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Blinding in randomized controlled trials in general and abdominal surgery: protocol for a systematic review and empirical study
BACKGROUND: Blinding is a measure in randomized controlled trials (RCT) to reduce detection and performance bias. There is evidence that lack of blinding leads to overestimated treatment effects. Because of the physical component of interventions, blinding is not easily applicable in surgical trials...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27012940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0226-4 |