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Should the NHS strive to eradicate all unexplained variation? No.

Lilford RJ.

BMJ. 2009 Nov 19;339:b4809. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b4809. No abstract available. PMID: 19926689 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Is antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery a generally effective intervention? Testing a generic hypothesis over a set of meta-analyses.

Bowater RJ, Stirling SA, Lilford RJ.

Ann Surg. 2009 Apr;249(4):551-6. Review.PMID: 19300236 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evidence of methodological bias in hospital standardised mortality ratios: retrospective database study of English hospitals.

Mohammed MA, Deeks JJ, Girling A, Rudge G, Carmalt M, Stevens AJ, Lilford RJ.

BMJ. 2009 Mar 18;338:b780. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b780. Erratum in: BMJ. 2009 Apr 1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1348. PMID: 19297447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Choosing between CT colonography and colonoscopy in the diagnostic context: a qualitative study of influences on patient preferences.

von Wagner C, Halligan S, Atkin WS, Lilford RJ, Morton D, Wardle J.

Health Expect. 2009 Mar;12(1):18-26.PMID: 19250149 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The methodological quality of cluster randomised controlled trials for managing tropical parasitic disease: a review of trials published from 1998 to 2007.

Bowater RJ, Abdelmalik SM, Lilford RJ.

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 May;103(5):429-36. Epub 2009 Feb 20. Review.PMID: 19232658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Integrating health economics modeling in the product development cycle of medical devices: a Bayesian approach.

Vallejo-Torres L, Steuten LM, Buxton MJ, Girling AJ, Lilford RJ, Young T.

Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2008 Fall;24(4):459-64.PMID: 18828941 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 4. One size does not fit all.

Brown C, Hofer T, Johal A, Thomson R, Nicholl J, Franklin BD, Lilford RJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Jun;17(3):178-81.PMID: 18519623 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 3. End points and measurement.

Brown C, Hofer T, Johal A, Thomson R, Nicholl J, Franklin BD, Lilford RJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Jun;17(3):170-7.PMID: 18519622 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 2. Study design.

Brown C, Hofer T, Johal A, Thomson R, Nicholl J, Franklin BD, Lilford RJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Jun;17(3):163-9.PMID: 18519621 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 1. Conceptualising and developing interventions.

Brown C, Hofer T, Johal A, Thomson R, Nicholl J, Franklin BD, Lilford RJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Jun;17(3):158-62.PMID: 18519620 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selecting medical students.

Brown CA, Lilford RJ.

BMJ. 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):786. No abstract available. PMID: 18403501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The relationship between progression-free and post-progression survival in treating four types of metastatic cancer.

Bowater RJ, Bridge LJ, Lilford RJ.

Cancer Lett. 2007 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 18171603 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Design of a multicentre randomized trial to evaluate CT colonography versus colonoscopy or barium enema for diagnosis of colonic cancer in older symptomatic patients: The SIGGAR study.

Halligan S, Lilford RJ, Wardle J, Morton D, Rogers P, Wooldrage K, Edwards R, Kanani R, Shah U, Atkin W.

Trials. 2007 Oct 27;8:32.PMID: 17963520 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Use of process measures to monitor the quality of clinical practice.

Lilford RJ, Brown CA, Nicholl J.

BMJ. 2007 Sep 29;335(7621):648-50. No abstract available. PMID: 17901516 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A systematic review of tests of empathy in medicine.

Hemmerdinger JM, Stoddart SD, Lilford RJ.

BMC Med Educ. 2007 Jul 25;7:24. Review.PMID: 17651477 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Laparoscopic 'drilling' by diathermy or laser for ovulation induction in anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome.

Farquhar C, Lilford RJ, Marjoribanks J, Vandekerckhove P.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jul 18;(3):CD001122. Review.PMID: 17636653 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

What is the empirical evidence that hospitals with higher-risk adjusted mortality rates provide poorer quality care? A systematic review of the literature.

