OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of high-intensity statin therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). DESIGN A systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing high-intensity statin therapy (atorvastatin 80 mg or rosuvastatin 20/40 mg) with moderate/mild statin treatment or placebo were derived from the databases (PubMed...

OBJECTIVES To identify non-inferiority trials within a cohort where the experimental therapy is the same as the active control comparator but at a reduced intensity and determine if these non-inferiority trials of reduced intensity therapies have less favourable results than other non-inferiority trials in the cohort. Such a finding would provide suggestive evidence of biocreep in these trials....

Homogeneous target dose distribution in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for sinonasal cancer (SNC) is challenging to achieve. To solve this problem, we established and evaluated a basal-dose-compensation (BDC) optimization approach, in which the treatment plan is further optimized based on the initial plans. Generally acceptable initial IMRT plans for thirteen patients were created and ...

Current treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED) such as phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is) and intracavernosal injections (ICI) therapy, such a symptom therapy used as on demanded before sexual intercourse, the clinical efficacy reached to 80%, with mild side effects, however, such a symptom therapy could not restore pathological changes in the penis. Low-energy shock wave therapy (L...

Large controlled clinical trials have demonstrated reductions with statin therapy in cardiovascular events in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes and stable coronary heart disease and individuals at high risk of a cardiovascular event. In trials of acute coronary syndromes and stable coronary heart disease, high-intensity statin therapy is more effective in the prevention of recur...

  ABSTRACTBackground : In order to quantify effects of ultrasound irradiation parameters under therapeutic condition, especially sonodynamic therapy, it is initially necessary to evaluate inertial cavitation activity in vitro conditions therefore, in this study, the effect of 1 MHz low level ultrasound based on °OH radicals generated by acoustic inertial cavitation in aqueous solution was monit...

This article was accepted/or publication january 3, 1992 T his paper describes a survey of 24 managers of occupational therapy in pediatric rehabilitation and acute care hospitals regarding treatment frequency and intensity for inpatients. Questions related to availability of therapy on weekends, average length of a treatment session, and general policies regarding treatment intensity are explo...