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Intranasal Ketamine for Depression in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Background There is growing interest in glutamatergic agents as a treatment for depression, especially intranasal ketamine, which has become a hot topic in recent years.
Dongjiao An, Changwei Wei, Jing Wang, Anshi Wu   +3 more
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Acupuncture for hot flashes: A literature review of randomized controlled trials conducted in the last 10 years

World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2021
Objective: To conduct a literature review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of acupuncture for hot flashes to analyze the characteristics of each study, draw a conclusion on the advantages and disadvantages of previous studies and provide
Ru-ya Sheng, Yan Yan, Hai Linh Dang
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Interventions in hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis of natural and quasi-experiments

Clinical Hypertension, 2022
Background Hypertension is an urgent public health problem. Consistent summary from natural and quasi-experiments employed to evaluate interventions that aim at preventing or controlling hypertension is lacking in the current literature.
Tong Xia, Fan Zhao, Roch A. Nianogo
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Exercise Reduces Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Although exercise training reduces office blood pressure (BP), scarcer evidence is available on whether these benefits also apply to ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), which is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality.
Gonzalo Saco-Ledo, P. Valenzuela, G. Ruiz‐Hurtado, L. Ruilope, A. Lucia   +4 more
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Minimally invasive versus open pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic and peri-ampullary neoplasm (DIPLOMA-2): study protocol for an international multicenter patient-blinded randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2023
Background Minimally invasive pancreatoduodenectomy (MIPD) aims to reduce the negative impact of surgery as compared to open pancreatoduodenectomy (OPD) and is increasingly becoming part of clinical practice for selected patients worldwide.
Nine Graaf, A. Emmen, M. Ramera, B. Björnsson, U. Boggi, C. Bruna, O. Busch, F. Daams, Giovanni Ferrari, S. Festen, J. Hilst, M. D'Hondt, B. Ielpo, T. Keck, I. Khatkov, B. Koerkamp, D. Lips, M. Luyer, J. Mieog, Luca Morelli, I. Molenaar, H. C. Santvoort, M. Sprangers, C. Ferrari, Johannes Berkhof, Patrick Maisonneuve, M. Abu Hilal, M. Besselink, for the Francophone Group for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery   +28 more
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Visual data: a new tool to improve the presentation of clinical trial results

Einstein (São Paulo), 2019
Randomized controlled trials are known to be the best tool to determine the effects of an intervention; however, most healthcare professionals are not able to adequately understand the results.
Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Marilia de Almeida Correia, Breno Quintella Farah   +2 more
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EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES IN INTERVENTION RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS - DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2023
Objectives: Describe the frequency and types of outcomes in randomized clinical trials (RCT) of intervention for distal radius fractures, analyze how confusing outcome presentations can lead to misinterpretations, and suggest strategies to improve the ...
Davi Amorim Meira, Lukas Eiki Moriyama, Cássio Conceição Santana Santos, Fernando Delmonte Moreira, Alex Guedes, Enilton de Santana Ribeiro de Mattos   +5 more
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A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of reports of clinical trials published in six Brazilian dental journals indexed in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)

Journal of Applied Oral Science, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Open access publishing is becoming increasingly popular within the biomedical sciences. SciELO, the Scientific Electronic Library Online, is a digital library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals many of which ...
Raphael Freitas de Souza, Carolina de Andrade Lima Chaves, Mona Nasser, Zbys Fedorowicz   +3 more
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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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Quality of the systematic reviews in cochrane multiple sclerosis related articles [PDF]

BioSocial Health Journal
Introduction: To enhance the assessment of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses performed by the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Group. Methods: Our study was conducted on 57 systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to MS, published by the ...
Masoud Zeynalzadeh, Nasim Mahdavi, Morteza Atayi, Hanieh Salehi-Pourmehr, Sakineh Hajebrahimi   +4 more
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