A surveillance study to determine the accuracy of mild traumatic brain injury diagnosis in an emergency department: protocol for a retrospective cohort study by Ian D Cameron, Ilaria Pozzato, Ashley Craig, Bamini Gopinath, Mark Gillett, Annette Kifley, Kim Van Vu, Susanne Meares, Anthony Liang

“…Study findings will be disseminated via presentations at national/international conferences and peer-reviewed journals.…”
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Effectiveness of a web-based virtual journal club to promote medical education (Web-Ed): protocol of a multicentre pragmatic randomised trial by Mohamed Abdelrahman, Neil Cowan, Meera Ramcharn, Bassel H Al Wattar, William Parry-Smith, Sarah McRobbie, Michael Rimmer, Nagla Elfaki, Cheryl Dunlop, Damien Coleburt, Olivia Raglan, Jhia Jiat Teh, Maria Fisher, Nilaani Murugesu, Yazid Jibrel, Matthew Wood

“…The trial results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at relevant scientific conferences. The trial has been approved by the NHS Health Regulation Authority (21/HRA/3361).Trial registration number ISRCTN18036769.…”
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Increasing the uptake of long-acting reversible contraception in general practice: the Australian Contraceptive ChOice pRoject (ACCORd) cluster randomised controlled trial longitud... by Danielle Mazza, Angela Taft, Kevin McGeechan, Kathleen Mcnamee, Natalie Amos, Kirsten I Black, Cathy J Watson, Marion Haas, Jeffrey F Peipert, Jayne Lucke

“…The trial follow-up outcomes will be disseminated through formal academic pathways, including journal articles, national and international conferences and reports as well as using more ‘mainstream’ strategies such as seminars, workshops and media engagement. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of urine drug screening strategies alongside opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based observational study protocol by Malcolm Maclure, M Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Jeong Eun Min, Micah Piske, Julie Bruneau, U Siebert, P Todd Korthuis, Paxton Bach, B Carolina Guerra-Alejos, Megan Kurz, Laura M Dale, X Joan Hu, Kyle Kampman, Tom Loughin

“…Results will be disseminated to local advocacy groups and decision-makers, national and international clinical guideline developers, presented at international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals electronically and in print.…”
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Risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths in Mexican children and adolescents: retrospective cross-sectional study by Mauricio Hernandez-Avila, Libny Martínez-Valdez, Vesta Richardson López Collada, Luis Enrique Castro-Ceronio, Ángela María Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Aurora Bautista-Márquez

“…Cumulative incidence, mortality, case fatality rates and ORs for hospitalisation and death were estimated by age group.Results 5.5% (204 641) of national COVID-19 cases were children under 18 years of age: 2.9% under 1 year, 12.5% from 1 to 5 years, 15% from 6 to 9 years and 69.4% from 10 to 17 years. 4.6% of all cases were hospitalised, from which 54.6% were male, 35.3% were children under 1 year old, 39.6% were adolescents and 34% had pneumonia. …”
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Economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use in couples living with HIV in Malawi: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Mlambe by Torsten B Neilands, Lynae A Darbes, James Mkandawire, Derek S Brown, Fred M Ssewamala, Judith A Hahn, Amy A Conroy, Nancy Mulauzi, Scott Tebbetts

“…Results will be disseminated to study participants, local health officials and HIV policy makers and through presentations at conferences and publications in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Registration; NCT06367348 registered on 19 April 2024; https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/. …”
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Intraoperative visualisation and treatment of salivary glands in Sjögren’s syndrome by contrast-enhanced ultrasound sialendoscopy (CEUSS): protocol for a phase I single-centre, sin... by Arjan Vissink, K Hakki Karagozoglu, Tim Forouzanfar, Henk S Brand, Derk Hendrik Jan Jager, Marco Helder, Joseph Bot, Otto Kamp, Seunghee Cha, Gary Weisman, Imke Bartelink

“…Finally, salivary gland topographical alterations will be evaluated by US.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Medical Ethics Committee of the Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (NL68283.029.19). data will be presented at national and international conferences and published in a peer-reviewed journal. …”
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The associations between sedentary behavior and neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yunchen Meng, Yaqi Xue, Sanjun Yang, Fang Wu, Yanyu Dong

“…Among screen-based SB, using mobile phones conferred the greatest risk of NP (OR = 1.82, 95%CI: 1.27, 2.61), followed by using computers (OR = 1.23, 95%CI: 1.08, 1.40), whereas watching TV was not a significant risk (OR = 1.20, 95%CI: 0.99, 1.44). …”
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Family-focused intervention programme to foster adolescent mental health and well-being: protocol for a multicountry cluster randomised factorial trial (FLOURISH Phase 2) by Heather M Foran, Marija Raleva, Nina Heinrichs, Graham Moore, Yulia Shenderovich, Xiang Zhao, Judith Simon, Antonio Piolanti, Viorel Babii, Janina Mueller, Franziska Waller, Dennis Wienand, Swetha Sampathkumar, Ivo Kunovski

“…Cyril and Methodius University in North Macedonia (approval number: 03-2144/4) and the National Committee of Ethical Expertise for Clinical Trials in Moldova (approval number: 1476). …”
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Personalised Lung Cancer Screening (PLuS) study to assess the importance of coexisting chronic conditions to clinical practice and policy: protocol for a multicentre observational... by Yi Guo, Dongyu Zhang, Rafael Meza, Jihyoun Jeon, Dejana Braithwaite, Gerard A Silvestri, Michael K Gould, Jiang Bian, Bruno Hochhegger, Shama D Karanth, Christopher G Slatore, Martin Tammemagi, Mattthew Schabath, Meghann Wheeler, Frederic J Kaye

