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PURPOSE: To review diverse tests that could serve as a screening tool for the dental community to identify patients with potential COVID-19. METHODS: Detailed automated searches of Medline, PubMed and EBM Review, including ACP Journal Club, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and the Cochrane Database of Systemat…

PURPOSE: To review the current data on retrograde ejaculation (RE) and ejaculatory dysfunction (EjD) after endoscopic and minimally invasive surgical treatment of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) and, their perceived impact in the quality of life (QoL) and sexual life of patients and their partners. METHODS: Narrati…

INTRODUCTION: Hamstring injuries are the most prevalent time-loss injuries in sport, mainly in those modalities characterized by high-intensity and short-term actions, especially accelerations and decelerations during high-speed running. Expanding the knowledge about this type of injury and its preventive programs coul…

AIMS: This review was designed to systematically examine studies that determine the breastfeeding attitudes of Syrian mothers, and factors influencing their breastfeeding behavior. METHODS: Studies published between 2010 and 2020 were examined using 'Syria OR Syrian mother OR Syrian refugee AND breastfeeding OR breast…

The purposes of this review were to appraise the current evidence on the management of orthodontically induced white spot lesions (OIWSLs) and to choose the best evidence from among conflicting systematic reviews. The published literature was searched from inception through November 2019 in 5 databases. Only systematic…

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections are among the more common types of nosocomial infection in Germany and are associated with catheters in more than 60% of cases. With increasing rates of antibiotic resistance worldwide, it is essential to distinguish catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria from catheter-associa…

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a form of systolic heart failure affecting young women toward the end of pregnancy or in the months following delivery. Incidence is higher in African-American women and in women with older maternal age, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and multiple gestation pregnancies. Symptoms of he…

Non-infectious uveitis is a heterogeneous collection of inflammatory eye diseases and is one of the most important causes of blindness among active adults in developed countries. Inflammation control is crucial in the prevention of ocular structural and functional damage. Regarding acute inflammatory control,…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the current state of published literature on communication skills teaching in urology to inform future directions for research and teaching. Excellent patient-physician communication skills increase understanding of medical conditions, facilitate shared decision-making regarding treatment planning,…

BACKGROUND: The recommendation that antibiotics should be used for routine therapy of travellers' diarrhoea is being reconsidered in view of growing evidence that the therapy may lead to intestinal carriage of multi-drug resistant (MDR) colonic microbiota. This review attempts to put the issues of therapy and MDR acqui…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to outline how search strategies can be systematic, to examine how the searches in recent systematic reviews in prosthodontic and implant-related journals were structured, and to determine whether the search strategies used in those articles were systematic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A…

BACKGROUND: Although use of standardized and scientifically sound outcome measures is highly encouraged in clinical practice and research, there is still no clear recommendation on which tools should be preferred for upper extremity assessment after stroke. As the aims, objectives and methodology of the existing review…

OBJECTIVES: To describe the use of systematic reviews or overviews (systematic reviews of systematic reviews) to synthesize quantitative evidence of intervention effects across multiple indications (multiple-indication reviews) and to highlight issues pertaining to such reviews. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: MEDLINE was s…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this consensus conference was to determine whether video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) improves clinical outcomes compared with conventional thoracotomy in patients undergoing surgery for pneumothorax, and to outline evidence-based recommendations for the use of VATS. METHODS: Before the c…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Though researched for years, the prognostic role of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) in gastric cancer is still controversial. We thus undertook a systematic review to assess the relationship. METHOD: A systematically literature search of Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, China B…

Previous case-control studies assessing the association between microsomal epoxide hydrolase 1 (EPHX1) T113C and susceptibility to lung cancer reported conflicting results. Thus, a systemic review and meta-analysis of published studies were performed to assess the possible association. PubMed and Embase databases were…

Ionizing radiation is the most recognized risk factor for meningioma in pediatric long-term cancer survivors. Information in this rare setting is exceptional. We report the clinical and cytogenetic findings in a radiation-induced atypical meningioma following treatment for desmoplastic medulloblastoma in a child. This…

BACKGROUND: Primary meningeal melanocytoma is a rare neurological disorder. Although it may occur at the base of the brain, it is extremely rare at the anterior cranial fossa. CASE PRESENTATION: A 27-year-old man presented with headache and diplopia at our department. Fundoscopy showed left optic nerve atrophy and rig…

A major concern to the inclusion in systematic reviews of studies originating in China and published in Chinese journals refers to the quality of study reporting. In this systematic survey of randomized trials, we compared the characteristics of studies published in Chinese journals with those of studies published in W…

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are essential to summarize evidence relating to efficacy and safety of health care interventions accurately and reliably. The clarity and transparency of these reports, however, is not optimal. Poor reporting of systematic reviews diminishes their value to clinicians, policy makers,…