Neurosurgical Clinical Trial Unit

Neurosurgical Clinical Trial Unit - Trial Information

Interesting Articles

NCTU

The first randomised control trial
- Inventing the randomized double-blind trial: the Nuremberg salt test of 1835

Research governance impediments to clinical trials
- A retrospective survey

WFNS Scale for Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
- A discussion on the weaknesses of the scale

Useful Links

Stroke Research Network

Stroke Center Trial Registry
- list of current stroke related trials

Equator Network
- resourcing centre for good research reporting

NICE Guidelines
- Head Injury

Brain Trauma Foundation
- includes the current guidelines for traumatic brain injury

Society of British Neurosurgeons

British Neurosurgical Trainees Association

World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

Outcome Measures
Glasgow Coma Score (GCS)
Modified Rankin Scale
Barthel Index
Hunt and Hess Scale
SF-36

Journal Club
19/06/2008
Archive

brains

Last updated 23 June 2008
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