Pitches DW, Mohammed MA, Lilford RJ.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Jun 20;7:91. Review.PMID: 17584919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Modeling payback from research into the efficacy of left-ventricular assist devices as destination therapy.

Girling AJ, Freeman G, Gordon JP, Poole-Wilson P, Scott DA, Lilford RJ.

Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2007 Spring;23(2):269-77.PMID: 17493314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sample-size calculations for trials that inform individual treatment decisions: a 'true-choice' approach.

Girling AJ, Lilford RJ, Braunholtz DA, Gillett WR.

Clin Trials. 2007;4(1):15-24.PMID: 17327242 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Frequency and impact of extracolonic findings detected at computed tomographic colonography in a symptomatic population.

Khan KY, Xiong T, McCafferty I, Riley P, Ismail T, Lilford RJ, Morton DG.

Br J Surg. 2007 Mar;94(3):355-61.PMID: 17262750 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The stepped wedge trial design: a systematic review.

Brown CA, Lilford RJ.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2006 Nov 8;6:54. Review.PMID: 17092344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Survey of Australasian clinicians' prior beliefs concerning lipiodol flushing as a treatment for infertility: a Bayesian study.

Johnson NP, Fisher RA, Braunholtz DA, Gillett WR, Lilford RJ.

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2006 Aug;46(4):298-304.PMID: 16866790 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Resources and costs associated with incidental extracolonic findings from CT colonogaphy: a study in a symptomatic population.

Xiong T, McEvoy K, Morton DG, Halligan S, Lilford RJ.

Br J Radiol. 2006 Dec;79(948):948-61. Epub 2006 Jul 5.PMID: 16822798 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Laparoscopic "drilling" by diathermy or laser for ovulation induction in anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome.

Farquhar C, Lilford RJ, Marjoribanks J, Vandekerckhove P.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jul 20;(3):CD001122. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(3):CD001122. PMID: 16034856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The ethics of placebo-controlled trials: a comparison of inert and active placebo controls.

Edward SJ, Stevens AJ, Braunholtz DA, Lilford RJ, Swift T.

World J Surg. 2005 May;29(5):610-4.PMID: 15827854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lay public's understanding of equipoise and randomisation in randomised controlled trials.

Robinson EJ, Kerr CE, Stevens AJ, Lilford RJ, Braunholtz DA, Edwards SJ, Beck SR, Rowley MG.

Health Technol Assess. 2005 Mar;9(8):1-192, iii-iv.PMID: 15763039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Incidental lesions found on CT colonography: their nature and frequency.

Xiong T, Richardson M, Woodroffe R, Halligan S, Morton D, Lilford RJ.

Br J Radiol. 2005 Jan;78(925):22-9. Review.PMID: 15673525 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Idiopathic impaired spermatogenesis: genetic epidemiology is unlikely to provide a short-cut to better understanding.

Gianotten J, Lombardi MP, Zwinderman AH, Lilford RJ, van der Veen F.

Hum Reprod Update. 2004 Nov-Dec;10(6):533-9. Epub 2004 Oct 1. Review.PMID: 15465836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The impact of describing clinical trial treatments as new or standard.

Kerr CE, Robinson EJ, Lilford RJ, Edwards SJ, Braunholtz DA, Stevens AJ.

Patient Educ Couns. 2004 Apr;53(1):107-13.PMID: 15062912 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Familial clustering of impaired spermatogenesis: no evidence for a common genetic inheritance pattern.

Gianotten J, Westerveld GH, Leschot NJ, Tanck MW, Lilford RJ, Lombardi MP, van der Veen F.

Hum Reprod. 2004 Jan;19(1):71-6.PMID: 14688159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A randomised trial of photographic reinforcement during postoperative counselling after diagnostic laparoscopy for pelvic pain.

Onwude JL, Thornton JG, Morley S, Lilleyman J, Currie I, Lilford RJ.

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004 Jan 15;112(1):89-94.PMID: 14687747 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The measurement of active errors: methodological issues.

