If the practice is randomised to intervention program the study centre invites the trainer to a special course lasting 8 hours.
If the patient is randomised to RIC, the blood supply to the lower limb is occluded by inflation of the tourniquet to 250 mm Hg in four cycles of 5 min, separated by 5 min of deflation to allow free blood flow.
Secondly, they reviewed the corresponding publications in full text to assess if studies met the inclusion criteria that is, randomised controlled trials that directly compared carotid endarterectomy with carotid artery stenting; had stroke or death, or both as end points; and had at least 30 days of follow-up.
If patients are randomised to no surgery they are subsequently randomised to carboplatin and paclitaxel or carboplatin/paclitaxel and bevacizumab.
All prospective, randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs) were included if they were randomised studies of BV injections at acupoints as the sole treatment, or as an adjunct to other treatments if the control group received the same treatment as the BVA group.
For example, if patients are randomised and then are assigned to a therapist, therapist would be considered post-randomisation clustering.
Study selection: Studies were included if they were randomised comparisons of loop or thiazide diuretics and control, or one diuretic and another active agent (e.g. ACE inhibitors, ibopamine and digoxin).
Studies were included if they were randomised trials of a structured exercise intervention (versus usual care) for participants with coronary heart disease and reported at least one of cardiovascular mortality, total mortality, myocardial infarction or revascularisation outcomes.
Studies were eligible if they were randomised controlled trials with at least one arm that compared exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation to usual care, and which reported at least one of the following outcomes: total mortality, cardiovascular mortality, myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Studies will be included if they are randomised trials.
