BACKGROUND Little is known about the effects of chemotherapy on cognitive function. The purposes of this metaanalysis were to estimate the effect sizes for the effect of chemotherapy on each domain of cognitive function and to differentiate effect sizes by each method of comparison of effects (i.e., normative data, control group, or baseline data). METHODS Sixteen studies that evaluated cogni...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of phenobarbitone in the management of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia during first two weeks of life in preterm neonates. DESIGN Meta-analysis. METHODS A study was eligible for inclusion in the metaanalysis if it randomized preterm neonates into control and treatment groups. Standard search strategy of the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group was used. For categori...

Aim of this study is to compare different experimental paradigms and determine parameters suitable for conducting a neurophysiological experiment with visual stimuli assess foreign language proficiency providing further time series analysis electrical brain activity reveal specific biomarkers. Methods. This paper explores the possibilities limitations various studies using metaanalysis paradigm...

Wan S, Quinlan DJ, Agnelli G, et al. Thrombolysis compared with heparin for the initial treatment of pulmonary embolism: a metaanalysis of the randomized controlled trials. Circulation 2004;110:744–9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Briel M, Studer M, Glass TR, et al. Effects of statins on stroke prevention in patients with and without coronary heart disease: a metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Med 2004;117:596–606. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

PURPOSE Unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma represents a devastating illness with poor outcomes when treated with standard systemic therapies. Several smaller nonrandomized outcomes studies have been reported for such patients undergoing transarterial therapies. A metaanalysis was performed to assess primary clinical and imaging outcomes, as well as complication rates, following transa...