Acute stroke intervention: a systematic review

S Prabhakaran, I Ruff, RA Bernstein - Jama, 2015‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acute ischemic stroke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the United
States. We review the latest data and evidence supporting catheter-directed treatment for …

Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience

KS Button, JPA Ioannidis, C Mokrysz… - Nature reviews …, 2013‏ - nature.com
A study with low statistical power has a reduced chance of detecting a true effect, but it is
less well appreciated that low power also reduces the likelihood that a statistically significant …

Colchicine in acute myocardial infarction

SS Jolly, MA d'Entremont, SF Lee, R Mian… - … England Journal of …, 2025‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background Inflammation is associated with adverse cardiovascular events. Data from
recent trials suggest that colchicine reduces the risk of cardiovascular events. Methods In …

Defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation

S Cheskes, PR Verbeek, IR Drennan… - … England Journal of …, 2022‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite advances in defibrillation technology, shock-refractory ventricular
fibrillation remains common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Double sequential external …

Guidelines for reporting trial protocols and completed trials modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other extenuating circumstances: the CONSERVE 2021 …

AM Orkin, PJ Gill, D Ghersi, L Campbell, J Sugarman… - Jama, 2021‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Extenuating circumstances can trigger unplanned changes to randomized trials
and introduce methodological, ethical, feasibility, and analytical challenges that can …

Bevacizumab for newly diagnosed pleural mesothelioma in the Mesothelioma Avastin Cisplatin Pemetrexed Study (MAPS): a randomised, controlled, open-label …

G Zalcman, J Mazieres, J Margery, L Greillier… - The Lancet, 2016‏ - thelancet.com
Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer with poor prognosis,
linked to occupational asbestos exposure. Vascular endothelial growth factor is a key …

Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics

S Freeman, SL Eddy, M McDonough, MK Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
To test the hypothesis that lecturing maximizes learning and course performance, we
metaanalyzed 225 studies that reported data on examination scores or failure rates when …

AGA clinical practice guideline on fecal microbiota–based therapies for select gastrointestinal diseases

AF Peery, CR Kelly, D Kao, BP Vaughn, B Lebwohl… - Gastroenterology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background & Aims Fecal microbiota–based therapies include conventional fecal microbiota
transplant and US Food and Drug Administration–approved therapies, fecal microbiota live …

Surgery for weight loss in adults

JL Colquitt, K Pickett, E Loveman… - Cochrane database of …, 2014‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background Bariatric (weight loss) surgery for obesity is considered when other treatments
have failed. The effects of the available bariatric procedures compared with medical …

Industry sponsorship and research outcome

A Lundh, J Lexchin, B Mintzes… - … of systematic reviews, 2017‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background Clinical research affecting how doctors practice medicine is increasingly
sponsored by companies that make drugs and medical devices. Previous systematic …