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Efficacy of Early Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation in Reducing Mortality During Infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

, 2012
Vitamin A supplementation of 6-59 month old children is currently recommended by the World Health Organization based on evidence that it reduces mortality.
Honorati Masanja, Fontaine Olivier, Bahl, Rajiv, Dube Brinda, Rajiv Bahl, Oleary Maureen, Taneja, Sunita, Fawzi Wafaie, Msham Salum, Martines Jose, NEOVITA Study Author Group, Kirkwood, BR, Bhandari, Nita, Oleary, M, Sam Newton, Salum Msham, Newton Sam, Bhandari, N, Brinda Dube, Bahl, R, Emily Smith, Dube, Brinda, Fawzi, W, Mazumder, S, Sarmila Mazumder, Oleary, Maureen, Shannon, C, Kirkwood Betty R, Betty R Kirkwood, Martines, J, Taneja Sunita, Msham, Salum, Jose Martines, Masanja, H, null null, Olivier Fontaine, Msham, S, Mazumder, Sarmila, Fontaine, O, Nita Bhandari, Edmond, Karen, Ruben, Julia, Sunita Taneja, Kaur Jasmine, Wafaie Fawzi, Smith, E, Masanja Honorati, Taneja, S, Ruben Julia, Yoshida, Sachiyo, Bhandari Nita, Karen Edmond, Caitlin Shannon, Fontaine, Olivier, Smith Emily, Maureen Oleary, Kaur, Jasmine, Ruben, J, Julia Ruben, Fawzi, Wafaie, Newton, S, Newton, Sam, Edmond Karen, Mazumder Sarmila, Martines, Jose, Kirkwood, Betty R., Kirkwood, Betty R, Bahl Rajiv, Jasmine Kaur, Shannon Caitlin, Edmond, K, Sachiyo Yoshida, Masanja, Honorati, Shannon, Caitlin, Smith, Emily, Dube, B, Yoshida, S, Kaur, J, Yoshida Sachiyo   +78 more
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Process evaluation in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions. [PDF]

, 2006
Most randomised controlled trials focus on outcomes, not on the processes involved in implementing an intervention. Using an example from school based health promotion, this paper argues that including a process evaluation would improve the science of ...
Allen, Elizabeth, Strange, V, Bonell, Chris, Bonell, C, Stephenson, J, Oakley, A, RIPPLE Study Team, Stephenson, Judith, Allen, E, Oakley, Ann, Strange, Vicki   +10 more
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Phototherapy with Topical Minoxidil in Vitiligo: A Randomized Control Trial

