Trachoma, antibiotics and randomised controlled trials

Introducing “Agreement on what to Measure in Randomised Controlled Trials in Burn Care” Research Project

پروژه پژوهشی "توافق درباره‌ی پیامدهای قابل اندازه‌گیری در کارآزمایی های کنترل‌دار مربوط به مراقبت‌های سوختگی" توسط گروهی از پژوهش‌گران با تجربه، در حوزه سوختگی، زیر نظر دکتر Young از کشور انگلستان در حال انجام می‌باشد. هدف نهایی از انجام این مطالعه، تهیه و تدوین مجموعه‌ای از پیامدهای اساسی (core outcome set (COS)) است که در گزارش کارآزمایی های شاهد‌دار تصادفی مربوط به مراقبت‌های سوختگی باید مور...

Randomised controlled trials.

Antibiotics and surgery for vesicoureteric reflux: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Aims: To evaluate the benefits and harms of treatments for vesicoureteric reflux in children. Methods: Meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials using a random effects model. Main outcome measures were incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI), new or progressive renal damage, renal growth, hypertension, and glomerular filtration rate. Results: Eight trials involving 859 evaluable children...

Antibiotics and surgery for vesicoureteric reflux: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

AIMS To evaluate the benefits and harms of treatments for vesicoureteric reflux in children. METHODS Meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials using a random effects model. Main outcome measures were incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI), new or progressive renal damage, renal growth, hypertension, and glomerular filtration rate. RESULTS Eight trials involving 859 evaluable childre...

Quality of randomised controlled trials

Editor—The Save European Science campaign (www.SaveEuropeanResearch.org) was launched on 9 December 2003 out of concern for the future of academic and investigator led research in Europe with the advent of the European Union clinical trials directive (see p 240). It was launched from a cancer platform but is inclusive in spirit and has already gained momentum in cardiology, dermatology, and psy...