... The authors (LMCG and RCS) conducted a review of the articles registered in PUBMED, SCIELO, and EBSCOHOST published in English and Spanish with the following search data: «1999/01/01»: «2008/12/31» and «Obesity ...
... In summary, substituting prasugrel for clopidogrel in patients with known coronary anatomy about to un- dergo PCI resulted in a significant net clinical bene- fit for most patients undergoing PCI in the setting of ...
... Systematic review gives the possibility of a more objective review of the topic regarding a specific question, with pre-established rules to search for studies and to define which one will be included or excluded from ...
... Composite endpoints, consisting of the union of two or more outcomes, are often used as the primary endpoint in time-to-event randomizedclinicaltrials. Previously, G ´omez and Lagakos provided a ...
... Considering that NAFLD progression may lead to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma, an effective treatment is necessary. However, there is no consen- sus in the treatment approach in the literature, and ...
... reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomizedclinicaltrials of adult patients admitted to intensive care units with MV and measured the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia ...
... groups. Randomized studies and a meta-analysis of several randomizedclinicaltrials in non-cardiac surgery patients, comparing outcome with regional and general anaesthetic techniques have ...
... recent randomizedclinicaltrials reported differing results for effectiveness of medication (bupropion SR) and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) (patch, gum, inhaler) as first- line treatment of ...
... evidence showed an increased rate of clinical pregnancy. However, there was insufficient evidence to assess the rate of live births, and the incidence of side effects of vasodilators. 3) The case control study ...
... some clinical data which suggest that the main reason for the improved surgical outcome in the treated group was that drug pretreatment made some of the tumors less invasive ...any clinical intervention ...
... SPIRIT clinicaltrials program (Clinical Evaluation of the Xience V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of Patients With De Novo Native Coronary Artery ...
... Dr. N. Gupta, on behalf of the Indian clinical inves- tigators (Dr. Lokesh Viswanth and his colleagues from the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology in Banga- lore, the Shirdi Sai Baba Cancer Hospital in Manipal ...
... Comparable results for the three countries indicate mostly negative but small and non- significant effects of the programs on the employment of adults, no reallocation of labor between agricultural and other sectors, and ...
... At the end of 1995, results from two clinicaltrials completely changed the conception of ART. Both the DELTA and ACTG175 studies showed that com- bination therapy with the simultaneous use of two ...
... Dexamethasone versus ondansetron in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pa[r] ...
... Effects of intensive diet and exercise on knee joint loads, inflammation, and clinical outcomes among overweight and obese adults with knee osteoarthritis: the IDEA randomized clinical t[r] ...
... Each participating country was asked to select a number of cardiac centres approximately proportional to the country's population (as close as possible to one centre per two million inhabitants), approximately 20% of ...
... A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing placebo and cannabinoids to: 1 Evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of cannabinoids compared with placebo in [r] ...
... In clinical practice, the diagnosis of hypertension should be made on the basis of SBP more often than on DBP: SBP in the population increases with advancing age, whereas DBP tends to plateau or fall after age ...
... the clinical setting (hospitalized or community), numbers and ages of patients, nature of the population, type of antibiotic, duration of therapy, use of different probiotics, failure to designate the strain, ...