Abstract

SIERRA, ANA CAROLINA et al. Colaboración Cochrane Iberoamericana-Colombia región Antioquia y viejo Caldas. Identificación y descripción de los ensayos clínicos controlados publicados durante el período 1948 -1998. Iatreia [online]. 2002, vol.15, n.3, pp.143-163. ISSN 0121-0793.

Objective: To locate with the highest possible exhaustiveness and then to describe the clinical trials (CT) with random distribution published in the region. This information may allow a larger knowledge of this type of scientific activity, and constitute the departure base for the tasks of the Cochrane Ibero-American Collaboration. Methodology: Manual search of possible controlled clinical trials in the main titles of medical journals in the region. Results: 23 publications were reviewed, in which 53 controlled clinical trials and three randomised clinical trials were found. Conclusions: This is a pioneer work in Antioquia and old Caldas in the search for controlled clinical trials in the main publications between 1948-1998; this work is part of the study ''Identification of controlled clinical studies and meta-analysis in Colombian health magazines 1948-1998'', started with the goal of creating a Latin American database specialized in clinical trials, and in this way to be able to compete with the international indexes.

Keywords : COLABORACIÓN COCHRANE LATINOAMERICANA; ENSAYOS CLÍNICOS CONTROLADOS; MEDICINA BASADA EN LA EVIDENCIA.

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