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Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020 Otomycosis, an infection of the ear canal by fungi, is prevalent in hot and humid weather. Nevertheless, there is not sufficient evidence for the effectiveness of different topical antifungal treatments. Tolnaftate, is a topical antifungal agent described to be effective in the treatment of otomycosis.
Lesly Jimenez-Garcia +6 more
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Trialstreamer: Mapping and Browsing Medical Evidence in Real-Time [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 We introduce Trialstreamer, a living database of clinical trial reports. Here we mainly describe the evidence extraction component; this extracts from biomedical abstracts key pieces of information that clinicians need when appraising the literature, and also the relations between these.
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PLoS ONE, 2017 Objective To examine whether religious and spiritual interventions (RSIs) can promote physical health and quality of life in individuals. Methods The following databases were used to conduct a systematic review: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE ...
J. P. Gonçalves +3 more
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Jurnal Urologi IndonesiaObjective: We wish to update existing meta-analyses to assess the effectiveness of pharmacological agents against ureteral stent-related symptoms with better design of RCTs, as well as more valid and reliable measurement methods.
Andi As'ad Mubarak +3 more
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Importance of achieving the composite endpoints in diabetes
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013 Well-conducted randomized controlled trials are instrumental in providing vital data on safety and efficacy of new molecules under consideration for approval. However acquiring such data involves huge cost and focused scientific endeavor.
Ambika Gopalakrishnan Unnikrishnan +5 more
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Timing of tracheotomy in ICU patients: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Critical Care, 2015 IntroductionThe optimal timing of tracheotomy in critically ill patients remains a topic of debate. We performed a systematic review to clarify the potential benefits of early versus late tracheotomy.MethodsWe searched PubMed and CENTRAL for randomized ...
K. Hosokawa +3 more
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Robust Designs for Prospective Randomized Trials Surveying Sensitive Topics [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 We consider the problem of designing a prospective randomized trial in which the outcome data will be self-reported, and will involve sensitive topics. Our interest is in misreporting behavior, and how respondents' tendency to under- or overreport a binary outcome might affect the power of the experiment.
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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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PLoS ONE, 2015 Background/ Objective Studies, including various meta-analyses, on the effect of Protein Diet Restriction on Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) have reported conflicting results.
Mahesh Shumsher Rughooputh +2 more
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Trials, 2020 Background Recently, a large group of patients with persistent dyspnea, poor physical capacity, and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following pulmonary embolism (PE) has been identified and clustered under the name “post pulmonary embolism
S. Haukeland-Parker +10 more
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