- The overall quality of evidence supporting interventions to reduce surgical site infection in adult heart surgery is poor. Studies used varying definitions for wound infection, which meant that it ...

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Nearly half (47%) of all clinical trials remain unpublished. Whether a trial is published and how long it takes is influenced by whether there are positive results, how large the trial is and if it is ...

• Fenoldopam (a medicine that rapidly widens and relaxes blood vessels) probably reduces the risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) (a condition where the kidneys suddenly lose their ability to ...

Reduced heart function is a potentially fatal complication after heart surgery. A possible approach to prevent this complication is treatment with drugs that stimulate the contraction of the heart (so ...

证据表明，捐赠的母乳可降低极早产或极低出生体重儿约一半的NEC风险。对出院前的晚发性侵袭性感染或全因死亡率可能影响很小或没有影响。 当母乳不足时，捐赠母乳或配方奶粉是极早产或极 ...

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– Taking high doses (more than 1000 mg) of calcium supplements during pregnancy may lead to slightly fewer babies being born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. There was possibly no difference in unwanted ...

Perineal HAase injection during the second stage of labour may result in a lower incidence of perineal trauma (tears or episiotomy, or both) compared with no intervention, but not compared with ...

Prophylactic TXA in addition to standard care during caesarean birth results in little to no difference in estimated blood loss ≥ 1000 mL and likely results in a slight reduction in calculated blood ...

Compared to placebo, galantamine (when given at a total dose of 16 mg to 24 mg/day) slows the decline in cognitive function, functional ability, and behaviour at six months in people with dementia due ...