Cox JL, Gillinov AM, Blackstone EH, Bridges CR. Guidelines
for reporting data and outcomes for the surgical treatment of atrial
fibrillation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83(3):1225-1230.
PMID: 17307507 |
| Systematic inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass |
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Landis RC, Arrowsmith JE, Baker RA, de Somer F, Dobkowski WB, Fisher G, et al. Consensus statement: Defining minimal criteria for reporting the systemic inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass. Heart Surg Forum 2008;11(5):E316-E322. PMID: 19131308 |
| Uveitis | |
Jabs DA, Nussenblatt RB, Rosenbaum JT. Standardization of uveitis
nomenclature for reporting clinical data. Results of the First
International Workshop. Am J Ophthalmol 2005; 140(3):509-516.
PMID: 16196117 |
| In-hospital resuscitation | Utstein-style guidelines - resuscitation | Cummins RO, Chamberlain D, Hazinski MF, Nadkarni V, Kloeck W, Kramer E, Becker L, Robertson C, Koster R, Zaritsky A, Bossaert L, Ornato JP, Callanan V, Allen M, Steen P, Connolly B, Sanders A, Idris A, Cobbe S. Recommended guidelines for reviewing, reporting, and conducting research on in-hospital resuscitation: the in-hospital 'Utstein style'. A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association, the European Resuscitation Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Australian Resuscitation Council, and the Resuscitation Councils of Southern Africa. Resuscitation 1997; 34(2):151-183.
PMID: 9141159 |
| Trauma | |
Dick WF, Baskett PJ. Recommendations for uniform reporting of data following major trauma--the Utstein style. A report of a working party of the International Trauma Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society (ITACCS). Resuscitation 1999; 42(2):81-100.
PMID: 10617327 |
| Laboratory cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) research | |
Idris AH, Becker LB, Ornato JP, Hedges JR, Bircher NG, Chandra NC, Cummins RO, Dick W, Ebmeyer U, Halperin HR, Hazinski MF, Kerber RE, Kern KB, Safar P, Steen PA, Swindle MM, Tsitlik JE, von Planta I, von Planta M, Wears RL, Weil MH. Utstein-style guidelines for uniform reporting of laboratory CPR research. A statement for healthcare professionals from a task force of the American Heart Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, the European Resuscitation Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Institute of Critical Care Medicine, the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Writing Group. Circulation 1996; 94(9):2324-2336.
PMID: 8901707 |
| Post-resuscitation care | |
Langhelle A, Nolan J, Herlitz J, Castren M, Wenzel V, Soreide E, Engdahl J, Steen PA. Recommended guidelines for reviewing, reporting, and conducting research on post-resuscitation care: the Utstein style. Resuscitation 2005; 66(3):271-283.
PMID: 16129543 |
| Medical dispatch in emergency medicine studies |
|
Castren M, Karlsten R, Lippert F, Christensen EF, Bovim E, Kvam AM, et al. Recommended guidelines for reporting on emergency medical dispatch when conducting research in emergency medicine: the Utstein style. Resuscitation 2008;79(2):193-7. PMID: 18805620 |
| Paediatric advanced life support | |
Zaritsky A, Nadkarni V, Hazinski MF, Foltin G, Quan L, Wright J, Fiser D, Zideman D, O'Malley P, Chameides L. Recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of pediatric advanced life support: the pediatric Utstein style. Ann Emerg Med 1995; 26(4):487-503.
PMID: 7574133 |
| Intra-arterial cerebral thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke | Society for Interventional Radiology guidelines | Higashida RT, Furlan AJ, Roberts H, Tomsick T, Connors B, Barr J, Dillon W, Warach S, Broderick J, Tilley B, Sacks D. Trial design and reporting standards for intra-arterial cerebral thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke. STROKE 2003; 34(8):e109-e137.
PMID: 12869717 |
| Renal artery revascularization | |
Rundback JH, Sacks D, Kent KC, Cooper C, Jones D, Murphy T, Rosenfield K, White C, Bettmann M, Cortell S, Puschett J, Clair DG, Cole P. Guidelines for the reporting of renal artery revascularization in clinical trials. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003; 14(9 Pt 2):S477-S492.
PMID: 14514863 |
| Evaluation of new peripheral arterial revascularization devices | |
Sacks D, Marinelli DL, Martin LG, Spies JB. Reporting standards for clinical evaluation of new peripheral arterial revascularization devices. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003; 14(9 Pt 2):S395-S404.
PMID: 14514855 |
| Percutaneous interventions in dialysis access | |
Gray RJ, Sacks D, Martin LG, Trerotola SO. Reporting standards for percutaneous interventions in dialysis access. Technology Assessment Committee. J Vasc Interv Radiol 1999; 10(10):1405-1415.
PMID: 10584659 |
| Infectious complications in immunosuppression trials | American Society of Transplantation guidelines | Humar A, Michaels M. American Society of Transplantation recommendations for screening, monitoring and reporting of infectious complications in immunosuppression trials in recipients of organ transplantation. Am J Transplant 2006; 6(2):262-274.
PMID: 16426310 |
| Percutaneous vertebral augmentation |
Society of Interventional Radiology |
Radvany MG, Murphy KJ, Millward SF, Barr JD, Clark TW, Halin NJ, et al. Research reporting standards for percutaneous vertebral augmentation. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2009;20(10):1279-1286. PMID: 19800540 |
| Novel markers of cardiovascular risk |
American Heart Association |
Hlatky MA, Greenland P, Arnett DK, Ballantyne CM, Criqui MH, Elkind MS, et al. Criteria for evaluation of novel markers of cardiovascular risk: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2009;119(17):2408-2416. PMID: 19364974 |
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