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Estimates of the mean difference in orthopaedic randomized trials: obligatory yet obscure

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Randomized controlled trials in orthopaedics are powered to mainly find large effect sizes. A possible discrepancy between the estimated and the real mean difference is a challenge for statistical inference based on p-values.
Lauri Raittio, Antti Launonen, Ville M. Mattila, Aleksi Reito   +3 more
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Probiotics for the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017
Objective: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a prevalent, burdensome, and psychologically important pediatric concern. Probiotics have been suggested as a treatment for AD.
Ruixue Huang, Huacheng Ning, M. Shen, Jie Li, Jianglin Zhang, Xiang Chen   +5 more
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Nutritional factors associated with acne vulgaris [PDF]

, 2016
Acne Vulgaris is a common dermatological condition defined as a chronic inflammatory dermatosis of the pilosebaceous unit that affects more than 17 million Americans.^1 Although it is not considered a dangerous condition, it may drastically impair ...
Patton, Elaura Elizabeth
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Complementary religious and spiritual interventions in physical health and quality of life: A systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials

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, G. Lucchetti, P. Menezes, H. Vallada   +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, Arpandev Bhattacharyya, Manash Pratim Baruah, Binayak Sinha, Mala Dharmalingam, Paturi V Rao   +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, M. Nishimura, M. Egi, J. Vincent   +3 more
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Exploratory randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a waiting list control design [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND Employing waiting list control designs in psychological and behavioral intervention research may artificially inflate intervention effect estimates.
Cunningham, John A, Kypri, Kypros, McCambridge, Jim   +2 more
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A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Hemostasis of Femoral Artery Using Topical Hemostatic Agent [PDF]

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2012
Objective: Evaluation of the effect of using a topical hemostatic agent named “ChitoHem®” on different factors on patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography. Methods: The present blind, randomized, controlled study included 124 patients randomly divided into 2 groups.
Soheila S, Kordestani, Fereidoon, Noohi, Hossein, Azarnik, Hossein, Basiri, M J, Hashemi, S, Abdi, A, Mohebi, M, Madani, Farzaneh, Nayebhabib   +8 more
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Protein Diet Restriction Slows Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in Non-Diabetic and in Type 1 Diabetic Patients, but Not in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Using Glomerular Filtration Rate as a Surrogate

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, R. Zeng, Ying Yao   +2 more
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Pulmonary rehabilitation to improve physical capacity, dyspnea, and quality of life following pulmonary embolism (the PeRehab study): study protocol for a two-center randomized controlled trial

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, Ø. Jervan, H. H. Johannessen, J. Gleditsch, K. Stavem, K. Steine, M. Spruit, R. Holst, M. Tavoly, F. Klok, W. Ghanima   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source