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... a systematic review of studies evaluating the association between trauma center verification and hospital mortality (primary outcome), as well as morbidity, resource utilization, and processes ... See full document

... Wilbarger protocol is the most prescriptive program used to treat sensory overresponsivity in children aged 2–12 ...Wilbarger protocol successfully reduces challenging behavior in children with sensory ... See full document

... Clinical studies should have defined outcomes that an- swer questions generated by the main hypothesis [12]. The outcomes potentially relevant to prepregnancy care programs are diverse and include both maternal and ... See full document

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... This review aims to summarise the evidence on the effect- iveness of interventions targeting dietary intake in work- ...The review will describe the included interventions in terms of how they are de- ... See full document

... Systematic reviews will be included in order to obtain an overview of the existing evidence base. RCTs will be included with no restrictions on the type of RCT (for ex- ample parallel, cross-over). In view of the ... See full document

... this review, MEDs will be defined as devices which either have interactive wireless cellular communication capability and/or those which run soft- ware applications and are highly ...this review because, in ... See full document

... The effectiveness of trauma systems in decreasing injury mortality and morbidity has been well ...of trauma care varies significantly across trauma systems and we know little about which ... See full document

... This trial compared two protocols of fluid resuscitation in the management of trauma patients on the basis of immediate versus delayed fluid administration. It was carried out in two ambulance-service areas with a ... See full document

... systematically review published evidence on the effectiveness of maternity service organisational interventions, such as models of maternity care, that aim to reduce caesarean section ... See full document

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... Interventions are often used to test different theories, strategies and methods in hopes of achieving positive PA outcomes. Over the last 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of PA interventions on ... See full document

... Allen et al. (2013), in a multicentre randomised double blind, placebo trial on the effectiveness of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in the prevention of A.A.D. and C.D.A.D. in older inpatients, recruited and ... See full document

... The ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences and written informed consent was obtained from all patients. This was a ... See full document

... Some studies included in the reviews were excluded because they did not utilize manual acupuncture at recognized acupuncture points (that is, laser acupuncture, acupressure, needling of trigger points); b number of ... See full document

... two review authors on study level variables: study setting and dates; contact details; inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, and number of ...text review will be contacted with a request to provide ... See full document

... Evidence based medicine (EBM) stresses the importance of evidence stemming from clinical studies next to clin- ical experience, rather than making treatment decisions on intuition and clinical experience alone [1]. ... See full document

... Data will be extracted by one researcher (CK) using a standardised data extraction form (see Additional file 1, Appendix 3) and independently checked by a second (RAA). Intervention characteristics will be collected ac- ... See full document

... screening based on title and abstract review. Disagree- ments not resolved by discussion between the reviewers shall be arbitrated by the principal investigator (DP). After first screen, the remaining studies will ... See full document

... a systematic review of the literature to explore evidence of the effectiveness of interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient ...the review identified forty potentially ... See full document