“…The results will be disseminated through publications and presentations at national and international conferences. Safety considerations include protection of patient confidentiality.…”
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Transfer from long-term care to acute care and risk of new permanent cognitive or physical disability among long-term care residents in Canada: protocol for a retrospective cohort... by Sharon Kaasalainen, Daniel I McIsaac, Steven Hawken, Daniel Kobewka, Peter Tanuseputro, Amy Hsu, Robert Talarico, Colleen Webber, Ramtin Hakimjavadi, Celeste Fung, Mary M Scott, Doug Manuel, Christina Y Yin, Jackie Kierulf, Frank Molnar, Sandy Shamon, Aliza Moledina

“…Findings will be disseminated in conferences and seminars.Trial registration Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JCDEY).…”
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Multilevel determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: protocol for a concurrent triang... by Bankole Olatosi, Jiajia Zhang, Xiaoming Li, Chen Liang, Jihong Liu, Peiyin Hung, Shan Qiao, Berry A Campbell, Myriam E Torres, Neset Hikmet

“…Study findings will be disseminated with key stakeholders including patients, presented at academic conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.…”
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Computer-guided identification of novel inhibitors of apoptosis-signaling kinase 1 from Spondia mombim bioactive compounds against colorectal cancer by Olusola Olalekan Elekofehinti, Hannah Oluwaseun Popoola, Adedotun Olayemi Oluwatuyi, Opeyemi Iwaloye, Moses Orimoloye Akinjiyan, Oluwamodupe Cecilia, Frank Abimbola Ogundolie, Olalekan Isaac Olatunde, Oussama Abchir, Samir Chtita, Joao Batista Texeira Rocha

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Lipids in parenteral nutrition – expert consensus statements: Translating guidelines into clinical practice by Robert G. Martindale, Philip C. Calder, Sarah V. Cogle, David C. Evans, Leah Gramlich, Stephen A. McClave, Manpreet S. Mundi, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Reid Nishikawa, Jayshil Patel, Lorenzo Pradelli, Martin Rosenthal, Christian Stoppe, Kelly A. Tappenden, Malissa Warren, Dan Waitzberg, Paul E. Wischmeyer, Stanislaw Klek

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Investigating a caregiver-assisted social skills group programme for primary and early high school-aged children with acquired brain injury or cerebral palsy: protocol for a pilot... by Koa Whittingham, Roslyn N Boyd, Rose Gilmore, Leanne Sakzewski, Nicola Hilton, Afroz Keramat, Bianca Thompson, Jacqui Barfoot, Christine T Moody

“…Dissemination plans include peer-review publication of study results, presentations, and instructional workshops at national and international conferences.Trial registration number ACTRN12623000515695.…”
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Multicentre, multitime, multidimension, prospective follow-up cohort study on patients during the first wave of COVID-19 in China: a study protocol by Ming Zhang, Xuan Niu, Tonghui Liu, Chao Zheng, Huijie Yuan, Yanan Zhu, Huiping Liu, Shan Wu, Zhaoyao Luo, Jia Zhu, Danwei Hou, Tianhua Wei, Zhimin Zhu, Weipeng Huang, Weixian Bai, Xinyi Yu, Wenrui Bao

“…Findings will be presented at national and international conferences, as well as published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.Trial registration number NCT05745805.…”
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Rehabilitation using virtual gaming for Hospital and hOMe-Based training for the Upper limb post Stroke (RHOMBUS II): protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial by Cherry Kilbride, Tom Butcher, Meriel Norris, Nana Anokye, Alyson Warland, Karen Baker, Dimitrios A Athanasiou, Guillem Singla-Buxarrais, Jennifer Ryan, Francesca Gowing, Carole Pound, Victoria Stewart, Basaam Aweid, Arul Samiyappan

“…Trial results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals, presented at national and international conferences and distributed to people with stroke.Trial registration number ISRCTN11440079; Pre-results.…”
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Mapping outcomes for recovery of consciousness in studies from 1986 to 2020: a scoping review protocol by Monica Steiner, Elizabeth Burns, Trudy Mallinson, Joshua Rosenow, Jennifer Weaver, Alison Cogan, Parie Bhandari, Erica Jacobs, Ariana Pape, Chantal Nguyen, Ann Guernon, Tom Harrod, Theresa Bender Pape, Marilyn Pacheco, Catherine Burress Kestner, Kelsey Watters, Elizabeth Yost, Henk Eilander, Berno Overbeek, Sophie Leeds, Kelly Krese, Haylee Winden, Mary Philbin, Stefani Cleaver, Vanessa Silva, Konner Nelson, André Lindsey, Angela Hartman, Kristen Maisano, Erika Cooley, Jessica Rudin Portnoff, Bailey Widener, Sarah Hollingsworth, Coty Wardwell, Julianne Angel, Ladan Hakima, Jennifer Nebel, Bint-e Zainab Awan

“…Results will be presented at national conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number CRD42017058383.…”
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Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study protocol by Min Kim, David Macleod, Michael Gichangi, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Sailesh Mishra, Shalinder Sabherwal, Luke Nelson Allen, Abhishek Roshan, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Nigel Bolster, Mohd Javed, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Bakgaki Ratshaa, John Tlhakanelo

“…We will disseminate our findings through local community advisory boards, national eye screening meetings, in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences.…”
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Rationale and design of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, investigator-initiated phase 2a study to investigate the efficacy and safety of elobixibat i... by Atsushi Nakajima, Takeharu Yamanaka, Koji Yamamoto, Yasushi Honda, Kento Imajo, Masato Yoneda, Yuji Ogawa, Takaomi Kessoku, Takashi Kobayashi, Anna Ozaki, Satoru Saito, Michihiro Iwaki, Yusuke Saigusa, Haruki Usuda, Koichiro Wada

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