Knubben (2012), conducted a prospective (randomized) controlled study on the effects
Acute effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on cutaneous microcirculation - a controlled prospective cohort study
... this study is to evaluate the acute microcirculatory effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on a distinct cutaneous location at the lower extremity which is typically used as a harvesting site for free ...
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The effects of improving hospital physicians working conditions on patient care: a prospective, controlled intervention study
... Although physicians were not explicitly informed about study hypotheses in detail, the broader objective to im- prove working conditions was communicated openly. Since it is not feasible to blind employees in a ...
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Effects of propofol on the inflammatory response during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a prospective randomized controlled study
... our study, IL-6 was significantly increased after surgery in both ...a study comparing propofol and sevoflurane anesthesia, the former significantly decreased neutrophil infiltration and systemic ...
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Study Protocol: A Randomised Controlled Trialof NortriptylineAddedto a Smoking CessationIntervention Conducted among Prisoners
... difference with a power of 0.8 and significance of 0.05 is n=178 in each group. With an anticipated an attrition rate of 20%, we aim to recruit 425 inmates to the study. As many inmates have low levels of ...
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Impact of an exercise program on acylcarnitines in obesity: a prospective controlled study
... order to prevent a change in calorie intake that would lead to a modification in body weight, which in turn would indirectly affect the effects of exercise, all partici- pants received individual and group ...
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Cardiovascular effects of dietary salt intake in aged healthy cats: a 2-year prospective randomized, blinded, and controlled study
... adverse effects in both humans, especially in aging individuals, and several animal ...this prospective, randomized, blinded, and controlled study was to assess the long- term cardiovascular ...
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Can otoplasty impact hearing? A prospective randomized controlled study examining the effects of pinna position on speech reception and intelligibility
... As eluded to above, the SII provides an estimate of pre- dicted speech intelligibility on the basis of the level of speech above background noise, and hearing thresholds (i.e. speech audibility) in a number of ...
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Effects of omega 3 supplementation in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: design of a prospective randomized placebo controlled study
... Included are patients ≥ 70-82 years of age who have sustained AMI. Patients of either gender are eligible. Sample size calculation based on existing literature has resulted in the need for 1400 patients followed for 2 ...
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A prospective, randomized, placebo controlled, double blind, multicenter study of the effects of irbesartan on aortic dilatation in Marfan syndrome (AIMS trial): study protocol
... outcome study in MFS (evaluating the effects of irbesartan on rates of death, aortic surgery, or other serious cardiovascular complications) but this study would probably take 10 years or more to ...
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Original Article Effects of pressure-controlled ventilation-volume guaranteed on airway pressure, oxygenation, and postoperative complications in one-lung ventilation: a prospective randomized-controlled study
... present study included patients with good respiratory function test ...this study did not include mor- bid obese patients and only 15% of the pati- ents were ...
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Short-term effects of highly-bioavailable curcumin for treating knee osteoarthritis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled prospective study
... Further study would be needed to clarify the best option among celecoxib alone, curcumin alone, and combined celecoxib and ...the effects of curcumin in human osteoarthritic or rheumatic ...clinical ...
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Psychological effects of parenting children with autism prospective study in Kuwait
... Studies of parents with children with disabilities [8,9] suggest that 35% - 53% of mothers with children with disabilities pass cut-off scores for depression. However, many of these studies were conducted in ...
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Effects of centralizing acute stroke servicesA prospective cohort study
... were conducted in selected urban populations without adjustment of clinical outcomes for stroke severity at stroke onset, 2,13 and information on im- portant aspects such as the use of acute reperfusion therapy ...
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Effects of maternal epidural analgesia on the neonate - a prospective cohort study
... adverse effects of any analgesia being ...been conducted over epidural analgesia primarily focus on the maternal parameters ...to study the immediate effects of epidural analgesia in the ...
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Thermoregulatory effects of swaddling in Mongolia: A randomised controlled study
... this study is unique in investigating infants ’ thermal balance during early infancy, in naturalistic settings and in a very cold indoor environment, where traditional practices are well represented and within a ...
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Myocardial function at the early phase of traumatic brain injury: a prospective controlled study
... retrospective study [10]. Hence, there is no prospective controlled study comprehensively assessing cardiac function after TBI and possible confounding factors like multiple trauma, associated ...
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The effect of bereavement groups on grief, anxiety, and depression - a controlled, prospective intervention study
... This study showed that most people are affected with se- vere grief in connection with the loss of a significant other, but also that this grief decreases significantly during the first year after the loss, ...
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Severe electrolyte disorders following cardiac surgery: a prospective controlled observational study
... 2 Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Corresponding author: Kees H Polderman, [email protected] Abstract Introduction Electrolyte ...
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Materials and Method: It was a prospective study of 127 cases. The present study was conducted in the
... a prospective study of 127 cases. The present study was conducted in the department of pathology at a tertiary care ...sectional study, carried out on all patients who were admitted ...
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A Prospective Controlled Study of Neonatal Hypoglycemia
... examined at yearly intervals, hypoglycemic in- fants had a higher incidence of abnormalities than controls (Table IV), and the differences were sig- nificant at ages 2, 3 and 6 years. Th[r] ...
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