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INTRODUCTION: The liver, lungs, and kidneys are all parenchymal organs and are useful targets for indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence. We created a consensus statement on the appropriate use and precautions for ICG in liver, lung, and kidney surgery. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive literature search and questio…

BACKGROUND: Some new progress and evidence have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric acute infectious diarrhea since the publication of the "Chinese clinical practice guidelines for acute infectious diarrhea in children" (2018 edition guidelines). The updated "Chinese clinical practice guidel…

BACKGROUND: Co-design with consumers and healthcare professionals is widely used in applied health research. While this approach appears to be ethically the right thing to do, a rigorous evaluation of its process and impact is frequently missing. Evaluation of research co-design is important to identify areas of improv…

Systematic reviews have quantified the effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness of digital health technologies (DHTs) used by health-care workers. We aimed to collate available evidence on technologies' effect on health-care workers' competencies and performance. We searched the Cochrane Databa…

BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after trauma. While PTSD management strategies include first-line pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, mind-body therapies, such as yoga, are applied in the PTSD population. This overview aimed to summarize the effectiveness of yoga interventions on PTSD symptoms…

BACKGROUND: Selenium is an essential nutrient with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immuno-regulatory properties. Studies have displayed that in critically ill patients, selenium supplementation may be a potentially promising adjunctive therapy. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to present an overview of the effects of selenium…

Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is common after solid organ transplantation (SOT) and associated with increased morbidity and mortality for allograft recipients. Despite the significant burden of disease, there is a paucity of literature with regards to detection, prevention and management. Evidence from the g…

BACKGROUND: While there is an ample literature on the evaluation of knowledge translation interventions aimed at healthcare providers, managers, and policy-makers, there has been less focus on patients and their informal caregivers. Further, no overview of the literature on dissemination strategies aimed at healthcare…

AIMS: To evaluate the methodological quality of systematic reviews (SRs), and summarize evidence of important outcomes from dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4-I) in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: We included SRs of DPP4-I for the treatment of T2DM until January, 2018 by searching the Cochrane…

UNLABELLED: We conducted a systematic review of guidelines on the management of low back pain (LBP) to assess their methodological quality and guide care. We synthesized guidelines on the management of LBP published from 2005 to 2014 following best evidence synthesis principles. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Psy…

Over the past decade, the emergence of mindfulness meditation as a self-regulation practice has led to a substantial body of evidence on the use of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for insomnia and sleep disturbances. This literature has matured with several randomized controlled trials now published and a number…

Published research should be reported to evidence users with clarity and transparency that facilitate optimal appraisal and use of evidence and allow replication by other researchers. Guidelines for such reporting are available for several types of studies but not for meta-epidemiological methodology studies. Meta-epid…

Hyperglycemia of inpatients will increase the incidence of complications, mortality and medical cost, meanwhile prolong the course of hospitalization. A consensus on hyperglycemia management target in adult inpatients is proposed by experts of the Chinese Society of Endocrinology in order to control hyperglycemia of in…

This article presents the proceedings of the 2012 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference breakout group charged with identifying areas necessary for future research regarding effectiveness of educational interventions for teaching emergency medicine (EM) knowledge, skills, and attitudes outside of the clinica…

In the last few years there has been a growing interest in the development of guidelines for care. The most important aim of these guidelines is to improve the quality of care by changing the daily practice of physicians in the desired direction. Therefore besides the scientific basis of guidelines, emphasis should be…

OBJECTIVES: To critically synthesize and evaluate the clinical outcomes, complications, material-specific performance, and methodological quality associated with lithium (di)silicate-based single crowns, in light of current systematic reviews. DATA/SOURCES: MEDLINE via Ovid, Embase via Ovid, Trip Pro Medical Database,…

AIMS: To summarize the evidence from systematic reviews (SRs) of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy and safety of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors versus placebo or active comparators for type 2 diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched six databases between 2014 a…

INTRODUCTION: The evidence on COVID-19 is being produced at high speed, so it is challenging for decision-makers to keep up. It seems appropriate, then, to put into practice a novel approach able to provide the scientific community and other interested parties with quality evidence that is actionable, and rapidly and e…