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Physicians need to understand the pathophysiology, preventative strategies, and acute management of patients with altitude sickness. This article presents an overview of the spectrum of altitude illness, diagnosis, and current management strategies, as well as preventative strategies.
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As research ethicists and others debate the merits of giving clinical trial participants the personal and aggregate results of studies, recent research suggests that participants want this information.
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Southeast Regional Research Group of Columbus, GA, starts serious discussions about where clinical trial participants can be found even before the new trial begins.
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Recruiting clinical trial participants is rarely easy, but finding subjects in rural areas where transportation and trust are big obstacles can be particularly challenging.
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It's a maxim in business marketing that it costs four to six times as much to find new customers as it does to keep existing ones.
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When a research institution is its own sponsor of investigational new drugs (INDs), there often aren't solid standard operating procedures (SOPs) for investigators.
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One major academic research institution has developed a process for prospectively checking protocols for fiscal responsibility and compliance.
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Over the past decade, the Internet has become an invaluable tool for researchers, linking colleagues across nations or even continents and enabling huge amounts of data to be transmitted quickly and securely. It even makes applying to IRBs faster and (well, relatively) painless.
