JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Surgical site infection and the routine use of perioperative hyperoxia in a general surgical population: a randomized controlled trial.
Perioperative high inspired oxygen concentrations do not reduce surgical site infections – and may possibly increase infection incidence.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Intrathecal ziconotide in the treatment of refractory pain in patients with cancer or AIDS: a randomized controlled trial.
Ziconotide (formerly SNX-111) selectively blocks N-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels and may be effective in patients with pain that is refractory to opioid therapy or those with intolerable opioid-related adverse effects. ⋯ Intrathecal ziconotide provided clinically and statistically significant analgesia in patients with pain from cancer or AIDS.