Browsing by Author "Cortés Martínez, Jordi"
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5È. Audit clínic de l'ictus. Catalunya 2018/19
(2021-02-01)
Research report
Open AccessS’han auditat 4.008 casos ingressats per ictus agut entre 2018 i 2019. El període d’estudi s’ha ampliat a 6 mesos, en períodes de 1 mes i mig al llarg de 12 mesos, similars per a tots els centres. L’obtenció prospectiva ... -
A hazard ratio was estimated by a ratio of median survival times, but with considerable uncertainty
(2014-10-01)
Article
Open AccessObjectives: To evaluate the empirical concordance between the hazard ratio (HR) and the median ratio (MR) in survival cancer studies. Study Design and Setting: We selected all cancer survival articles from the New England ... -
A systematic review of sport-related packages within the R CRAN repository
(2023-04-01)
Article
Open AccessThe sports statistics community is rapidly evolving. R is an open-source software in constant development that has gained a lot of popularity within statistical communities and sports analytics. This work presents a ... -
Adherence to reporting guidelines increases the number of citations: the argument for including a methodologist in the editorial process and peer-review
(2019-05-31)
Article
Open AccessFrom 2005 to 2010, we conducted 2 randomized studies on a journal (Medicina Clínica), where we took manuscripts received for publication and randomly assigned them to either the standard editorial process or to additional ... -
Antidepressant use in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Sweden between 2009 and 2014: incidence and comorbidities of antidepressant initiators
(2019-04-15)
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Open AccessBackground We aimed to describe patterns of use and characteristics of 10 commonly used antidepressants for the period 2009–2014 in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Sweden. Methods Adult initiators from 2009 to 2014 of each ... -
Assessing Shiny apps through student feedback: recommendations from a qualitative study
(2018-09)
Article
Open AccessTeaching statistics has benefited from Java applets, the successful technology that appeared in the late 90s and which allowed real interactivity on an Internet browser. Combining dynamic functionality with the web provides ... -
Characteristics of apixaban-treated patients, evaluation of the dose prescribed, and the persistence of treatment: a cohort study in Catalonia
(2018-05-23)
Article
Open AccessApixaban is a direct oral anticoagulant, which inhibits factor Xa. It has demonstrated clinical efficacy in prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and a better ... -
Circadian rhythms in the efficacy of intravenous alteplase in patients with acute ischemic stroke and middle cerebral artery occlusion
(2012)
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Open AccessCircadian rhythm interactions of hemostatic factors can modify tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) effects. We assess the relationship of the time frame of intravenous tPA administration with the outcome of patients with ... -
Constant effect in randomized clinical trials with quantitative outcome : a methodological review
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-05-27)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe past decade has seen continuous growth in so-called precision medicine, due especially to great advances in the genetics. While applying it presently goes unquestioned in certain fields like oncology, it is more ... -
Control del riesgo alfa : diseños adaptativos
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014)
Lecture notes
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Decision tool and Sample Size Calculator for composite endpoints
(2020-01-10)
Article
Open AccessThis article considers the combination of two binary or two time-to-event endpoints to form the primary composite endpoint for leading a trial. • It discusses the relative efficiency of choosing a composite endpoint over ... -
Descripción de la supervivencia con indicadores numéricos y gráficos: conceptos básicos y errores que evitar
(2022-02-15)
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Design of trials with composite endpoints with the R package compAREdesign
(2022-11-04)
Article
Open AccessComposite endpoints are widely used as primary endpoints in clinical trials. Designing trials with time-to-event endpoints can be particularly challenging because the proportional hazard assumption usually does not hold ... -
Development and validation of a model to predict ceiling of care in COVID-19 hospitalized patients
(2024-07-16)
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Open AccessBackground Therapeutic ceiling of care is the maximum level of care deemed appropiate to offer to a patient based on their clinical profile and therefore their potential to derive benefit, within the context of the ... -
Does evidence support the high expectations placed in precision medicine? A bibliographic review
(2018-01-09)
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Open AccessBackground: Precision medicine is the Holy Grail of interventions that aretailored to a patient’s individual characteristics. However, the conventional design of randomized trials assumes that each individual benefits ... -
Early and delayed infarct growth in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy: a prospective, serial MRI study
(2022-11-03)
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Open AccessBACKGROUND: We studied the evolution over time of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) lesion volume and the factors involved on early and late infarct growth (EIG and LIG) in stroke patients undergoing endovascular treatment ... -
Efecto : premisas, pérdidas y supervivencia
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014)
Lecture notes
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Effect of effervescent paracetamol on blood pressure: a crossover randomized clinical trial
(2018-08)
Article
Open AccessOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of effervescent paracetamol on office and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) compared with noneffervescent paracetamol in hypertensive patients. DESIGN: This was a multicenter open crossover ... -
Effect of high-flow nasal cannula and body position on end-expiratory lung volume: A cohort study using electrical impedance tomography
(2013-04-01)
Article
Open Access: Electrical impedance tomography measures changes in lung impedance, which are mainly related to changes in lung volume. We used electrical impedance tomography to inves- tigate the effects of high-flow nasal cannula ... -
Efficacy of high doses of penicillin versus amoxicillin in the treatment of uncomplicated community acquired pneumonia in adults. A non-inferiority controlled clinical trial
(2019-01-01)
Article
Open AccessCommunity-acquired pneumonia; Randomized controlled trial; Penicillin; Amoxicillin; Adults
