… A Cohen’s d that quantifies the difference between experimental and control groups of 2.0
corresponds to an R square of .50 (ie, 50% of the variance in the change in the outcome is …

Background There are conflicting data on the effects of antipsychotic medications on delirium
in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods In a randomized, double-blind, placebo…

Background Delirium during critical illness results from numerous insults, which might be
interconnected and yet individually contribute to long-term cognitive impairment. We sought to …

… Thompson and Chandrasekhar contributed to statistical analysis. Drs. Marra and Brummel …
We used R (Version 3.1.2; R Project for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria) for all analyses…

Rationale: The prevalence of frailty (diminished physiologic reserve) and its effect on
outcomes for those aged 18 years and older with critical illness is unclear. Objectives: We …

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) has evolved as a minimally
invasive alternative to open radical cystectomy for patients with invasive bladder cancer. …

Water contamination, at source and during household storage, is a major cause of enterically
transmitted infections in developing countries. This study assessed contamination of the …

Objectives: Delirium assessments in critically ill infants and young children pose unique
challenges due to evolution of cognitive and language skills. The objectives of this study were to …

Delay to formalin fixation may invalidate hormone receptors and HER2 analyses. Invalid
results of tumor markers could significantly alter the type of adjuvant therapy a patient receives …

… The scores of each image rated by two radiologists are shown in [r ;r ]. (a) The straight line
(left) is roughly parallel to the pectoral margin but not exactly on it. This is corrected in curve …