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A randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor muscle training for stages I and II pelvic organ prolapse [PDF]

, 2009
Forty-seven women participated in a pilot study for a multi-centre randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) for women with prolapse.
Glazener, Cathryn Margaret Anne, Hagen, Suzanne, Ramsay, Ian, Sinclair, Lesley, Stark, Diane   +4 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the Effects of Hot Shower and Intravenous Injection of Hyoscine on the Pain Intensity and Duration of Active Phase of Labour in Nulliparous Women [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Parturition is a painful process and one of midwives’ duties is to reduce the pain during labour. Aim: To compare the effect of hot shower and intravenous injection of hyoscine on the pain severity and duration of active phase of labour ...
Safa Maddady Maddady, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Fahimeh Sehhatti Shafaei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Likelihood reweighting methods to reduce potential bias in noninferiority trials which rely on historical data to make inference

, 2013
It is generally believed that bias is minimized in well-controlled randomized clinical trials. However, bias can arise in active controlled noninferiority trials because the inference relies on a previously estimated effect size obtained from a ...
Chu, Jianxiong, Nie, Lei, Rubin, Daniel, Zhang, Zhiwei   +3 more
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a pilot randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: Our primary aim of this pilot study was to test feasibility of the planned design, the interventions (education plus telephone coaching), and the outcome measures, and to facilitate a power calculation for a future randomized controlled ...
Ashe, M. C., Brown, K. C., Cho, N. J., Fleig, L., Frost, M., Langford, D., Ledoyen, M., Lehn, J., Panagiotopoulos, K., Sharpe, N.   +9 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Sertraline in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. [PDF]

, 2019
Objective: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors like sertraline have been shown in observational studies and anecdotal reports to improve language development in young children with fragile X syndrome (FXS).
Al Olaby, Reem R, Biag, Hazel Maridith B, Chen, Yanjun, Choudhary, Nimrah S, Dwyer, Patrick S, Hagerman, Randi J, Nguyen, Danh V, Potter, Laura A, Rajaratnam, Akash, Rivera, Susan M, Salcedo-Arellano, Maria J, Schneider, Andrea, Scholze, Danielle A, Tassone, Flora   +13 more
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Feasibility Testing of the Alert for AFib Intervention. [PDF]

, 2017
Improving early detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) is critical because untreated AF is a major contributor to stroke and heart failure. We sought to generate knowledge about the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial to ...
Austin, Christine, Barton, Debra L, Delgado, Adriana, DeVon, Holli A, Douglas, Kristin Vickers, McCabe, Pamela J   +5 more
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Tyranny of a "Randomized Controlled Trials"

Surgical Neurology International, 2012
“Evidence-based medicine” is a popular concept that simply means basing clinical decisions on best available scientific evidence. The idea appears very sensible and attractive – who would not want to be treated according to the best scientific evidence? As usual, complexity lurks just below the surface.
openaire   +3 more sources

Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye, Chimezie Okwuonu, Evelyn Idam, Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Zinnah Aloziem, Blossom Amamchukwu, Patience Elimia, Mkpoikanabasi Obot‐Obot, Henry Mbakwe, Praises Maduagwuna, Olatunji Akinrodoye, Chiamaka Anyanwu, Benjamin Anyanwu, Adedamola Akinsiku, Oluwatoyin A. Akinsiku, Muzamil O. Hassan, Fatiu A. Arogundade, Olalekan E. Ojo, Homayemem Weli, Jesupelumi Adenihun, Aderemi Adelaja, Ebun Bamgboye, Olalekan Olatise, Ade E. Faponle, Ayoola Odeyemi, Michael Muoka, Stephen Asaolu, Qudrat Busari, Blessing Dawudu, Michael Naiyeju, Rasheed A. Balogun   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source