Hidden evidence to the West: Multicentre, randomised, controlled trials in sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome in Japanese journals

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 911-917

  Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a   Uchino, Shigehiko ^a   Naka, Toshio ^a   Wan, Li ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Evidence based medicine; Outcome; Randomised, controlled trial; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SIVELESTAT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRONICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; LIBRARY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PERIODICALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEPSIS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SULFONAMIDES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 2442567973     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2196-6     Document Type: Review

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