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Researchers in California have a bit less to worry about when it comes to consent. As of Jan. 1, 2003, there is a specific law to cover who can provide surrogate consent for participation in medical research.
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Policy on Surrogate Consent for Research Excerpts
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Too many research studies in this country are using experimental substances in human subjects without the oversight required by federal law and now can expect to undergo heavier scrutiny, say authorities with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Privacy requirements give researchers fits
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Before any clinical trial gets under way, the principal investigator and study coordinator must prepare the trial budget, ensuring not only that the investigators and staff have spending guidelines, but also that the site can support the work the trial will require.
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The authors of this retrospective study attempted to evaluate the appropriateness with which emergency physicians prescribe fluoroquinolone antibiotics.
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Acute appendicitis in pregnancy remains a diagnostic challenge. The most common non-obstetric surgical emergency in pregnancy, appendicitis occurs in approximately 1 in 1500 pregnancies, an incidence
similar to that in the non-pregnant population.
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Acute viral bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection in infants and results in hospitalization of approximately 1% of this age group annually. Many have proposed that a combination of beta-adrenergic therapy and alpha-adrenergic stimulation may have utility in treating the disease.
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What is the best way for one physician to present data to another? The authors of this study have made a detailed analysis of two methods of presentation traditional and assessment-oriented formats.
