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CONSORT for Reporting Randomized Controlled Trials in Journal and Conference Abstracts: Explanation and Elaboration [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Clear, transparent, and sufficiently detailed abstracts of conferences and journal articles related to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are important, because readers often base their assessment of a trial solely on information in the ...
Hopewell, S, Douglas G Altman, Moher, D., Mike Clarke, Schulz, KF, Hopewell, S., Wager, E., Philippa Middleton, The, CG, Sally Hopewell, Schulz, K., Moher, D, Altman, DG, CONSORT Group, Middleton, P, Clarke, M., Hopewel, S, Kenneth F Schulz, Elizabeth Wager, Wager, E, Middleton, P., Hopewell, Sally, David Moher, Altman, D., null null, Clarke, Michael, Clarke, M   +26 more
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How necessary are randomized controlled trials? [PDF]

, 2012
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often deemed the gold standard for testing new treatments. This belief in turn justifies recruiting patients into such trials even when it is suspected that a new treatment is superior – although patients in the ...
Northcott, Robert
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Investigator initiated trials versus industry sponsored trials - translation of randomized controlled trials into clinical practice (IMPACT)

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Healthcare decisions are ideally based on clinical trial results, published in study registries, as journal articles or summarized in secondary research articles.
Anette Blümle, Katharina Wollmann, Karin Bischoff, Philipp Kapp, Szimonetta Lohner, Edris Nury, Kai Nitschke, Jasmin Zähringer, Gerta Rücker, Martin Schumacher   +9 more
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Randomized Controlled Trials on PET: A Systematic Review of Topics, Design, and Quality [PDF]

Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2012
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) add important information to diagnostic accuracy studies in the evaluation of PET and PET/CT. We evaluated how many RCTs on PET existed, which clinical topics they addressed, and what their design and quality were.We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Clinical Trials) up
Fülöp, Scheibler, Polina, Zumbé, Inger, Janssen, Melanie, Viebahn, Milly, Schröer-Günther, Robert, Grosselfinger, Elke, Hausner, Stefan, Sauerland, Stefan, Lange   +8 more
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Risk of bias analysis in diabetic retinopathy randomized clinical trials evaluated by RoB-1 tool from Cochrane systematic reviews

Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2022
The objective of clinical trials is to answer about intervention in the real-world, for which they must be properly designed and executed by presenting the results reliably with the findings and in a clear way.
Vânia Mozetic, Valéria Barros, Lucas Denadai, Nilva Simeren Bueno de Moraes   +3 more
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Analysis of hospital and payer costs of care: aggressive warming versus routine warming in abdominal major surgery

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundHypothermia is common and active warming is recommended in major surgery. The potential effect on hospitals and payer costs of aggressive warming to a core temperature target of 37°C is poorly understood.MethodsIn this sub-analysis of the ...
Shujia Song, Lijian Pei, Hongda Chen, Yuelun Zhang, Chen Sun, Jie Yi, Yuguang Huang   +6 more
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The Xylitol Applicability and its Effects in Health Area Worldwide: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on Randomized Controlled Trials

Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 2022
Objective: To describe and evaluate the xylitol products’ applicability and its effects in the health area worldwide utilizing a bibliometric analysis from randomized controlled trials (RCT) with humans.
Mariana Leonel Martins, Karla Lorene de França Leite, Marcela Baraúna Magno, Daniele Masterson, José Miguel Vicente-Gomila, Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti, Lucianne Cople Maia, Andréa Fonseca-Gonçalves   +7 more
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The external validity of published randomized controlled trials in primary care [PDF]

, 2009
Background - A criticism of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in primary care is that they lack external validity, participants being unrepresentative of the wider population.
Jones Robert O, McCowan, Colin, Jones, R, Colin McCowan (434192), McCowan, C, Fahey, T., Jones, Robert O., Colin McCowan, Montgomery, AA, Fahey Tom, Jones, RO, Fahey, T, McCowan Colin, Alan A Montgomery, Montgomery Alan A, Jones Ritu, Fahey, Thomas, Robert O Jones, Ritu Jones (7944167), Tom Fahey (7896266), Robert O. Jones (7944170), Alan A. Montgomery (7705694), Tom Fahey, Ritu Jones, Mccowan, C., Montgomery, A.A., Jones, R.O., Montgomery, Alan A., Jones, R., Jones, Ritu   +29 more
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Analysis of the Cochrane Review: Incentives for Smoking Cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;5:CD004307.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
Material incentives for alteration or reinforcement of healthy behaviours have been widely used in several health systems. These incentives, which are used in various contexts such as workplaces, health facilities or community programs, have been ...
António Vaz-Carneiro, João Costa
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Randomized controlled trial of topical phenylephrine in the treatment of faecal incontinence

Journal of British Surgery, 2000
Abstract Background Anal incontinence due to internal sphincter dysfunction is not amenable to simple surgical repair. The α-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine produces contraction of the internal sphincter and raises resting pressure when applied topically in healthy volunteers.
E A, Carapeti, M A, Kamm, R K, Phillips
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