Topical analgesia for acute otitis media [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a spontaneously remitting disease for which pain is the most distressing symptom. Antibiotics are now known to have less benefit than previously assumed.OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of topical analgesia ...
Del Mar, C +4 more
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BMJ Medicine, 2023 Objective To systematically summarise and evaluate the existing evidence on the effect of diet on the management of type 2 diabetes and prevention of complications.Design Umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of randomised controlled ...
Lukas Schwingshackl +5 more
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of systemic intraoperative anticoagulation during arteriovenous access formation for dialysis [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose: Surgical arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or graft (AVG) is preferred to a central venous catheter for dialysis access. Surgical access may suffer thrombosis early after placement and systemic anticoagulation during surgical access formation may ...
Carradice, Daniel +5 more
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Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Bell's palsy is an acute paralysis of one side of the face of unknown aetiology. Bell's palsy should only be used as a diagnosis in the absence of all other pathology.
Adour +30 more
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A randomised controlled trial is not a pilot trial simply because it uses a surrogate endpoint
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2018 Background It has been argued that true endpoints (or ‘hard’ endpoints) for clinical trials, which are meaningful to clinicians, researchers and patients alike, are limited to those that measure health status, survival and cost.
M. J. Campbell +2 more
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Increasing participation of cancer patients in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2006 Background: There are many barriers to patient participation in randomised controlled trials of cancer treatments. To increase participation in trials, strategies need to be identified to overcome these barriers.
Alison Eastwood +5 more
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and productivity of schizophrenia trials: an ecological study [PDF]
, 2003 The 5000 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group's database affords an opportunity to research for variables related to the differences between nations of their output of schizophrenia trials.
B Thornley +11 more
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A systematic review of how studies describe educational interventions for evidence-based practice:Stage 1 of the development of a reporting guideline [PDF]
, 2014 Background The aim of this systematic review was to identify which information is included when reporting educational interventions used to facilitate foundational skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice (EBP) training for health ...
Galipeau, James +8 more
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Proceedings, 2023 Background and objectives: Journal articles describing randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are not optimally reported, often missing crucial details that ensure transparency and reproducibility.
Michael Schlussel +3 more
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Video assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of pneumothorax and lung resections: systematic review of randomised clinical trials [PDF]
, 2004 <b>Objectives</b> To determine if video assisted thoracic surgery is associated with better clinical outcomes than thoracotomy for three common procedures: surgery for pneumothorax, minor resections, and lobectomy.
Lewsey, J. +3 more
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