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PURPOSE: This study was intended to integrate the evidence of home care service intervention for mothers and children in vulnerable groups through an integrative literature review. METHODS: We searched the MEDLINE (PubMED), EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, DBpia databases. The quality of…

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) complicated by refractory cardiogenic shock is a challenging clinical problem, as treatment with inotropic agents and/or vasopressors is contraindicated. We illustrate this by a patient presenting with chest pain and shortness of breath caused by TTS complicated by cardiogenic shock requiring m…

Predatory open access is a controversial publishing business model that exploits the open-access system by charging publication fees in the absence of transparent editorial services. The credibility of academic publishing is now seriously threatened by predatory journals, whose articles are accorded real citations and…

OBJECTIVES: The primary purpose of this systematic review is to examine the extant resistance training (RT) cancer research to evaluate the proportion of RT interventions that: (1) implemented key RT training principles (specificity, progression, overload) and (2) explicitly reported relevant RT prescription components…

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the effects of exercise therapy on the health-related QOL of people with knee osteoarthritis. [Subjects] Four databases (PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Liter…

INTRODUCTION: The present meta-analysis aimed to investigate whether there is an association between SERPINE1 rs1799768 polymorphism and sepsis risk and mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Published reports were searched in PubMed, PubMed Central, Gene, PubChem and Google Scholar. Odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95%…

The aim was to update a systematic review of pulp capping and partial pulpotomy by Olsson et al. (2006), by evaluating new evidence on formation of a hard tissue barrier after pulp capping and partial pulpotomy of experimental exposures in humans. PubMed (01-01-2005 to 01-03-2014) and CENTRAL were searched using s…

Transection methods and hemostasis achievement have an impact on blood loss, and consequently on outcome and survival. However, no consensus exists on parenchymal transection or hemostasis techniques in laparoscopic liver resection (LLR). The aim of this review is to clarify the role of energy devices (ED) in LLR. ED i…

BACKGROUND: Keloids have been treated by using radiation for over a century, and it is currently suggested that keloids are best treated by a combination of surgery and postoperative radiation therapy, although randomized controlled trials testing this are still lacking. However, plastic surgeons tend to avoid radiatio…

In addition to maintaining the GenBank(R) nucleic acid sequence database, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides data analysis and retrieval resources for the data in GenBank and other biological data made available through NCBI's Web site. NCBI resources include Entrez, PubMed, PubMed Centra…

BACKGROUND: Peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC) associated bloodstream infections is a type of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), the purpose of this scoping review was to analyse and summarize the risk prediction models for PICC-CLABSI to provide insights for clinical nursing pra…

OBJECTIVE: Diabetes insipidus (DI) can be classified into 2 types: central/neurogenic DI and nephrogenic DI. Most cases of central DI occur after brain surgery, trauma, tumor, or infection. Here we report a rare case of familial central DI due to a heterozygousgene mutation. METHODS: A case of familial neurogenic DI h…

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Nearly 85% of all lung cancers are diagnosed at a late stage, with an associated five-year survival rate of 4%. Malignant central airway obstruction and malignant pleural effusions occur in upwards of 30% of these patients. Many of these pa…

PURPOSE: Chiari malformation (CM) type-1 frequently causes obstructive or central sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in both adults and children, although SDB is relatively rare as a presenting manifestation in the absence of other neurological symptoms. The definitive treatment of symptomatic CM is surgical decompressio…

The association between central sensitivity syndrome (CSS) and sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) demonstrates the need for assessment tools that quantify the physical and psychological alterations observed in these two conditions in order to generate multidisciplinary treatments and establish their effectiveness. Th…

OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to determine the effects of joint manual therapy (MT) on central sensitization (CS) in individuals with Chronic low back pain (CLBP). METHODS: A systematic search was performed in PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Embase/Ovid, CINHAL, CENTRAL, Web of Science and PEDRO, clinicaltrials.go…

Venous access devices can be categorized based on the termination site of the tip of the catheter into central and peripheral access devices. Selecting the type of venous access device depends on various factors, including the condition of the patient, the anticipated duration of therapy, the use of vesicant or hyperos…

BACKGROUND: Birth asphyxia leads to about 4 million neonatal deaths every year around the globe. But, the pooled prevalence of asphyxia was not yet collated in East and Central African countries. Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the pooled prevalence of perinatal asphyxia in Central an…

BACKGROUND: Despite therapeutic progress, haemophilic arthropathy persists due to recurrent haemarthrosis. With joint preservation as a central objective, sensitive and standardised biomarkers are needed. OBJECTIVES: To review molecular biomarkers of inflammation, joint and bone diseases in people with haemophilia (Pw…

BACKGROUND: Radiofrequency (RF) devices are widely used for noninvasive facial rejuvenation, but evidence on patient-centered outcomes remains heterogeneous and variably reported. OBJECTIVES: To synthesize evidence on the aesthetic, safety, tolerability, and psychological outcomes of RF treatments for facial rejuvenat…