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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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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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Nurse-led randomized controlled trials in the perioperative setting: A scoping review [PDF]

, 2020
Purpose: Nurses provide care at each phase of the complex, perioperative pathway and are well placed to identify areas of care requiring investigation in randomized controlled trials.
Griffin, Bronwyn R., Ingleman, Jessica, Delaney, Lori J., Hughes, James A., Koegh, Samantha, Campbell, Jill, Coyer, Fiona, Hughes, James A, Burgess, Anthony S Batterb Luke, Dalgleish, Lizanne, Batterbury, Anthony S., Higgins, Niall, Coyer, Samantha Keogh Fiona, Munday, Judy, Delaney, Lori J, Burgess, Luke, Hughes, Bronwyn R Griffin James A., Griffin, Bronwyn R, Mathew, Saira, Keogh, Samantha, Batterbury, Anthony S   +20 more
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Features of aldosterone antagonists in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST elevation without chronic heart failure and post-MI chronic heart failure with low ejection fraction

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2015
Aim. In order to study the possibilities of aldosterone antagonists in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST elevation without chronic heart failure and post-MI chronic heart failure with low ejection fraction recent ...
V. V. Syvolap, L. V. Lukashenko, S. P. Zhemanyuk, M. P. Gerasko, L. V. Franskyavichene   +4 more
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Does taking vitamin, mineral and fatty acid supplements prevent cognitive decline? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials [PDF]

, 2008
Background Observational studies have shown associations between nutritional status and cognition in later life but evidence from intervention studies is unclear.
McNeill, G, Jia, X, Avenell, Alison
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Parasacral Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation with Desmopressin Acetate for Treating Primary Monosymptomatic Enuresis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Purpose: Approximately one-third of the children with primary monosymptomatic enuresis (PMNE) do not respond to first-line treatment. We aimed to investigate the short-term and six-month effectiveness of combining desmopressin acetate with parasacral ...
Melissa Faria Dutra, Eleonora Moreira Lima, José Murillo Bastos Netto, Lidyanne Ilídia da Silva de Paula, José de Bessa Júnior, Amanda Lima Alves Pereira, Glaúcia Cristina Medeiros Dias, Mônica Maria de Almeida Vasconcelos, Flávia Cristina de Carvalho Mrad   +8 more
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Darifenacin Versus Parasacral Transcutaneous Electric Nerve stimulation for overactive bladder syndrome in patients infected with Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 – randomized open clinical trial [PDF]

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of parasacral transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (PTENS), in comparison to darifenacin for the reduction of OAB symptoms in patients infected with HTLV-1.
Tatiane Souza Soares de Oliveira, José Abraão C. Neto, Cassius José Vitor Oliveira, Néviton M. Castro, Edgar M. Carvalho   +4 more
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Effectiveness of nursing intervention to reduce delirium in adult critically ill - A protocol for a randomized trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2023
The incidence of delirium in intensive care patients remains high, and its consequences have a high negative impact on patients, their families, health care teams, and society in general.
Luz Omaira Gómez Tovar, Ángela María Henao-Castaño   +1 more
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Efficacy of modern antipsychotics in placebo-controlled trials in bipolar depression: a meta-analysis – results to be interpreted with caution [PDF]

, 2010
Randomized, controlled trials have demonstrated efficacy for second-generation antipsychotics in the treatment of acute mania in bipolar disorder. Despite depression being considered the hallmark of bipolar disorder, there are no published systematic ...
Goikolea, José Manuel, Krishnadas, R., Vieta i Pascual, Eduard, 1963-, Valentí Ribas, Marc, Sánchez-Moreno, José, Torres, Ferran, Livingston, M., Cruz, Nuria   +7 more
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The use of deception in public health behavioral intervention trials: a case study of three online alcohol trials. [PDF]

, 2013
Some public health behavioral intervention research studies involve deception. A methodological imperative to minimize bias can be in conflict with the ethical principle of informed consent.
Porter, John, Kypri, Kypros, McCambridge, Jim, Bendtsen, Preben, Kypri, Kypros,, Bendtsen, Preben,, McCambridge, Jim,, Porter, John,   +7 more
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