The development of a register of randomized controlled trials in...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......establish a register of randomized controlled trials of interventions in...was conducted for all randomized controlled trials of interventions in...there were 24 separate randomized controlled trials including 6,806 patients...

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials examining...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2008 ;     363 words ......systematic review of randomized controlled trials examining psychological...metaanalysis of 28 randomized controlled trials studying the effects...been used in the 28 randomized controlled trials. The authors conclude...

Fluoroquinolones vs [beta]-Lactams for Empirical Treatment of...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......2006. RESULTS: Twenty randomized controlled trials that enrolled 4817...subset analyses of randomized controlled trials that studied ciprofloxacin...available data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared...

Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: Cochrane...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......metaRegister of Controlled Trials databases and...November 2004 for randomized controlled trials that compared...inhibitor; RCT = randomized controlled trial In our original...of more recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Our aim...registers of ...

Ciprofloxacin vs an Aminoglycoside in Combination With a [beta]-Lactam for...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that...Register of Controlled Trials, and reference...ratio; RCT = randomized controlled trial Neutropenia...meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to further...

Bibliometric analysis of the literature of randomized controlled trials

Journal of the Medical Library Association;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......significant issue and the randomized controlled trial (RCT) literature plays...under the publication type "Randomized Control Trial," and articles...Council conducted the first randomized clinical trials in 1948...and the number of reported randomized controlled trials (RCTs) ...

How to identify randomized controlled trials in MEDLINE: ten years on*

Journal of the Medical Library Association;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Strategy (HSSS) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in MEDLINE...take place, "Randomized Controlled Trial" (Publication...conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) often...Publication Type, "Randomized Controlled Trial" [9, 10...

Does volitional nutritional support (VNS) improve clinical outcomes? A...

JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition;  January 1, 2004 ;     339 words ......whether this is clinically effective. In order to assess the benefit of offering VNS, a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was carried out (as part of a larger technical review of enterai nutrition). Methods: A protocol...

Nutritional interventions during pregnancy for the prevention or treatment...

The Journal of Nutrition;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......reviews and individual randomized controlled trials were sought. Searches...methodologically sound randomized controlled trials. Anema in pregnancy...preterm delivery [middot] randomized controlled trials Hypertensive disorders...

Quality of adverse event assessment in randomized controlled trials and...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......bisphosphonates, states that randomized controlled trials (RCTs) provide the...necessarily be the case. Randomized controlled trials (1) often exclude patients...be more useful than randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in some instances...

Do Diet or Physical Activity Interventions Improve Cancer Survival? A...

The Journal of Nutrition;  December 1, 2004 ;     445 words ......A Systematic Review of the Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials. A. A. Davies,* S. Thomas, G. E. Bekkering...unproven. We undertook a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the role of diet and physical...

Characteristics of randomized controlled trials included in systematic...

The Journal of Nutrition;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......delivery. An overview of randomized controlled trials. J. Nutr. 133: 1606S-162...Growth: an Overview of Randomized Controlled Trials. J. Nutr. 133: 1626S-163...Susser, M. (1980) A randomized controlled trial of prenatal nutritional...

The Effect of [alpha]-Linolenic Acid and Linoleic Acid on the Growth and...

Lipids;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......outcomes. Only randomized controlled trials (RCT) involving...postmenstrual age; RCT, randomized controlled trial(s); VEP...randomized controlled trials (RCT) to determine...the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and...

Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic...

Physical Therapy;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......The assessment of the quality of controlled trials is essential because variations...used to evaluate the quality of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in health care research and...Reviews-Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR), Cochrane Library, and ...

Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Immunocompromised...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......METHODS: We searched for randomized controlled trials that compared prophylaxis...Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, Latin...model. RESULTS: Twelve randomized trials were identified...review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials ...