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Assessing water filtration and safe storage in households with young children of HIV-positive mothers: a randomized, controlled trial in Zambia. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Unsafe drinking water presents a particular threat to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) due to the increased risk of opportunistic infections, diarrhea-associated malabsorption of essential nutrients, and increased exposure to untreated ...
Clasen, Thomas, Peletz, R, Simunyama Martin, Sarenje Kelvin, Simunyama, Martin, Sarenje, Kelvin, Suzanne Filteau, Thomas Clasen, Rachel Peletz (132102), Filteau, S, Clasen Thomas, Paul Kelly, Martin Simunyama, Kathy Baisley (132119), Martin Simunyama (132107), Baisley, Kathy, Thomas Clasen (132131), Paul Kelly (95510), Simunyama, M, Peletz, Rachel, Clasen, T, Kathy Baisley, Filteau Suzanne, Filteau, Suzanne, Rachel Peletz, Kelvin Sarenje, Kelvin Sarenje (132113), Suzanne Filteau (132124), Peletz Rachel, Kelly Paul, Baisley Kathy, Baisley, K, Kelly, Paul, Sarenje, K, Kelly, P   +34 more
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An efficacy and mechanism evaluation study of Levosimendan for the Prevention of Acute oRgan Dysfunction in Sepsis (LeoPARDS): protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Organ dysfunction consequent to infection ('severe sepsis') is the leading cause of admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). In both animal models and early clinical studies the calcium channel sensitizer levosimendan has been demonstrated ...
McAuley, Daniel F, Orme, RML, Singer, M, L'E Orme, Robert M, Alexina J Mason, McAuley DF, Mason, Alexina J., Orme, Robert M L'E, Ashby D, Orme, Robert M., Mason, Alexina J, Liu, KD, Perkins, Gavin D., McAuley, Daniel F.; id_orcid, Gordon, Anthony C., Robert M Orme, Daniel F McAuley, Mason, AJ, Gordon, Anthony C, Gordon AC, Liu, Kathleen D., Orme RM, Gordon, AC, Mervyn Singer, Perkins, GD, Kathleen D Liu, Mason AJ, McAuley, Daniel F., Liu KD, Andrea Morelli, Ashby, D, Liu, Kathleen, Liu, Kathleen D, Gavin D Perkins, Morelli, A, Singer, Mervyn, Singer M, Perkins, Gavin D, Ashby, Deborah, Anthony C Gordon, Deborah Ashby, Orme, Robert MLE, Morelli, Andrea, Perkins GD, McAuley, DF   +44 more
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Zinc Supplementation during Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

Zinc deficiency during pregnancy has been related to adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, the results of zinc-supplementation trials have not been consistent in improvement of pregnancies outcomes.
مهاجری, منوچهر, امینی ثانی, نیره, شمشیرگران, سید مرتضی, اهدایی وند, فرناز, پورفرضی, فرهاد, صادقیه اهری, سعید   +5 more
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A randomized controlled trial of preprocedure administration of parecoxib for therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Journal of Pain Research, 2012
Somchai Amornyotin, Wiyada Chalayonnawin, Siriporn KongphlayDepartment of Anesthesiology and Siriraj GI Endoscopy Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandIntroduction: Parecoxib is occasionally used for ...
Amornyotin S, Chalayonnawin W, Kongphlay S   +2 more
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Randomized controlled trials - a matter of design.

Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2016
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the hallmark of evidence-based medicine and form the basis for translating research data into clinical practice. This review summarizes commonly applied designs and quality indicators of RCTs to provide guidance in interpreting and critically evaluating clinical research data. It further reflects on the principle
Spieth, Peter Markus, Kubasch, Anne Sophie, Penzlin, Ana Isabel, Barlinn, Kristian, Siepmann, Timo, Illigens, Ben   +5 more
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Acupotomy for Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment Syndrome: A Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of Acupuncture Research
This review aims to analyze the efficacy of acupotomy in treating superior cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome (SCNES) by summarizing the findings of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Hye Min Kim, Jae Soo Kim, Hyun Jong Lee, Jung Hee Lee, Sung Chul Lim, Yun Kyu Lee   +5 more
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Effects of repeated intra-silicone oil injections of methotrexate on proliferative vitreoretinopathy grade C: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Scientific Reports
In this randomized controlled trial, we assessed the effects of three consecutive intra-silicone oil (SO) injections of methotrexate (MTX) on the outcomes of surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy grade C (PVR-C).
Ramin Nourinia, Sare Safi, Mehrad Mohammadpour, Hamid Riazi-Esfahani, Mohammad Reza Ansari Astaneh, Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani, Alireza Ramezani, Saeed Karimi, Sahba Fekri, Nazanin Ebrahimiadib, Elias Khalili Pour, Homayoun Nikkhah, Nasser Shoeibi, Narges Hassanpoor, Maryam Hosseini, Mojtaba Abrishami, Fatemeh Abdi, Anoushiravan Rahimi, Mohammad Hossein Jabbarpoor Bonyadi, Siamak Moradian, Sina Khosravi Mirzaei, Hamid Safi, Pasha Anvari, Kaveh Fadakar, Masoud Mirghorbani, Niloufar Mohammadbagheri, Firouze Hatami, Bahareh Kheiri, Mehdi Yaseri, Zahra Khorrami, Hamid Ahmadieh   +30 more
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CHOSEN: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial

Journal of the American Heart Association
Background Improving oral health in patients with acutely dysphagic stroke is a plausible approach to prevent pneumonia. We aimed to determine whether a phase 3, definitive trial of oral health care (OHC) treatments, supported by staff education and training, is feasible in stroke unit care ...
Craig J. Smith, Andrew Brand, Zoe Hoare, Eileen Jones, Catherine Davidson, Wendy Westoby, Ian Clements, Fiona Sandom, Clare Gross, Anu Thomas, Lucy Talbot, Narayanamoorthi Saravanan, Marian C. Brady, Peter Langhorne, Giles I. McCracken, Catherine E. Lightbody, Caroline L. Watkins, Paul R. Brocklehurst   +17 more
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Post-Thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia and Effects of Pre-Operative Calcium   Supplements on its Incidence

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Objective: To determine the effects of pre-operative Calcium supplements on post-total thyroidectomy hypocalcemia. Study Design: Randomized Control Trial (IRCT Id20231016059739N1).
Erisha Komal, Muhammad Saeed Akhtar, Khurrum Niaz, Wasif Idris Ahmed, Muhammad Ahsan Mustafa, Muhammad Sauban Raza   +5 more
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Observation on the Efficacy of Electroacupuncture for Functional Constipation

针刺研究, 2017
Objective To investigate the therapeutic rule of electroacupuncture(EA)in treating functional constipation.Methods Eighty-eight patients with severe chronic functional constipation were randomized divided into EA(n=45)and shamEA(n=43)groups.Patients in ...
LV Jian-qin, WANG Cheng-wei, LIU Meng-yue, ZHAO Yu, WEN Qian, LI Ning   +5 more
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