A Comparison of Handsearching Versus EMBASE Searching of the Bahrain Medical Bulletin to Identify Reports of Randomized Controlled Trials

RE: a comparison of handsearching versus EMBASE searching of the Annals of Saudi Medicine to identify reports of randomized controlled trials.

A comparison of handsearching versus MEDLINE searching to identify reports of randomized controlled trials.

This study aims to compare handsearching to a basic MEDLINE search for the identification of reports of randomized trials in specialized health care journals. Twenty-two specialized health care journals, published in the U.K., were handsearched for all reports of controlled trials (as defined by the Cochrane Collaboration). The reports of trials, which were judged to be definitely randomized, w...

A comparison of handsearching versus embase searching of the archives of Iranian medicine to identify reports of randomized controlled trials.

t is increasingly recognized that health care decision-making around the world needs to be informed by high quality and timely research evidence. The randomized controlled trial (RCT) has long been considered the “gold standard” in the hierarchy of evidence; randomized trials, involving sufficient numbers of participants, are essential to distinguish reliably between the effects of health care ...

Comparison of airway complications following deep and awake extubation in children under general anesthesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction: Considering that the complications of extubation in children are much more and more dangerous than in adults and there is no comprehensive and sufficient data that can be cited based on the studies conducted, the present study aims to compare airway complications Two methods of deep and awake extubation were performed in children under general anesthesia. Methods: This systemati...

Efficacy of Food Fortification with Vitamin D in Iranian Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

There are a number of reports showing high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D across Iran. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether food fortification with vitamin D has the potential to increase serum 25(OH)D concentrations in Iranian people. MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for randomized controlled clinical trials involving...