Glucocorticoids and Preterm Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury: The Good and the Bad by Laura Bennet, Joanne O. Davidson, Miriam Koome, Alistair Jan Gunn

“…Fetuses at risk of premature delivery are now routinely exposed to maternal treatment with synthetic glucocorticoids. In randomized clinical trials, these substantially reduce acute neonatal systemic morbidity, and mortality, after premature birth and reduce intraventricular hemorrhage. …”
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Kazakh petroglyphs as a base for the creativity of designers of Kazakhstan by Джамиля Бектиярова, Алима Сабитова, Камиля Абилкаламова, Айсулу Алданаева, Асель Татаева

“…At the same time, there is a certain element of randomness in the use of rock art motifs. The public, cultural, and material significance of the popularization of rock art in Kazakhstan was also voiced. …”
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The Postoperative Pain Assessment Skills Pilot Trial by Michael McGillion, Adam Dubrowski, Robyn Stremler, Judy Watt-Watson, Fiona Campbell, Colin McCartney, J Charles Victor, Jeffrey Wiseman, Linda Snell, Judy Costello, Anja Robb, Sioban Nelson, Jennifer Stinson, Judith Hunter, Thuan Dao, Sara Promislow, Nancy McNaughton, Scott White, Cindy Shobbrook, Lianne Jeffs, Kianda Mauch, Marit Leegaard, W Scott Beattie, Martin Schreiber, Ivan Silver

“…The present equivalence randomized controlled pilot trial examined the efficacy of an alternative simulation method – deteriorating patient-based simulation (DPS) – versus SPs for improving HCPs’ pain knowledge and assessment skills.…”
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Role of Re-Resection in Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer by Harry W. Herr

“…Here we review the relevant literature documenting the role of restaging TUR. Cohort and randomized studies show that restaging TUR detects more tumors than initial TUR, improves clinical staging, and reduces the frequency of early tumor recurrences. …”
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Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guidelines: The Use of Infliximab in Crohn's Disease by Remo Panaccione, Richard N Fedorak, Guy Anmais, Charles N Bernstein, Alain Bitton, Ken Croitoru, Robert Enns, Brian Feagan, Marty Fishman, Gordon Greenberg, Anne Griffiths, John K Marshall, Imran Rasul, Daniel Sadowski, Ernest Seidman, Hillary Steinhart, Lloyd Sutherland, Eric Walli, Gary Wild, C Noel Williams, Mary Zachos

“…The current guidelines have been updated to reflect knowledge gained from two pivotal randomized clinical trails, with the use of infliximab in the maintenance of inflammatory Crohn's disease in remission (2) and in the maintenance of fistulous Crohn's disease in remission (3).…”
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The effect of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized chemotherapy on the surgical treatment outcomes of ovarian cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis by A. S. Dzasochov, A. A. Kostin, V. L. Astashov, A. B. Turiev, A. D. Uskov, M. A. Andreeva

“…The main group included 84 patients and 85 in the control group. Randomization was performed intraoperatively using a digital randomizer. …”
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When specific exercise is more effective than medication - Sensorimotor training is currently the most promising option to treat and prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropa... by Fiona Streckmann, Maryam Balke, Céline Hammadou, Bianca Schmidli, Oliver Faude, Sarah Koch

“…Methods we performed a prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial (STOP) and followed up patients over 5 years (May 2014 – Nov. 2020) at 4 centers and around Cologne, Germany. …”
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Maternal-related factors associated with development and improvement of peripartum cardiomyopathy and therapeutic outcomes of bromocriptine by I Gusti Bagus Mulia Agung Pradnyaandara, Ryan Saktika Mulyana, Jane Carissa Sutedja, Gusti Ngurah Prana Jagannatha, I Bagus Satriya Wibawa, Fanny Deantri, I Wayan Agus Surya Pradnyana, Bryan Gervais de Liyis

“…This study includes non-randomized prospective and retrospective studies, as well as relevant randomized controlled trials. …”
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Obesity and the Odds of Weight Gain following Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer by Lior Z. Braunstein, Ming-Hui Chen, Marian Loffredo, Philip W. Kantoff, Anthony V. D'Amico

“…Between 1995 and 2001, 206 men were enrolled in a randomized trial evaluating the survival difference of adding 6 months of ADT to radiation therapy (RT). …”
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Inferior vena cava ultrasound in acute decompensated heart failure: design rationale of the CAVA‐ADHF‐DZHK10 trial by Alexander Jobs, Reinhard Vonthein, Inke R. König, Jane Schäfer, Matthias Nauck, Svenja Haag, Carlo Federico Fichera, Thomas Stiermaier, Jakob Ledwoch, Alisa Schneider, Miroslava Valentova, Stephan vonHaehling, Stefan Störk, Dirk Westermann, Tobias Lenz, Natalie Arnold, Frank Edelmann, Philipp Seppelt, Stephan Felix, Matthias Lutz, Felix Hedwig, Martin Borggrefe, Clemens Scherer, Steffen Desch, Holger Thiele

