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New abstracts from Critical Care
Critical Care has published the abstracts from the Fifth International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine for Latin America. São Paulo, Brazil. 24-27 June 2009.
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	Some published trials omit pre-randomization data Trials 2009, 10:52 Although most trials published in six major journals reported post-randomization participant flow in line with the CONSORT guidelines, many reports omitted pre-randomization data, with 40% not including numbers assessed for eligibility.
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	Drosophila transcription start sites Genome Biology 2009, 10:R73 A map of transcription start sites across the Drosophila genome, providing insights into initiation patterns and spatiotemporal conditions.
	Erythropoietin boosts brain power BMC Biology 2009, 7:37 Healthy young mice treated with erythropoietin show lasting improved performance in learning and attention tasks.
	Postoperative fluid restriction may be harmful Trials 2009, 10:50 Intravenous fluid restriction following major abdominal surgery may increase serious postoperative complications and length of hospital stay, finds a randomised controlled trial, terminated prematurely following interim analysis.

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PTPRJ mutation (Rodolfo Iuliano, 08Jul2009)
Buffart et al. in this paper affirm that they found a mutation (Glu836Asp) in PTPRJ gene. They reported the sequence of the region surrounding the mutation and, indeed, the... read full comment

Comment on: Buffart TE et al. BMC Medical Genomics, 2:39
Validating findings of qualitative and quantitative research (Arshad Altaf, 07Jul2009)
Naeem Hasan Saleem, Arshad Altaf In reference to the article published in June 2009 issue of HRJ by Adnan A Khan and colleagues titled Large sharing networks and unusual... read full comment

Comment on: Khan AA et al. Harm Reduction Journal, 6:13
Trend assesment by comparison with a Cancer Registry (Paolo Contiero, 05Jul2009)
I have carefully read the paper, interesting because present a method to estimates breast cancer incidence, a so important topic for health service planning and primary prevention... read full comment

Comment on: Piscitelli PM et al. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 28:86

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