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- 1From: Trials. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground The optimal management of acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) associated with preexisting canal stenosis remains to be established. The objective of this study is to examine whether early surgical...
- 2From: Trials. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground Feeding practices and child undernutrition can be improved when trained health workers provide proper nutrition counseling to caregivers. However, this important management component is difficult to achieve...
- 3From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Within the UK, during September, there is a pronounced increase in the number of unscheduled medical contacts by school-aged children (4-16 years) with asthma. It is thought that that this might be caused...
- 4From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Babies born before 28 weeks' gestation have lower plasma thyroid hormone concentrations than more mature infants. This may contribute to their risk of poor developmental outcome. Previous studies have...
- 5From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Cancer patients and survivors regularly feel anxious about cancer recurrence or death, even after the conclusion of medical treatment, and they are often highly physiologically and psychologically...
- 6From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Publicly reported performance on quality measures is intended to enable patients to make more informed choices. Despite the growing availability of these reports, patients' use remains limited and...
- 7From: Trials. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground If you want to know which of two or more healthcare interventions is most effective, the randomised controlled trial is the design of choice. Randomisation, however, does not itself promote the...
- 8From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Several studies using acupuncture to treat essential hypertension have been carried out. However, whether acupuncture is efficacious for hypertension is still controversial. Therefore, this trial aims to...
- 9From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Alcoholic hepatitis is the most florid presentation of alcohol-related liver disease. In its severe form, defined by a Maddrey's discriminant function (DF) [greater than or equai to]32, the 28-day...
- 10From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground A relevant innovation about sedation of long-term Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients is the 'conscious target': patients should be awake even during the critical phases of illness. Enteral sedative...
- 11From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Low grade chronic inflammation is observed in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Endotoxin derived from gut bacteria may act as a potent inflammatory stimulant. Probiotics, which are believed...
- 12From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Non-adherence and drop-out are major problems in pain rehabilitation. For patients with various health problems, motivational interviewing (MI) has shown promising effects to tackle these problems. In...
- 13From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Keloids are a burden for patients due to physical, aesthetic and social complaints and treatment remains a challenge because of therapy resistance and high recurrence rates. The main goal of treatment is...
- 14From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Chinese herbal medicine is one of the most popular Chinese medicine (CM) therapies for primary insomnia. One of the important characteristics of CM is that different Chinese clinicians give different...
- 15From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Assistive technology and telecare (ATT) are relatively new ways of delivering care and support to people with social care needs. It is claimed that ATT reduces the need for community care, prevents...
- 16From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Chronic non-specific low back pain is the most common medical problem for which patients seek complementary and alternative medical treatment, including bee venom acupuncture. However, the effectiveness...
- 17From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Acute kidney injury is a common and devastating complication of critical illness, for which renal replacement therapy is frequently needed to manage severe cases. While a recent systematic review suggested...
- 18From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Healthy, active ageing is strongly associated with good mental wellbeing which in turn helps to prevent mental illness. However, more investment has been made into research into interventions to prevent...
- 19From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground In the paediatric population, pain and distress associated with burn injuries during wound care procedures remain a constant challenge. Although silver dressings are the gold standard for burn care in...
- 20From: Trials. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedRecruitment of pregnant women in labour to clinical trials poses particular challenges. Interpretation of regulation lacks consistency or clarity and variation occurs as to the training required by clinicians to safely...