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BACKGROUND: Learned helplessness is an early psychological concept, but in the field of nursing, the concept of learned helplessness in renal dialysis patients and its unique challenges are not well understood. OBJECTIVE: This article provides a conceptual analysis of learned helplessness in renal dialysis patients to…

PURPOSE: The goal of our review was to gather information on the most important community-acquired and hospital-acquired co-infections among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, and to examine not only the effect of these co-infections on disease outcomes but also to identify the possible risk factors that pre…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the overall efficacy and safety between holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and bipolar transurethral enucleation of the prostate (B-TUEP) for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). METHOD: We systematically searched electronic databases (PubMed, Scopu…

INTRODUCTION: In high-volume trauma centers, especially in developing countries, penetrating cardiac box injuries are frequent. Although many aspects of penetrating chest injuries have been well established, video-assisted thoracoscopy is still finding its place in cardiac box trauma and algorithmic approaches are stil…

PURPOSE: Kinesiology taping is a common intervention used to treat individuals with shoulder pain. While there have been several studies published to date evaluating the effectiveness of this intervention, a systematic review with meta-analysis synthesizing the collective effectiveness of kinesiology taping is not avai…

INTRODUCTION: Information on the possibility of using biological drugs in psoriasis patients planning to conceive, patients who are pregnant or during lactation is limited. AIM: Presenting recommendations published in clinical guidelines regarding the use of biological drugs - adalimumab, brodalumab, certolizumab pego…

BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis is a serious problem in tropical areas. The role of the parasite as a factor associated with neurological diseases needs to be addressed because it might involve a reduction of the risk via elimination strategies. We performed a systematic scoping review to identify available studies on this…

The present study was performed to systematically quantify the association between egg consumption and stroke risk as inconsistent results have been produced.Three electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library), previous reviews, meta-analyses, and bibliographies of relevant articles were retrieved from pr…

BACKGROUND: Nephrology nurses and patients expressed that the clinician-patient relationship in a haemodialysis (HD) unit might be best described as being part of an extended family. However, there is a risk that professional boundaries may become blurred due to the perceived closeness of this relationship. OBJECTIVE:…

The aim of this study was to perform an updated meta-analysis to quantitatively investigate the association between G20210A polymorphism of Prothrombin gene and the risk of retinal vein occlusion (RVO), based on the available publications with inconsistent results. We utilized the Stata software to perform the heteroge…

To investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphism 12 in estrogen receptor α gene and hypospadias, four databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Cochrane Library) were electronically searched by 2nd November 2015. Finally, four studies were included for our meta-analysis, involving 1379 ca…

Recent studies have provided new insights into the diagnostic value of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) for hematologic cancers. However, inconsistent results have been reported on the diagnostic performance of various kinds of miRNAs. To systematically assess the potential diagnostic value of miRNAs in hematologic cance…

PURPOSE: To systematically review clinical and preclinical data on hydroxyethyl starch (HES) tissue storage. METHODS: MEDLINE (PubMed) was searched and abstracts were screened using defined criteria to identify articles containing original data on HES tissue accumulation. RESULTS: Forty-eight studies were included: 3…

BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that the incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is rising. Accurate epidemiological data on IPF, however, are sparse and the results of previous studies are contradictory. This study was undertaken to gain insight into the various methods used in the epidemiological research…

An underexposed ethical issue raised by tissue engineering is the use of laboratory animals in tissue engineering research. Even though this research results in suffering and loss of life in animals, tissue engineering also has great potential for the development of alternatives to animal experiments. With the objectiv…

Biomedical engineering (BME) education is critical to the growth of engineering-driven healthcare entrepreneurs and the enhancement of health systems globally. This study examines the evolution of BME education research over the past 20 years, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using a mixed-methods approach tha…

BACKGROUND: Tourette syndrome (TS) has traditionally been conceptualized as a movement disorder characterized by involuntary motor and vocal tics. However, growing evidence suggests that tic generation involves complex interactions between neural, physiological, and psychological processes, particularly the role of pre…

INTRODUCTION: Medicinal plants remain central to global healthcare systems, particularly in countries such as India, which is recognized for its rich diversity of therapeutic botanicals. The genus Barleria, belonging to the family Acanthaceae, comprises over 300 species and represents the third largest genus within the…

Intertrochanteric femur fracture is a common injury, and cephalomedullary nailing has become a popular surgical technique for the treatment of these types of fracture patterns. Various nail implant designs exist, including both short and long versions. The initial design of the implant was a short cephalomedullary nail…

BACKGROUND: Glenohumeral osteoarthritis (GHOA) with Walch B2 or B3 glenoid morphology poses challenges during anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) due to posterior wear and retroversion. While B2 glenoids are well studied, outcomes for B3 glenoids remain unclear. This systematic review compared aTSA outcomes bet…