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Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials : is blinding necessary?
Alejandro R. Jadad,R. A. Moore,Dawn Carroll,C. Jenkinson,David Reynolds,David J. Gavaghan,Henry J McQuay +6 more
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An instrument to assess the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in pain research is described and its use to determine the effect of rater blinding on the assessments of quality is described.About:
This article is published in Controlled Clinical Trials.The article was published on 1996-02-01. It has received 15740 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Blinding & Jadad scale.read more
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Does Locoregional Radiation Therapy Improve Survival in Breast Cancer? A Meta-Analysis
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Impact of Resistance Training on Blood Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for chronic wounds
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Ketamine as adjuvant analgesic to opioids: a quantitative and qualitative systematic review.
TL;DR: It is concluded that small dose ketamine is a safe and useful adjuvant to standard practice opioid-analgesia.
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