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This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Dementia and aphasia in motor neuron disease: an underrecognised association?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging of primary parotid gland tumors: is a prediction of different histologic subtypes possible?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do risk factors for suicidal behavior differ by affective disorder polarity?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Multidisciplinary breast cancer clinics. Do they work?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are there associations of health status, disease activity and damage in SLE patients?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. PSA repeatedly fluctuating levels are reassuring enough to avoid biopsy?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is zero central line-associated bloodstream infection rate sustainable?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is gastric electrical stimulation superior to standard pharmacologic therapy in improving GI symptoms, healthcare resources, and long-term health care benefits?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Should pulp chamber pulpotomy be seen as a permanent treatment?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does transverse apex coincide with coronal apex levels (regional or global) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does the Child Health Computing System adequately identify children with cerebral palsy?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is breast cancer prognosis inherited?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does nuchal translucency thickness in the first trimester predict GDM onset during pregnancy?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are the arginine vasopressin V1a receptor microsatellites related to hypersexuality in children with a prepubertal and early adolescent bipolar disorder phenotype?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma: really an early stage?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does Residency Selection Criteria Predict Performance in Orthopaedic Surgery Residency?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Optimism and survival: does an optimistic outlook predict better survival at advanced ages?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is it better to be big?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is arch form influenced by sagittal molar relationship or Bolton tooth-size discrepancy?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Cold knife conization vs. LEEP. Are they the same procedure?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are pectins involved in cold acclimation and de-acclimation of winter oil-seed rape plants?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Updating emotional content in working memory: a depression-specific deficit?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Should prostate specific antigen be adjusted for body mass index?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. The effect of an intracerebroventricular injection of metformin or AICAR on the plasma concentrations of melatonin in the ewe: potential involvement of AMPK?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Literacy after cerebral hemispherectomy: Can the isolated right hemisphere read?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Characterization of the gender dimorphism after injury and hemorrhagic shock: are hormonal differences responsible?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can communication with terminally ill patients be taught?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Delays in time to primary treatment after a diagnosis of breast cancer: does it impact survival?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are increased carotid artery pulsatility and resistance indexes early signs of vascular abnormalities in young obese males?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are acceptance rates of a national preventive home visit programme for older people socially imbalanced?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does open access publishing increase the impact of scientific articles?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. In vivo visualization of pyloric mucosal hypertrophy in infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: is there an etiologic role?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does the early adopter of drugs exist?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does high blood pressure reduce the risk of chronic low back pain?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Nasal fractures: is closed reduction satisfying?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do improvements in outreach, clinical, and family and community-based services predict improvements in child survival?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does spontaneous remission occur in polyarteritis nodosa?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do symptoms predict COPD in smokers?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Search engine as a diagnostic tool in difficult immunological and allergologic cases: is Google useful?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Uniformity of evidence-based treatments in practice?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do approved doctors and medical referees in the UK agree when assessing a seafarer's fitness?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Hepatorenal syndrome: are we missing some prognostic factors?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Prescriptions as a proxy for asthma in children: a good choice?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Proof of concept study: does fenofibrate have a role in sleep apnoea syndrome?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can mental imagery functional magnetic resonance imaging predict recovery in patients with disorders of consciousness?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. The nurse cystoscopist: a feasible option?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is cardiovascular evaluation necessary prior to and during beta-blocker therapy for infantile hemangiomas?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is specialty care associated with improved survival of patients with congestive heart failure?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can the prognosis of polymyalgia rheumatica be predicted at disease onset?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Should ascitis volume and anthropometric measurements be estimated in hospitalized alcoholic cirrotics?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. The use of audit to identify maternal mortality in different settings: is it just a difference between the rich and the poor?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Could the extent of lymphadenectomy be modified by neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do Wound Cultures Give Information About the Microbiology of Blood Cultures in Severe Burn Patients?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in Black South Africans?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Systematic use of patient-rated depression severity monitoring: is it helpful and feasible in clinical psychiatry?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Treadmill training post stroke: are there any secondary benefits?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does lunar position influence the time of delivery?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is oral endotracheal intubation efficacy impaired in the helicopter environment?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Telemedicine and type 1 diabetes: is technology per se sufficient to improve glycaemic control?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is controlled ovarian stimulation in intrauterine insemination an acceptable therapy in couples with unexplained non-conception in the perspective of multiple pregnancies?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is half-dose contrast-enhanced three-dimensional MR angiography sufficient for the abdominal aorta and pelvis?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Digital Tomosynthesis: A Viable Alternative to Noncontrast Computed Tomography for the Follow-Up of Nephrolithiasis?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. High cumulative insulin exposure: a risk factor of atherosclerosis in type 1 diabetes?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are hepatitis G virus and TT virus involved in cryptogenic chronic liver disease?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do older patients who refuse to participate in a self-management intervention in the Netherlands differ from older patients who agree to participate?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Preoperative locoregional staging of gastric cancer: is there a place for magnetic resonance imaging?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do familiar teammates request and accept more backup?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in Cushing's disease: can we predict outcome?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can bedside assessment reliably exclude aspiration following acute stroke?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are UK radiologists satisfied with the training and support received in suspected child abuse?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can the condition of the cell microenvironment of mediastinal lymph nodes help predict the risk of metastases in non-small cell lung cancer?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Are wandering and physically nonaggressive agitation equivalent?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is size-reducing ascending aortoplasty with external reinforcement an option in modern aortic surgery?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does depression diagnosis and antidepressant prescribing vary by location?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Volume change of uterine myomas during pregnancy: do myomas really grow?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is laparoscopic adrenalectomy safe and effective for adrenal masses larger than 7 cm?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Upstream solutions: does the supplemental security income program reduce disability in the elderly?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Profiling quality of care: Is there a role for peer review?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Eyelid-parotid metastasis: do we screen for coexisting masses?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Will CT ordering practices change if we educate residents about the potential effects of radiation exposure?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does context matter for the relationship between deprivation and all-cause mortality?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does stress increase imitation of drinking behavior?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. School food policy at Dutch primary schools: room for improvement?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is the atopy patch test with house dust mites specific for atopic dermatitis?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Juvenile osteochondritis dissecans: is it a growth disturbance of the secondary physis of the epiphysis?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do preoperative statins reduce atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can decisional algorithms replace global introspection in the individual causality assessment of spontaneously reported ADRs?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can we rely on arterial line sampling in performing activated plasma thromboplastin time after cardiac surgery?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Clinician assessment for acute chest syndrome in febrile patients with sickle cell disease: is it accurate enough?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can multiple SNP testing in BRCA2 and BRCA1 female carriers be used to improve risk prediction models in conjunction with clinical assessment?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does a special interest in laparoscopy affect the treatment of acute cholecystitis?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Can progression of valvar aortic stenosis be predicted accurately?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Does automatic transmission improve driving behavior in older drivers?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Birth characteristics and risk of low intellectual performance in early adulthood: are the associations confounded by socioeconomic factors in adolescence or familial effects?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Is scintigraphy a guideline method in determining amputation levels in diabetic foot?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Improvements in survival of gynaecological cancer in the Anglia region of England: are these an effect of centralisation of care and use of multidisciplinary management?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do symptoms matter when considering patients for phase I clinical trials?
yes
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do episodic migraineurs selectively attend to headache-related visual stimuli?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Mitral replacement or repair for functional mitral regurgitation in dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy: is it really the same?
no
This is a yes/no question. Answer with 'yes' or 'no'. Do nontriploid partial hydatidiform moles exist?
no