The ‘Research Reviews’ Category

This month’s selection includes an investigation into the impact of a rapid response team on code and mortality rates in hospitals, particularly outside the ICU. We have also included a paper showing that in a sample of Danish RCTs there was a trend for inconsistent reporting of statistical methodology between protocols and journal publications, raising the possibility that if this investigation’s findings are representative of RCTs in general, our bases for making important clinical decisions may not be as robust as we had thought.We hope you find this month’s issue stimulating reading, and we welcome your [...]

This month’s selection includes an investigation of simvastatin plus ezetimibe in aortic stenosis that not only failed to demonstrate any notable benefit, but surprisingly was found to be associated with an increased incidence of cancer. We also get a view of how cause-specific deaths can be quite variable among regions in NZ, and a small Russian study has reported data indicating that the old antihistamine dimebolin may be poised to make a comeback for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

This study compared the use of 2 different clopidogrel regimens in patients with stable angina undergoing elective coronary angiography (CAG). 1028 patients were evenly randomised [...]

Welcome to the the fifteenth issue of GP Research Review. This edition features a couple of papers that investigate treatment for gout; one reports beneficial outcomes from the use of corticosteroid therapy as a first treatment choice [...]

In this edition Dr Sisira Jayathissa includes a series of articles focused on cardiovascular disease. These articles include several looking at different patient groups with diabetes and the investigation of varied treatment regimens. This issue also features the much anticipated ENHANCE trial looking at the use of ezetimibe and simvastatin on the progression of atherosclerosis [...]