… Mark Duffett shows that fan research is an emergent interdisciplinary field with its own key
… Drawing on a range of debates from media studies, cultural studies and psychology, Duffett …

A nonprobability sampling design is chosen when investigators cannot estimate the chance
of a given individual being included in the sample. Such designs enable investigators to …

… The right of Mark Duffett to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him
in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. …

In Richard Linklater’s recent film Boyhood, the director’s daughter plays a “tweenage” girl
character called Samantha. Like many children she shares a bedroom with her younger brother…

Objectives To determine whether informed consent introduces selection bias in prospective
observational studies using data from medical records, and consent rates for such studies. …

Introduction Evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is required to guide treatment
of critically ill children, but the number of RCTs available is limited and the publications are …

Background This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the efficacy and safety
of clonidine as a sedative in critically ill patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. …

In the aftermath of decades of commentary about fans as exemplars of the mass audience,
almost three decades ago a pair of publications on the subject dominated the popular …

Introduction Exogenous surfactant is used to treat acute respiratory failure in children,
although the benefits and harms in this setting are not clear. The objective of the present …

Objectives: To identify, in addition to survival, preferred outcome measures of PICU family
care providers and PICU healthcare professionals for interventional trials enrolling critically ill …