Indian Dermatology Online Journal
Abstract Background: Phototherapy is the most commonly used treatment for vitiligo, with initial pigment appearing at the perifollicular site, eventually coalescing into uniform pigmentation due to melanocyte migration from hair follicles.
Sejal Bajoria, Chakravarthi R. Srinivas, Nithya Satish, Riya Sukhija, Kriti Jain, Garima Manocha, Laxman Besra   +6 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye, Chimezie Okwuonu, Evelyn Idam, Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Zinnah Aloziem, Blossom Amamchukwu, Patience Elimia, Mkpoikanabasi Obot‐Obot, Henry Mbakwe, Praises Maduagwuna, Olatunji Akinrodoye, Chiamaka Anyanwu, Benjamin Anyanwu, Adedamola Akinsiku, Oluwatoyin A. Akinsiku, Muzamil O. Hassan, Fatiu A. Arogundade, Olalekan E. Ojo, Homayemem Weli, Jesupelumi Adenihun, Aderemi Adelaja, Ebun Bamgboye, Olalekan Olatise, Ade E. Faponle, Ayoola Odeyemi, Michael Muoka, Stephen Asaolu, Qudrat Busari, Blessing Dawudu, Michael Naiyeju, Rasheed A. Balogun   +33 more
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Vitamin D with calcium reduces mortality: patient level pooled analysis of 70,528 patients from eight major vitamin D trials. [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction: Vitamin D may affect multiple health outcomes. If so, an effect on mortality is to be expected. Using pooled data from randomized controlled trials, we performed individual patient data (IPD) and trial level meta-analyses to assess ...
Salovaara, K., Smith, H.E., Jackson, Rebecca D, Sanders, Kerrie M., Jacobs, ET, Rebecca D Jackson (16135031), Sanders, KM, Tahir Masud (804313), Jacobs, E.T., JoAnn E Manson (13567339), Robbins, John A., Salovaara, K, Haakon E Meyer (10282121), Rejnmark, Lars, Abrahamsen, Bo, Jackson, Rebecca D., Mosekilde, Leif, Brixen, K., Mosekilde, L., Robbins, JA, Cyrus Cooper (141250), Lars Rejnmark (3752971), Mosekilde, L, Elizabeth T Jacobs (16135028), Bo Abrahamsen (650396), Meyer, Haakon E., Jackson, RD, Alison Avenell (82040), Jacobs, Elizabeth T., Smith, Helen E, Abrahamsen, Bo; id_orcid, Brixen, K, Salovaara, Kari, Manson, Joann E, Torgerson, D., Robbins, J.A., Avenell, A, Robbins, John A, Francis, Roger M., Roger M Francis (7380278), Abrahamsen, B, Masud, T, Jacobs, Elizabeth T, Manson, JoAnn E., Anderson, F., Francis, R.M., Kerrie M Sanders (13488952), Francis, RM, David Torgerson (462403), Masud, T., Helen E Smith (16045475), Abrahamsen, B., Manson, J.E., Cooper, Cyrus, Sanders, K.M., Frazer Anderson (16135022), Meyer, Haakon E, Anderson, F, Torgerson, D, Kari Salovaara (16135025), Meyer, H.E., Rejnmark, L, Francis, Roger M, John A Robbins (8553495), Torgerson, David, Masud, Tahir, Smith, HE, Anderson, Frazer, Cooper, C., Meyer, HE, Kim Brixen (16135034), Jackson, R.D., Smith, Helen E., Cooper, C, Rejnmark, L., Manson, JE, Avenell, Alison, Avenell, A., Brixen, Kim, Leif Mosekilde (349340), Sanders, Kerrie M   +80 more
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Reporting of sex and gender in randomized controlled trials in Canada: a cross-sectional methods study

Research Integrity and Peer Review, 2017
Background Accurate reporting on sex and gender in health research is integral to ensuring that health interventions are safe and effective. In Canada and internationally, governments, research organizations, journal editors, and health agencies have ...
V. Welch, M. Doull, M. Yoganathan, J. Jull, M. Boscoe, S. E. Coen, Z. Marshall, J. Pardo Pardo, A. Pederson, J. Petkovic, L. Puil, L. Quinlan, B. Shea, T. Rader, V. Runnels, S. Tudiver   +15 more
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Topical Aspirin in the Treatment of Bee and Wasp Stings

Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 2003
The New South Wales Poisons Information Centre (NSW PIC) has been recommending the use of topical aspirin paste for bee and wasp stings since the early 1980s. Anecdotal evidence from calls suggested it was effective in reducing the swelling and duration of pain, but a literature search found no evidence to support this.The objective of this study was ...
Balit, Corrine, Isbister, Geoffrey K, Buckley, Nicholas   +2 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 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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COMPARISON OF PHARMACOLOGY AGENTS EFFECT IN TREATING URETERAL STENT RELATED SYMPTOMS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW & META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL¬

Jurnal Urologi Indonesia
Objective: We wish to update existing meta-analyses to assess the effectiveness of pharmacological agents against ureteral stent-related symptoms with better design of RCTs, as well as more valid and reliable measurement methods.
Andi As'ad Mubarak, Muhammad Ainul Mahfuz, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Sopiyudin Dahlan   +3 more
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