(1) Clonazepam was added to the treatment of patients with poorly controlled epilepsy in a double-blind trial and an open trial.
(2) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.
(3) We report the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acitretin (Soriatane) in 15 patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.
(4) In a double-blind, crossover-designed study, 9 male subjects (age range: 18-25 years) received 25 mg orally, four times per day of either S or an identically-appearing placebo (P) 2 d prior to and during HA.
(5) In a randomized double-blind study, 40 patients with coronary heart disease received intravenously either 0.025 mg nitroglycerin or placebo.
(6) Eighty micrograms of the topically active parasympatholytic drug ipratropium were applied intranasally four times daily in 20 adults with perennial rhinitis and severe watery rhinorrhoea in a double-blind controlled cross-over trial.
(7) The effect of ipratropium bromide administered at two dosage levels, 40 and 80 mug, isoproterenol, 150 mug, and placebo using a metered dose inhaler was evaluated in ten adult patients with asthma in a double-blind, crossover study.
(8) The epidemiological effectiveness of dipyridamol, an interferon-inducing agent used for the prevention of influenza and viral acute respiratory diseases, was tested in 4 epidemiological trials, 3 of them carried out as double blind trials.
(9) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
(10) A randomised double-blind trial comparing this preparation with a so-called 'shotgun' combination containing 0.05% betamethasone 17-valerate, 0.1% gentamicin, 1.0% tolnaftate and 1.0% clioquinol in 288 patients in the Philippines resulted in a better efficacy for the diflucortolone preparation in the 80 patients with bacterially or mycotically infected skin diseases.
(11) Blinded outcomes of depression and cognition were measured initially and twice in each phase.
(12) Therefore, two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in 22 patients with perivalvular abscess found at surgery or necropsy were compared with those in 24 patients without abscess in a retrospective but blinded study.
(13) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(14) In a double-blind, randomized, within-patient comparative study, the efficacy and tolerability of Ro 14-9706 (an arotinoid methyl sulfone) in the treatment of actinic keratoses was compared with that of tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid).
(15) Eighteen adult epileptic patients under CBZ therapy were evaluated in this single-blind, randomized cross-over study.
(16) A total of 17 patients suffering from musculoskeletal disease were included in a double blind study to compare the efficacy and safety of piroxicam and indomethacin.
(17) Each subject applied a vehicle cream containing 0.075% capsaicin (Axsain, GalenPharma Inc.) to a 4 cm2 area of skin on one volar forearm and vehicle alone to an identical treatment area on the other forearm, according to a double-blind procedure.
(18) A prospective, double-blind study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of oral dexamethasone premedication in reducing a variety of side effects associated with metrizamide myelography.
(19) They then entered, on a randomized and double-blind basis, a cross-over trial of two 16-week periods, blood pressure being measured fortnightly.
(20) The design was a single-blind randomised controlled study.
Blinder
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, blinds.
(n.) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.
Example Sentences:
(1) We found recently that the mutation Arg189----His decreases the affinity of HCII for dermatan sulfate but not for heparin (Blinder, M. A., Andersson, T. R., Abildgaard, U., and Tollefsen, D. M. (1989) J. Biol.
(2) Despite the promise of a layered saga involving communism, the IRA and betting syndicates, not a great deal happens in Peaky Blinders .
(3) It's true that Putin – or rather his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov – played a blinder in September by seizing the initiative on Syria and turning the threat of a US attack on Damascus into a UN agreement on chemical weapons.
(4) Yeah, ha ha, the cheeky peaky blinders are leeching an extra grand and a half out of buyers just for accepting their offer on a property.
(5) Still and all – the Visit Scotland archive played a blinder this week.
(6) The Institute for Fiscal Studies played a blinder, as usual, pointing out the Treasury's sleights of hand and misrepresentations.
(7) Historical gangster epic Peaky Blinders was a double winner at the Bafta TV Craft Awards ceremony on Sunday night, where the BBC also took home awards for its Doctor Who specials commemorating the show's 50th anniversary and the special award for Strictly Come Dancing.
(8) With Fitch due to rule on Britain's AAA after the budget, Osborne needs to play a blinder.
(9) The rules of engagement, of course, specified an embargo on political questions, but co-host Adrian Chiles played an absolute blinder, never missing a chance to draw Tony (if Phil from Ipswich can call him Tony, I don't see why I shouldn't) into a discussion on a subject about which he actually knows something.
(10) In addition to Peaky Blinders' 1920s gangland epic, the BBC also has Quirke, an Andrew Davies adaptation of the John Banville novels.
(11) I learned early on not to listen to either critique – the people who love you or the people who don't like you … The best thing to do is just put on the blinders, write the book that you would want to read and hope that other people share your taste.
(12) The BBC pulled off a bit of a blinder with the iPlayer this year .
(13) The players were more interested in keeping up to date with Peaky Blinders, Keane reckoned, but with reports of Hull City being interested in O’Neill, they really should be.
(14) "Hi Lawrence, if you thought La Liga's fixture generator played a blinder with this final match of the season, how would you describe the conjuring up of the last round of matches in Argentina's top division last year?
(15) The casting here is absolutely key, and Disney needs to pull off a blinder akin to Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk , or Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy .
(16) Using the latest available figures – for the year to the end of June 2013 – Dr Scott Blinder, a specialist at Oxford University's Migration Observatory , calculates the difference between the number who arrived here to study and those departing who say that they originally came here to study at some 99,000.
(17) Peaky Blinders Sam Neil either shoots Grace or himself.
(18) Peaky Blinders Its producers will be wary of any "British Boardwalk Empire" comparisons, since calling The Hour the "British Mad Men" weighted expectations unflatteringly.
(19) Peaky Blinders Steven Knight is a writer with an unusual knack for coming up with quirky ideas that go improbably big: he created Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
(20) Tesco played a blinder and reached an accommodation with Unilever over the dispute, which was depressingly but predictably called Marmitegate.