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This prospective randomized controlled found small improvements in self-selected healthcare professionals' knowledge and understanding of the medical literature and appraisal skills with critical appraisal skills training.
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In individuals with SBP, one randomized controlled trial found that the administration of intravenous albumin on the day of admission and on the third day in hospital reduced both the rate of kidney insufficiency and the mortality rate.
However, two recent, randomized, controlled trials found that acupuncture was no better than control interventions in reduction of pain associated with fibromyalgia.
In addition, recent multicenter cohort and randomized controlled studies found that the additional diagnostic yield of BAL in combination with noninvasive tests is relatively low [ 6, 7].
By contrast, a Canadian randomized controlled trial found that if all patients presenting with back pain were referred to a specialist service, there was a small but significantly greater reduction in disability at six month follow-up [ 46].
Two recent randomized controlled studies found a remifentanil/propofol-based sedation regimen to be associated with shorter duration of mechanical ventilation and ICU stay compared with a conventional regimen [ 14, 15].
A more recent randomized, controlled study found some benefit of a yogurt containing Lactobacillus spp. and Streptococcus thermophilus in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and CDAD in patients over 50 years of age, although the applicability of the study has been questioned due to highly selective exclusion and inclusion criteria [ 69].
However, another randomized, controlled study found no significant association between vitamin D supplementation and respiratory infections (Li-Ng et al. 2009), and Urashima et al. (2010) reported no significant effect of vitamin D supplementation status and influenza B infection in school children.
One open-label, randomized, controlled trial found that full-dose doxycycline was significantly more effective in prevention of P. vivax, however the study was not powered to detect a difference between the two doses of doxycycline in preventing P. falciparum infections.
Only one randomized controlled study has found plasmapheresis to be beneficial 125; two controlled studies found no benefit 124, 127 and one found potential harm 126, indicating that the role of plasmapheresis for the treatment of acute ABMR remains under debate.
More than 30 randomized, controlled studies have found that exposure therapy and other cognitive behavioral therapies, most of which use exposure, are effective.
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