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INTRODUCTION: While evaluations of indoor smoke-free legislation have demonstrated major public health benefits among adults, their impact on the smoking behavior of young people remains unclear. Therefore, we performed a systematic review of the association between smoke-free legislation in hospitality venues and smok…

BACKGROUND: The nursing shortage is driven, in part, by the critical shortage of nursing faculty. Consequently, qualified potential nursing students are being turned away from nursing schools each year. The preeminent issue influencing the United States nurse faculty workforce shortage is salary; financial compensation…

Although recent progress in medicine has substantially reduced cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)-related mortalities, current therapeutics have failed miserably to be beneficial for all patients with CVDs. A wide array of evidence suggests that newly-introduced cell-free treatments (CFTs) have more reliable results in the…

In addition to standard anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL), subtemporal selective amygdalohippocampectomy (sSAH) is also a common technique for the treatment of medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). We conducted a systematic literature review to determine the seizure and neuropsychological outcomes…

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is well-recognized as a very common chronic and relapsing pruritic skin disorder affecting both children and adults worldwide. The adverse effects on the quality of life of affected individuals and their families is well-established. The pathophysiology of AD is complex, leading to interindividua…

OBJECTIVE: To review the available evidence for home smoking restrictions as a useful tool in the prevention of youth smoking and to make recommendations for further research. METHODS: A PubMed search (1 January 1990 to 26 January 2010) identified studies involving youth ≤18 years using extensive criteria. In a…

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic literature review of cost-of-illness studies and economic evaluations for diabetic patients with comorbid depression. METHODS: Systematic literature search in PubMed and NHS EED in March 2011, complemented by a bibliographic search within all eligible articles. RESULTS: The search p…

INTRODUCTION: Recurrent head and neck cancer (HNC) after radiotherapy presents a reconstructive challenge. Whether pedicled or free flap reconstruction leads to better outcomes remains unclear. This review aims to assess the outcomes of pedicled and free flap reconstruction in patients with recurrent HNC after radiothe…

BACKGROUND: Diagnostic neurovascular imaging data are important in stroke research, but obtaining these data typically requires laborious manual chart reviews. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the accuracy of a natural language processing (NLP) approach to extract information on the presence and location of vascular o…

OBJECTIVES: To report on what doctors at very different levels of seniority wrote, in their own words, about their concerns about the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) and its implementation in the National Health Service (NHS). DESIGN: All medical school graduates from 1993, 2005 and 2009 were surveyed by post a…

BACKGROUND: It is a challenge to dispatch Emergency medical Services (EMS) appropriately with limited resources and maintaining patient safety; this requires accurate dispatching systems. The objective of the current systematic review was to examine the evidence, according to GRADE, for medical dispatching systems to a…

BACKGROUND: Socio-economic status continues to mediate physical activity engagement, despite a range of interventions aimed at reducing inequalities and widening sport and physical activity participation. As a result there has been increasing interest amongst policy makers, national governing bodies (NGB), county sport…

BACKGROUND: Nipple-areolar tattooing is well accepted as part of breast reconstruction, but the clinical data on its safety and patient satisfaction after the procedure are insufficient. We aimed to evaluate the complications of and patient satisfaction after nipple-areola tattooing in Japanese post-mastectomy breast r…

AIMS: To describe the current employment status of Bachelor of Veterinary Technology (BVetTech) graduates in New Zealand, to assess how well they felt that their degree programme had prepared them for practice, and to explore their experiences in their current job roles. METHODS: All 195 individuals who completed the…

PURPOSE: This paper aims to synthesize health-care leaders' experiences of the competencies required for crisis management. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The systematic review followed the joanna briggs institute (JBI) guidance for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence. The search strategy included free text words…

Background One controversial issue in the relationship between oral care and cardiovascular diseases is how and whether to manage oral infections prior to cardiovascular surgery or other cardiovascular invasive procedures. Design We designed a systematic review to assess the information available on three main question…

BACKGROUND: UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase/ManNAc 6-kinase, GNE, is a bi-functional enzyme that plays a key role in sialic acid biosynthesis. Mutations of the GNE protein cause sialurea or autosomal recessive inclusion body myopathy/Nonaka myopathy. GNE is the only human protein that contains a kinase domain belonging to the R…

Longitudinal birth cohort research provides a glimpse into the biological and social trajectories of a cohort of people, which helps us to better understand how to improve health and social outcomes. While qualitative longitudinal, ethnographic, and other qualitative research methods are increasingly used to capture co…

The prevalence of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation among university students is a global concern. Cultural values, social determinants, religion, and especially growing stress all play an important role in this. This systematic review aimed to identify potential protective and risk factors thought to be associate…

BACKGROUND: Forty percent of women will experience prolapse in their lifetime. Vaginal pessaries are considered the first line of treatment in selected patients. Major complications of vaginal pessaries rarely occur. METHODS: PubMed and Embase were searched from 1961 to 2022 for major complications of vaginal pessarie…