How to do retrospective clinical studies?

[cooljoe]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has experience with retrospective clinical studies, especially in a private clinical setting? What sort of patient consent/privacy forms are necessary to complete such research, and what journals are best for such kind of research (esp. internal medicine)?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

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[member81686]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has experience with retrospective clinical studies, especially in a private clinical setting? What sort of patient consent/privacy forms are necessary to complete such research, and what journals are best for such kind of research (esp. internal medicine)?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

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Old thread, but I'm also very interested in this. Does anyone know how the IRB process works for private clinics?

 

[kraskadva]

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Old thread, but I'm also very interested in this. Does anyone know how the IRB process works for private clinics?

^^^ditto

I have access to my dad's data and patient records from ~15 years of multi drug treatment of diabetes, with regular HbA1c and insulin levels for a variety of patient types (organ transplant, super high blood glucose/A1c showing substantial improvement, etc.) Most of this data is unpublished anywhere, and nothing with the longitudinal aspect. Stat analysis would have to be done, but otherwise it's just a matter of writing it up.
I have no idea where to start though, in terms of logistics and patient consent/ human subject issues.

Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.