Practice misalignments in randomized controlled trials: Identification, impact, and potential solutions

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 444-450

  Deans, Katherine J ^a   Minneci, Peter C ^a,b   Danner, Robert L ^c   Eichacker, Peter Q ^c   Natanson, Charles ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVACETYLMETHADOL; METHADONE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG INJURY; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 77955109235     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181aa8903     Document Type: Article

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