Lilford RJ, Mohammed MA, Braunholtz D, Hofer TP.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2003 Dec;12 Suppl 2:ii8-12.PMID: 14645889 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Organizing patient safety research to identify risks and hazards.

Battles JB, Lilford RJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2003 Dec;12 Suppl 2:ii2-7.PMID: 14645888 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Redesigning postnatal care: a randomised controlled trial of protocol-based midwifery-led care focused on individual women's physical and psychological health needs.

MacArthur C, Winter HR, Bick DE, Lilford RJ, Lancashire RJ, Knowles H, Braunholtz DA, Henderson C, Belfield C, Gee H.

Health Technol Assess. 2003;7(37):1-98. Review.PMID: 14622490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Top-rated British business research: has the emperor got any clothes?

Lilford RJ, Dobbie F, Warren R, Braunholtz D, Boaden R.

Health Serv Manage Res. 2003 Aug;16(3):147-54. Review.PMID: 12908989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ethics of clinical trials from a bayesian and decision analytic perspective: whose equipoise is it anyway?

Lilford RJ.

BMJ. 2003 May 3;326(7396):980-1. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12727776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Patient safety research: does it have legs?

Lilford RJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2002 Jun;11(2):113-4. No abstract available. PMID: 12448796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The ethics of underpowered clinical trials.

Lilford RJ.

JAMA. 2002 Nov 6;288(17):2118-9; author reply 2119. No abstract available. PMID: 12413364 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Leeds University Maternity Audit Project.

Wilson B, Thornton JG, Hewison J, Lilford RJ, Watt I, Braunholtz D, Robinson M.

Int J Qual Health Care. 2002 Jun;14(3):175-81.PMID: 12108528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Different perspectives of patients and health care professionals on the potential benefits and risks of blastocyst culture and multiple embryo transfer.

Hartshorne GM, Lilford RJ.

Hum Reprod. 2002 Apr;17(4):1023-30.PMID: 11925400 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Medical practice: where next?

Lilford RJ, Howie F, Scott I, Warren R.

J R Soc Med. 2001 Nov;94(11):559-62. No abstract available. PMID: 11691891 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Is the placebo powerless?

Lilford RJ, Braunholtz DA.

N Engl J Med. 2001 Oct 25;345(17):1277-8; author reply 1278-9. No abstract available. PMID: 11680453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Equipoise is not synonymous with uncertainity.

Lilford RJ.

BMJ. 2001 Sep 8;323(7312):574. No abstract available. PMID: 11573494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Monitoring clinical trials--interim data should be publicly available.

Lilford RJ, Braunholtz D, Edwards S, Stevens A.

BMJ. 2001 Aug 25;323(7310):441-2. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11520848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Issues in methodological research: perspectives from researchers and commissioners.

Lilford RJ, Richardson A, Stevens A, Fitzpatrick R, Edwards S, Rock F, Hutton JL.

Health Technol Assess. 2001;5(8):1-57.PMID: 11368832 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Uncertainty about clinical equipoise. Equipose and uncertainty principle are not mutually exclusive.

Lilford RJ, Djulbegovic B.

BMJ. 2001 Mar 31;322(7289):795. No abstract available. PMID: 11322146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Are randomized clinical trials good for us (in the short term)? Evidence for a "trial effect".

Braunholtz DA, Edwards SJ, Lilford RJ.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2001 Mar;54(3):217-24. Review.PMID: 11223318 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Declaration of Helsinki should be strengthened. Equipoise is essential principle of human experimentation.

Lilford RJ, Djulbegovic B.

BMJ. 2001 Feb 3;322(7281):299-300. No abstract available. PMID: 11157551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical trials. A place for randomization in the interval between the end of recruitment and availability of results.

Lilford RJ, Braunholtz DA, Edwards SJ.

Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2000 Autumn;16(4):1210-3.PMID: 11155840 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Amoxicillin for otitis media in general practice. Results do not justify conclusions.

Lilford RJ, Braunholtz D.

BMJ. 2000 Sep 23;321(7263):766. No abstract available. PMID: 10999932 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article