“…Methods and results CAVA‐ADHF‐DZHK10 is a randomized, controlled, patient‐blinded, multicentre, parallel‐group trial randomly assigning 388 patients with ADHF to either decongesting therapy guided by ultrasound assessment of the IVC in addition to clinical assessment or clinical assessment alone. …”
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Emotion dysregulation in youths with obsessive-compulsive disorder and its implication for treatment - An exploratory study from the TECTO trial: A protocol and statistical analysi... by Christine Lykke Thoustrup, Camilla Uhre, Valdemar Uhre, Melanie Ritter, Signe Vangkilde, Janus Engstrøm, Jane Lindschou, Christian Gluud, Anne Katrine Pagsberg, Markus Harboe Olsen

“…Methods: Data are from a randomized clinical trial and a parallel prospective study of healthy controls. …”
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Quality of reporting in abstracts of clinical trials using physical activity interventions: a cross-sectional analysis using the CONSORT for Abstracts by Angélica Trevisan De Nardi, Leony Morgana Galliano, Nórton Luís Oliveira, Daniel Umpierre

“…The lowest reporting was observed in the number of participants analyzed (6%), allocation and randomization (1%), and funding (1%). Ten journals recommended the abstract structure, but only two mentioned the CONSORT for Abstracts. …”
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Effect of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Exercises on Activity of External Oblique Muscle in Low Back Pain by Hediyeh Hosseini, Abbas Rahimi, Khodabakhsh Javanshir, Mohammad Taghipour, Aliyeh Daryabor, Sedigheh Sadat Naimi

“…Materials and Methods: In a randomized clinical trial, 44 people with chronic NSLBP were randomly assigned to the experimental and the control groups, with 22 participants in each group. …”
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Influence of Dapagliflozin on Glycemic Variations in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Feng-fei Li, Gu Gao, Qian Li, Hong-hong Zhu, Xiao-fei Su, Jin-dan Wu, Lei Ye, Jian-hua Ma

“…Methods. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. …”
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Adding Bismuth to Rabeprazole-Based First-Line Triple Therapy Does Not Improve the Eradication of Helicobacter pylori by Meng-Chieh Wu, Yao-Kuang Wang, Chung-Jung Liu, Fang-Jung Yu, Fu-Chen Kuo, Min-Li Liu, Chao-Hung Kuo, Deng-Chyang Wu, Yao-Kang Huang, I-Chen Wu

“…This randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate whether adding bismuth to the standard first-line triple therapy could improve the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori. …”
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Rapid Detection of Astaxanthin in Antarctic Krill Meal by Computer Vision Combined with Convolutional Neural Network by Quantong ZHANG, Yao ZHENG, Liu YANG, Shuaishuai ZHANG, Quanyou GUO

“…The optimal parameter model was evaluated by randomly dividing the dataset, and 30 images from the dataset were randomly selected for model validation. …”
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Captopril Pretreatment Produces an Additive Cardioprotection to Isoflurane Preconditioning in Attenuating Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Rabbits and in Humans by Yi Tian, Haobo Li, Peiyu Liu, Jun-mei Xu, Michael G. Irwin, Zhengyuan Xia, Guogang Tian

“…Patients selected for heart valve replacement surgery were randomly assigned to five groups: untreated control (Control), captopril pretreatment for 3 days (Cap3d), or single dose captopril (Cap1hr, 1 hour) before surgery with or without Iso (Cap3d+Iso and Cap1hr+Iso). …”
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Pharmacological Management of Chronic Neuropathic Pain – Consensus Statement and Guidelines from the Canadian Pain Society by DE Moulin, AJ Clark, I Gilron, MA Ware, CPN Watson, BJ Sessle, T Coderre, PK Morley-Forster, J Stinson, A Boulanger, P Peng, GA Finley, P Taenzer, P Squire, D Dion, A Cholkan, A Gilani, A Gordon, J Henry, R Jovey, M Lynch, A Mailis-Gagnon, A Panju, GB Rollman, A Velly

“…Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological management of NeP are therefore urgently needed. Randomized, controlled trials, systematic reviews and existing guidelines focusing on the pharmacological management of NeP were evaluated at a consensus meeting. …”
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Comparing simple and functional jejunal interposition with preserved duodenal passage after total gastrectomy by Xue-Lu Zhou, Yan-Qing Deng, Pei-Jie Zhang, Hai Huang, Huan-Bin Zhang, Hong-Shuai Li, You-Hua Wang, Jian-Hua Luo

“…Methods: A total of 113 patients were randomly assigned to either the FJI group or the SJI group. …”
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Endoscopic Dilation with Bougies versus Balloon Dilation in Esophageal Benign Strictures: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Iatagan R. Josino, Antônio C. Madruga-Neto, Igor B. Ribeiro, Hugo G. Guedes, Vitor O. Brunaldi, Diogo T. H. de Moura, Wanderley M. Bernardo, Eduardo G. H. de Moura

“…Results. We included 5 randomized clinical trials (RCTs), totalizing 461 patients. …”
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