- The overall quality of evidence supporting interventions to reduce surgical site infection in adult heart surgery is poor. Studies used varying definitions for wound infection, which meant that it ...

The website for the 23rd Cochrane Colloquium, taking place in Vienna from 3-7 October 2015, is now live. Get the latest ...

Nearly half (47%) of all clinical trials remain unpublished. Whether a trial is published and how long it takes is influenced by whether there are positive results, how large the trial is and if it is ...

• Fenoldopam (a medicine that rapidly widens and relaxes blood vessels) probably reduces the risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) (a condition where the kidneys suddenly lose their ability to ...

Reduced heart function is a potentially fatal complication after heart surgery. A possible approach to prevent this complication is treatment with drugs that stimulate the contraction of the heart (so ...