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BACKGROUND: Post stroke depression is a significant neuropsychiatric manifestation, predicting a range of poor outcomes. There are several studies investigating the association between post stroke depression and stroke recurrence/mortality, but results have been inconsistent. OBJECTIVE: A systematic review, meta-analy…

BACKGROUND: Pharmacy journals constitute a heterogeneous group that can be map to identify Pharmacy scientific subareas. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to objectively map Pharmacy journals by means of a lexicographic analysis of the titles of published articles. METHODS: Active journals between 2006 and 2016 containing…

BACKGROUND: In the literature conflicting opinions are detectable on the onset of adverse events as autoimmune disease post HPV vaccine and often case reports describes the onset of one of these events, but don't emerge a clear relationship and we don't have data to support it. METHODS: We carried out a systematic rev…

STUDY DESIGN: In this review, we present a case ofspinal epidural abscess (ASEA) and review the literature. OBJECTIVES: To provide further insight on a rare condition. SETTING: A description of a patient with ASEA in a 58-year-old woman that was successfully treated with conservative management is presented. METHODS…

INTRODUCTION: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system with an immune mediated pathogenesis. Several therapies that suppress or modulate diverse immune system functions have been used for decades with the aim of modifying the disease course. However, these treatments have…

OBJECTIVE: To systematically synthesize and appraise research regarding test-retest reliability or criterion validity of subjective measures for assessing aerobic exercise intensity in adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). DATA SOURCES: Electronic databases (Pubmed, PsychINFO, SPORTDiscus, EMBASE, and CINAHL) were sea…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of truncal ligation of the inferior thyroid artery in comparison with ligation of secondary branches as a risk factor for postoperative hypocalcemia. DATA SOURCES: A search was conducted using the Medical Subject Headings and free-text terms "thyroid*" and "truncal ligation*" in PubMed…

BACKGROUND: Physical exercise is seen as a promising intervention to prevent or delay cognitive decline in individuals aged 50 years and older, yet the evidence from reviews is not conclusive. OBJECTIVES: To determine if physical exercise is effective in improving cognitive function in this population. DESIGN: System…

OBJECTIVE: To systematically assess the effect of pharmacologic treatments of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) on pain and quality of life. METHODS: We searched PubMed and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews for systematic reviews from 2011 to October 12, 2015, and PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Regi…

Data sourcesMedline (PubMed), Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Oral Health Group Trials Register databases and a manual search of the Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Journal of Periodontology and the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative…

INTRODUCTION: Angioedema is a potentially fatal adverse drug reaction of some medications, as swellings of the upper airways can cause death by asphyxiation. Angiotensin converting enzymeinhibitors are widely known to cause angioedema but less is known about the association between dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (gl…

BACKGROUND: Few meta-analyses have focused on the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression in children. STUDY SELECTION: Randomized controlled trials comparing CBT with control conditions for depression in children (≤13 years old) were included. DATA SOURCES: Seven electronic databases (PubM…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: i-gel is a single-use supraglottic airway device that has a gastric drain tube similar to laryngeal mask airway (LMA) ProSeal. Randomized trials, when compared i-gel with LMA ProSeal, reported a differing results. Primary objective of this study is to compare LMA ProSeal and i-gel in terms of oropharyn…

Sleep complaints are reported by 40-60 % of menopausal women. Poor sleep is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. The effect of menopausal hormone therapy on sleep quality is unclear. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to summarize the efficacy of menopausal hormone t…

INTRODUCTION: Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is increasingly present in daily practice, and diabetes is responsible for a preferential below the knee (BTK) localization of the disease. The objective was to determine if there is still a sense to BTK implantation of bare metal stents (BMSs) in CLI patients in the era of dr…

BACKGROUND: Stereotactic radiosurgery is accepted as an alternative for patients with refractory trigeminal neuralgia, but existing evidence is fundamentally based on the Gamma Knife, which is a specific device for intracranial neurosurgery, available in few facilities. Over the last decade it has been shown that the u…

AIM: To systematically search the literature and assess the available evidence for the influence of chin-cup therapy on the temporomandibular joint regarding morphological adaptations and appearance of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Electronic database searches of published and unpublished l…

BACKGROUND: Telephone-delivered intervention can provide many supports in diabetes self-management to improve glycemic control. Several trials showed that telephone intervention was positively associated with glycemic outcomes in diabetes. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the impact of telephone contac…

BACKGROUND: Individuals and groups who write systematic reviews and meta-analyses in evidence-based medicine regularly carry out literature searches across multiple search engines linked to different bibliographic databases, and thus have an urgent need for a suitable metasearch engine to save time spent on repeated se…

Although there have been a number of azilsartan trials, no meta-analysis of the findings has been conducted to date. We performed the first meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of azilsartan therapy for the reduction of blood pressure (BP) in patients with hypertension. MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Central…