Publications by authors named "Hugo Norberto Catalano"
Background And Purpose: The objective of our systematic review is to identify prognostic factors that may be used in decision-making related to the care of patients infected with COVID-19.
Data Sources: We conducted highly sensitive searches in PubMed/MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Embase. The searches covered the period from the inception date of each database until April 28, 2020.
Background: The purpose of this review is to examine the effect of Omega-3 Fatty acids on mortality, morbidity, and adverse events in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods: Data Sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library through May 2018.
Study Selection: Randomized Controlled trials (RCT).
Answering medical questions at the point of care: a cross-sectional study comparing rapid decisions based on PubMed and Epistemonikos searches with evidence-based recommendations developed with the GRADE approach.
BMJ Open
August 2017
Introduction: Using the best current evidence to inform clinical decisions remains a challenge for clinicians. Given the scarcity of trustworthy clinical practice guidelines providing recommendations to answer clinicians' daily questions, clinical decision support systems (ie, assistance in question identification and answering) emerge as an attractive alternative. The trustworthiness of the recommendations achieved by such systems is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhysicians are frequently faced with questions related to their patients’ care that they cannot answer. A vast number of randomised trials have tested a wide variety of behaviour-changing strategies designed to improve practitioners’ evidence utilisation, but systematic reviews have concluded that the effects are generally small and inconsistent. We conducted a randomised controlled trial to determine whether a question identification and solving system, using structured evidence summaries with recommendations, would change physician’s behavior related to the care of their hospitalised patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension (SOH) and recurrent reflex syncope (RRS) can be disabling. Midodrine has been proposed in the management of patients with these conditions but its impact on patient important outcomes remains uncertain. We performed a systematic review to evaluate the efficacy and safety of midodrine in patients with SOH and RRS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: There is limited high-quality evidence regarding the usefulness of bibliographic assistance in improving clinically important outcomes in hospitalised patients. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of providing attending physicians with bibliographic information to assist them in answering medical questions that arise during daily clinical practice.
Methods: All patients admitted to the Internal Medicine ward of Hospital Aleman in Buenos Aires between March and August 2010 were randomly assigned to one of two groups: intervention or control.
Context: Androgenetic alopecia is the most common form of alopecia in men.
Objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of finasteride therapy for patients with androgenetic alopecia.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Registers, and LILACS were searched for randomized controlled trials reported in any language that evaluated the efficacy and safety of finasteride therapy in comparison to treatment with placebo in adults with androgenetic alopecia.