Global Update Indian Pediatrics 2007; 44:398 |
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The modern day medical research can be less time and effort consuming using the internet resources. The information for bibliographic databases, funding of the desired research, registries for registration of patients, randomization, data collection, analysis and publication are all available online. Summary of Internet resources for Clinical Trials Bibliographic Databases National Library of Medicine – Medline http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi The Cochrane Collaboration–The Cochrane Library http://www.cochranelibrary.com Funding Information Canadian Institutes of Health Research http://www.cihr.gc.ca US National Institutes of Health http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm UK Medical Research Council http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index/funding.htm Clinical Trial Registries National Institutes of Health – Clinical Trials.gov http://www.clinicaltrials.gov Current Controlled Trials - metaRegister of Controlled Trials http://www.controlled-trials.com Internet Randomization Services Randomization.com http://www.randomization.com Online Analysis and Sample Size Calculation Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis–SISA http://home.clara.net/sisa/index.htm Statpages.net http://statpages.org/ Thus the internet may serve to enhance the speed of research and thus may lead to faster application of research accomplishments into clinical practice. Sidharth Kumar Sethi, |