Báo cáo y học: " Minimal acupuncture is not a valid placebo control in randomised controlled trials of acupuncture: a physiologist''''''''s perspective" pps

... Access Commentary Minimal acupuncture is not a valid placebo control in randomised controlled trials of acupuncture: a physiologist's perspective Iréne Lund 1 , Jan Näslund 1 and Thomas Lundeberg* 2 Address: ... interventions as simple &apos ;placebo& apos; controls was misleading and scientifi- cally unacceptable [10]. Effects of minimal acupuncture...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... Universitario de Valladolid. Avenida Ramón y Cajal 3. 47005. Valladolid. Spain. 3 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Valladolid. Avenida Ramón y Cajal ... post- operative PaO 2 values were not associated with an incr eased risk of SSI either by univariate or mult ivariate analysis (Table 1). The 30-day mortality rate was similar in bo...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... from some of these trials are available and confirm the safety and efficacy of PCT guidance. In summary, all these data from randomized clinical trials are good news for ICU physicians, despite ... Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG: Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adult...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... patients. In ammation favours AF in the general population, and there is a growing body of evidence that in ammation also plays a role in AF occurring after cardiac surgery but also in the general ... developed AF and this arrhythmia was signifi cantly associated with increased ICU length of stay without a ecting mortality. Interestingly, they reported a signifi - cant...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:20

... et al. [28] pursued a meta-analysis of NAT expression and sug- gested that RNA degradation by dsRNA formation is not a predominant route of gene regulation in Arabidopsis thal- iana. Additionally, ... 2003, 21:379-386. 4. Katayama S, Tomaru Y, Kasukawa T, Waki K, Nakanishi M, Nakamura M, Nishida H, Yap CC, Suzuki M, Kawai J, et al.: Antisense tran- scription in the mammalian...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 16:21

... osis of coronary artery disease and the statin is not always started before operation, especially in the urgent or Table 2 Study Population and results of bnivariate analysis of statin groups All ... study design, manuscript preparation, and presentation at national meeting. DAD assisted in study design and statistical analysis. KAS developed the database and performed statistic...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... superficial surface of the affected palmar fascia including a surrounding area of normal appearing fascia was widely exposed. The diseased part was subsequently resected with a cuff of normal appearing ... For example, several members of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway are mutated in a variety of human malignancies [23-27]. Normally, in the absence of a 'canonical'...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:20

... toolbox. Statistical analyses The behavioral effects of WM load (0-, 1- and 2- back tasks) and group (patients and controls) were statisti- cally evaluated using a repeated measures analysis (ANOVA general ... underlying affected mechan- isms in this disease. Specifically, our aim is to analyze the pattern of activation, as seen in the P300 amplitude, of the SZ brain as a func...

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... chemical- induc ed lung carcinogenesis; that not all types of airway inflammation influence lung carcinogenesis; and that a mechanistic link between asthma and lung cancer may not exist. Most cases of ... not impact chemical-induced carcinogenesis of the airways. These findings suggest that not all types of airway inflammation influence lung carcinogenesis and cast doubt on...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... similar in statin and nonstatin patients (P = 0.96 and P = 0.21, respectively). Regression analyses In univariable analysis, statin exposure, increasing age, higher admission APACHE II and admission ... statin administration. b New hepatic failure on the day of or after the first day of statin administration (defined as hepatic SOFA score ≥3) or an increase of bilirubin by ≥1.5 time...

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