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Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognitive decline. Elevations in blood pressure (BP) leading to HTN can be found in young adults with increased prevalence as people age. Oats are known to decrease CVD risk via an established effect of β-glucan on the attenuation of b…

OBJECTIVE: To conduct an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews about treatment alternatives for children and/or adolescents with enuresis. SOURCES: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews about interventions for enuresis in children/adolescents was developed between September/2021 and December/2021. The protocol…

BACKGROUND: The main objective was to determine the incidence, management, and outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus nosocomial infection (RSVNI) outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units. METHODS: A comprehensive search of RSVNI in 9 databases was conducted from January 1, 2000 to May 1, 2021, of which the Cochran…

The aim of this bibliometric research was to identify and analyze the top 100 cited systematic reviews in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery in order to guide any professional level with interest in this topic and to map the current trends the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Using the Web of Science d…

(1) Background: The aim of this study is to provide a better understanding of the requirements to improve routine health information systems (RHISs) for the management of health systems, including the identification of best practices, opportunities, and challenges in the 53 countries and territories of the WHO European…

INTRODUCTION: Self-directed and interpersonal violence among people with severe mental illness has become a health priority. Though non-pharmacological interventions have been investigated, to our knowledge, no summary of all systematic reviews on this topic has been reported. We will conduct a rapid overview of review…

Here we provide a comprehensive meta-analysis to summarize and appraise the quality of the current evidence on the associations of tea drinking in relation to cancer risk. PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched up to June 2020. We reanalyzed the individual prospective studies focu…

The characterization and treatment of oligometastatic disease (OMD) are rapidly growing areas of research. Consensus statements have recently been developed by European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and ESTRO/European Organization for Research and Treatmen…

Osteoarthritis (OA) is considered one of the most common joint disorders worldwide and its prevalence is constantly increasing due to the global longevity and changes in eating habits and lifestyle. In this context, the role of gut microbiota (GM) in the pathogenesis of OA is still unclear. Perturbation of GM biodivers…

BACKGROUND: The most manifest long-term consequences of radiation therapy in the head and neck cancer patient are salivary gland hypofunction and a sensation of oral dryness (xerostomia). METHODS: This critical review addresses the consequences of radiation injury to salivary gland tissue, the clinical management of s…

OBJECTIVES: To provide a comprehensive systematic overview of current evidence from pooled analyses/meta-analyses and systematic reviews (PMASRs) pertaining to dairy consumption and incident cancer and/or all-cause or cancer-specific mortality. DESIGN: Overview of reviews. SETTING: Community setting. PARTICIPANTS: T…

Children and adolescents with overweight and obesity are a global health concern. This is an integrative overview of six Cochrane systematic reviews, providing an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence examining interventions for the treatment of children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. The data extraction an…

BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a significant public health challenge that affects approximately one in five children worldwide. Infant feeding practices are implicated in the aetiology of childhood obesity. Infant feeding interventions for childhood obesity are increasingly popular but outcome reporting is inconsiste…

PURPOSE: Based on information reported in systematic reviews (SRevs), this study aimed to find out whether psychosocial stress at work leads to cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. METHODS: A systematic search in PubMed and EMBASE (until 2014) used a string based on PICOS components. A manual search was follow…

UNLABELLED: Under the auspices of the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT), 26 professionals from academia, governmental agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry participated in a 2-stage Delphi poll and a consensus meeting that identified core outcome domains and measur…

OBJECTIVE: To critically evaluate published and unpublished systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the safety and efficacy of methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. METHODS: Six bibliometric databases and grey literature were searched from inception to 9 May 2024 for…

UNLABELLED: WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Reminiscence therapy is a common psychosocial intervention in mental health nursing. Numerous secondary studies have explored the effects of reminiscence therapy interventions in older adults, and while the effects are significant, conflicting results remain. WHAT THIS PAPER A…

OBJECTIVES: We developed the first German evidence- and consensus-based clinical guideline on diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of germ cell tumours (GCT) of the testes in adult patients. We present the guideline content in 2 separate publications. The present second part summarizes therecommendations for the treatme…

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic use in sinus floor elevation (SFE) procedures remains controversial due to heterogeneous protocols and inconsistent clinical outcomes. AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of systemic antibiotic regimens for the prevention and management of infections associated with SFE procedures, based on a synt…

AIMS: The risk of bias (RoB) assessment is a critical aspect of systematic reviews, yet a lack of standardization in RoB criteria persists in the endodontic literature. This study aimed to evaluate the RoB tools used in systematic reviews (SRs) of in vitro endodontic studies to synthesize the most commonly employed cri…