… on pain—an important clinical topic—we conducted a meta-analysis of randomized
controlled studies among adult patients with cancer published between 1966 and 2010. …

… By performing this analysis on eight studies including 341 patients with a mean follow-up
time of 26±15 months (range, 6–55), the pooled event rate for re-bleeding increased to 45% (95…

… In summary, this meta-analysis is able to demonstrate a modest but a clear benefit of
patient-based educational interventions on cancer pain, but is not able to determine the optimum …

… management of pain and disability in patients with sciatica. Until this changes, we would advise
clinicians treating such patients … pain57-59 and for other patients with sciatica to consider …

… Methods: We performed a statistical meta-analysis of 23 randomized … 2024 patients who
received psychosocial treatment vs 1156 control subjects. The psychosocially treated patients …

… a much larger number of patients would be needed. However, in our meta-analysis, we were
able … These showed that intervention patients lived longer, with a reduced amount of time in …

… This meta-analysis suggests that a preemptive targeted approach to the management of …
the perioperative period may reduce morbidity and mortality for high-risk surgical patients. …

… The purpose of this study was to compare the critical care outcomes of surgical fixation to
nonoperative management in patients with flail chest injuries using pooled data from …

… meta-analysis of critically ill adult patients treated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, we
found that, although most patients … about half of the patients were successfully liberated from …

… patients that underwent a single‐ and multiple‐detectors CTPA, respectively. The 3‐month
thromboembolic risks in patients … the proportion of patients diagnosed with subsegmental PE …