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Cipriani Andrea, Geddes John·Epidemiologia e psichiatria sociale
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Timmer A, Motschall E·Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie
The Cochrane Library is an important resource for evidence on the effectiveness of interventions in health care. The field of gastroenterology and hepatology is represented within the Cochrane Collaboration by four Cochrane review groups. The most prominent component of the library is the database of systematic reviews…
Fan Dazhi, Lin Dongxin, Rao Jiaming, +8 more·Journal of global health
BACKGROUND: Placental anomalies, including placenta previa (PP), placenta accreta spectrum disorders (PAS), and vase previa (VP), are associated with several adverse foetal-neonatal and maternal complications. However, there is still a lack of robust evidence on the pathogenesis and adverse outcomes of the diseases. Th…
Slocum Sarah, Fiorillo Matthew, Harding Eric, +4 more·Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
Excited delirium syndrome (ExDS) is a controversial and disputed diagnosis involving altered mentation, agitation, and, frequently, substance abuse. Recently, it has become a common pre-hospital diagnosis, serving as justification for use of force, restraint, and/or medication administration. To conduct a scoping…
Kamaruzaman Hanin Farhana, Grieve Eleanor, Wu Olivia·International journal of technology assessment in health care
OBJECTIVES: Disinvestment from low value health technologies is growing globally. Diverse evidence gathering and assessment methods were used to implement disinvestment initiatives, however, less than half of the empirical studies report reduced use of the low-value services. This scoping review aimed to synthesize the…
Zeni Mary Beth·International journal of evidence-based healthcare
AIM: The purpose of this study was to evaluate if paediatric asthma educational intervention studies included in the Cochrane Collaboration database incorporated concepts of health literacy. METHODS: Inclusion criteria were established to identify review categories in the Cochrane Collaboration database specific to pa…
Irving Michelle J, Tong Allison, Jan Stephen, +7 more·Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
BACKGROUND: Transplantation is the treatment of choice for organ failure, but a worldwide shortage of suitable organs exists. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies that explored community attitudes towards living and deceased solid organ donation to inform strategies to improve organ donation rates.…
Viswanathan Ashwin, Phan Phillip Cuong, Burton Allen Wade·Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain
INTRODUCTION: Despite technical advances in spinal cord stimulation (SCS), there is a paucity of recent literature regarding SCS for phantom limb pain. METHODS: Between January 2003 and May 2008, four patients at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center underwent SCS for intractable phantom limb pain. A retrospective chart review…
Mozurkewich E, Chilimigras J, Koepke E, +2 more·BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
BACKGROUND: Rates of labour induction are increasing. OBJECTIVES: To review the evidence supporting indications for induction. SEARCH STRATEGY: We listed indications for labour induction and then reviewed the evidence. We searched MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library between 1980 and April 2008 using several terms and co…
Cramer Kristie, Wiebe Natasha, Moyer Virginia, +4 more·BMC pediatrics
BACKGROUND: The delivery of optimal medical care to children is dependent on the availability of child relevant research. Our objectives were to: i) systematically review and describe how children are handled in reviews of drug interventions published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR); and ii) deter…
Parker Eva R, Schilling Lisa M, Diba Victoria, +2 more·Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
BACKGROUND: The use of review databases for dermatology has been questioned because of the impression that these reviews frequently report finding insufficient evidence to guide therapeutic recommendations. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the number of review database entries most relevant to dermatology (addressing…
Fletcher John·BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
This is the first in a series of occasional articles explaining statistical and epidemiological tests used in research papers in the
Chhabra Ajay, Prathap B Saravana, Kp Ramya, +4 more·Science progress
BackgroundPulpotomy is widely used in primary and immature permanent teeth, but its effectiveness in mature permanent teeth with irreversible pulpitis remains controversial.ObjectiveTo identify and evaluate the existing systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing pulpotomy as a treatment for irr…
Prott L S, Carrasco-Labra A, Gierthmuehlen P C, +1 more·Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.]
OBJECTIVE: To provide a guide for conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses in dentistry, with emphasis on translating research findings into clinical practice. OVERVIEW: Systematic reviews are essential tools for synthesizing research findings and translating evidence into clinical practice. These reviews help…
Lopes Helen Cristina Bittencourt, Mazzolani Bruna Caruso, Koritar Priscila, +1 more·General hospital psychiatry
PURPOSE: To characterize and compare, through descriptive analysis, existing refeeding protocols for under 18 years old hospitalized patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). METHODS: This is a systematic review of PubMed, Cochrane, SciELO, Lilacs and BVS databases, without search period restriction. Studies were sele…
Kip Ahlke, Iseke Linnéa N, Papola Davide, +3 more·Clinical psychology review
We aimed at mapping the meta-analytic evidence base on the efficacy of psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in specific populations. We conducted a systematic search until January 2022 in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PTSDpubs, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews for meta-a…
Muller Ashley Elizabeth, Ames Heather Melanie R, Jardim Patricia Sofia Jacobsen, +1 more·Research synthesis methods
Systematic reviews are resource-intensive. The machine learning tools being developed mostly focus on the study identification process, but tools to assist in analysis and categorization are also needed. One possibility is to use unsupervised automatic text clustering, in which each study is automatically assigned to o…
Agostini F, Mangone M, Santilli V, +4 more·Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents
Idiopathic facial palsy is the most common disease of the VII cranial nerve. There are many treatments to facilitate recovery from this condition: pharmacological, surgical, rehabilitative, but the effectiveness of some of these treatments, especially the latter, is still under discussion. The purpose of this umbrella…
Milani Chiara, Lorini Chiara, Baldasseroni Alberto, +2 more·International journal of environmental research and public health
BACKGROUND: sustainability of population diet is a public health concern: the high price of healthy food is one of the main causes of diet-related health problems. The aim of this study is to synthesize the evidence produced by systematic reviews that evaluated the effectiveness of decreasing healthy food prices to imp…
Long Elliot, Craig Simon, Babl Franz E, +2 more·Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
In this series we address important topics for emergency clinicians who either participate in research as part of their work, or use the knowledge generated by research studies. Emergency clinicians are routinely in the position of applying new evidence in clinical practice. With an ever-increasing volume of evidence g…