Placebo or intervention? Is it all a sham?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-75

  Sites, B D ^a   Neal, J M ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE PAIN; NERVE INJURY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PNEUMOTHORAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHAM PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79251644666     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06602.x     Document Type: Editorial

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