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Risk of bias analysis in diabetic retinopathy randomized clinical trials evaluated by RoB-1 tool from Cochrane systematic reviews

open access: yesJournal 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigator-initiated versus industry-sponsored trials - visibility and relevance of randomized controlled trials in clinical practice guidelines (IMPACT). [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Med Res Methodol
Background The goal of evidence-based medicine is to make clinical decisions based on the best available, relevant evidence. For this to be possible, studies such as randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which are widely considered to provide the best ...
Hecht M   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Xylitol Applicability and its Effects in Health Area Worldwide: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on Randomized Controlled Trials

open access: yesPesquisa 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   +7 more
doaj  

Analysis of hospital and payer costs of care: aggressive warming versus routine warming in abdominal major surgery

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Cochrane Review: Incentives for Smoking Cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;5:CD004307.

open access: yesActa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Topical tetracaine prior to arterial puncture: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial [PDF]

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine, 2003
The objective of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was to determine whether a topical anesthetic agent (tetracaine) provides effective local analgesia prior to radial arterial puncture. Tetracaine or placebo gel was applied 45 min prior to arterial puncture to patients who were referred for elective arterial blood gas ...
Mary-Jo Lewis   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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

open access: yesZaporožskij 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reanalysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial on Promoting Influenza Vaccination in General Practice Waiting Rooms: A Zelen Design

open access: yesVaccines, 2022
In 2014–2015, we conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessing the effect of an advertising campaign for influenza vaccination using posters and pamphlets in general practitioner (GP) waiting rooms.
Christophe Berkhout   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-armed Bandit Models for the Optimal Design of Clinical Trials: Benefits and Challenges [PDF]

open access: yesStatistical Science 2015, Vol. 30, No. 2, 199-215, 2015
Multi-armed bandit problems (MABPs) are a special type of optimal control problem well suited to model resource allocation under uncertainty in a wide variety of contexts. Since the first publication of the optimal solution of the classic MABP by a dynamic index rule, the bandit literature quickly diversified and emerged as an active research topic ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Wound healing effects of topical Vitamin K: A randomized controlled trial

open access: yesIndian Journal of Pharmacology, 2019
The incidence of acute and chronic wounds has rapidly increased which treatment remains as health problem. Previously, we reported the healing effect of Vitamin K in experimental animal models. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of topical Vitamin K on skin wound healing process in patients.Sixty-three patients with indication for ...
Zahra Zeineli   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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