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Biography Historical Article
Affan Hamakhan Jafar: treating trauma in northern Iraq.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Mechanical supports for acute, severe ankle sprain: a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.
Severe ankle sprains are a common presentation in emergency departments in the UK. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of three different mechanical supports (Aircast brace, Bledsoe boot, or 10-day below-knee cast) compared with that of a double-layer tubular compression bandage in promoting recovery after severe ankle sprains. ⋯ National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intensive insulin therapy for patients in paediatric intensive care: a prospective, randomised controlled study.
Critically ill infants and children often develop hyperglycaemia, which is associated with adverse outcome; however, whether lowering blood glucose concentrations to age-adjusted normal fasting values improves outcome is unknown. We investigated the effect of targeting age-adjusted normoglycaemia with insulin infusion in critically ill infants and children on outcome. ⋯ Research Foundation (Belgium); Research Fund of the University of Leuven (Belgium) and the EU Information Society Technologies Integrated project "CLINICIP"; and Institute for Science and Technology (Belgium).