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BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) prognosis without therapy is poor, however introduction of a range of drugs has improved it. We aimed to perform a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects and safety of Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 inhibitors in HF patients. METHODS: This protocol of systematic re…

INTRODUCTION: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental disorder that develops after being exposed to a traumatic event. PTSD is common among adults who have experienced physical/sexual childhood abuse. Several psychological and pharmacological interventions are used for treating PTSD in this parti…

OBJECTIVE: This scoping review will identify complementary and alternative medicine methods used to manage spinal cord injury-related pain. INTRODUCTION: Spinal cord injury-related pain is common, with a third of individuals experiencing severe pain. Conventional interventions are well documented, however, pain relief…

INTRODUCTION: The use of social marketing strategies to induce the promotion of cognitive health has received little attention in research. The objective of this scoping review is twofold: (i) to identify the social marketing strategies that have been used in recent years to initiate and maintain health-promoting behav…

INTRODUCTION: Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction describes the generation of either virtual or physically printed anatomically accurate 3D models from two-dimensional medical images. Their implementation has revolutionised medical practice. Within surgery, key applications include growing roles in operative planning…

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has driven unprecedented social and economic reform in efforts to curb the impact of disease. Governments worldwide have legislated non-essential service shutdowns and adapted essential service provision in order to minimise face-to-face contact. We anticipate major consequences resu…

INTRODUCTION: The hygiene hypothesis suggests that reduced exposure to microbes might have contributed to the increase in prevalence and incidence of asthma and allergy observed during the second half of the last century. Following this proposal, several studies have investigated the role of sibship size and birth orde…

OBJECTIVE: This review aims to examine the effect of patient activation interventions compared with usual care on health-related behavioral outcomes in adults with chronic kidney disease stages 3-5. INTRODUCTION: Chronic kidney disease is a global health problem associated with a high mortality, reduction of health-re…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to examine children's experiences of chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (also known as "chemobrain") and the impact of chemobrain on children's social, academic, and daily living skills. INTRODUCTION: The effect of childhood chemotherapy treatment on cognition is of co…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to explore the research on factors that influence international undergraduate nursing students' experiences and perceptions of their learning environment. INTRODUCTION: International nursing students bring valuable cultural and economic opportunities to universities and healt…

INTRODUCTION: Reduced neuromuscular control due to altered neurophysiological functions of the central nervous system has been suggested to cause movement deficits in individuals with patellofemoral pain (PFP). However, the underlying neurophysiological measures of brain and spinal cord in this population remain to be…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to explore and understand women's experiences of living with obesity during the perinatal period to support evidence-informed approaches to care. INTRODUCTION: The rising incidence of maternal obesity is a serious global health problem. Qualitative studies exploring the viewp…

BACKGROUND: Cervicogenic headache is a secondary headache characterized by unilateral headache, symptoms, and signs of neck involvement. It is often worsened by neck movement, sustained awkward head position, or external pressure over the upper cervical or occipital region on the symptomatic side. In this systematic re…

BACKGROUND: The pathogenic mechanism and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are substantially improved over the past several decades, but VAP remains frequently seen among the critical cases. The Venner-PneuX endotracheal tube system (VPXETS) has been proved to perform better than standard endotracheal…

BACKGROUND: With the mandate to review all available literature in the study's inclusion parameters, systematic review projects are likely to require full-text access to a significant number of articles that are not available in a library's collection, thereby necessitating ordering content via interlibrary loan (ILL).…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the predictive accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) cervical length (CL) for spontaneous onset of labor in singleton gestation enrolled at term by a meta-analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This protocol established in this study has been reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Syst…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to comprehensively identify and synthesize the best available evidence about the experiences of women who smoked tobacco during pregnancy or postnatally (or both) concerning their health care providers' interactions with them about their smoking. INTRODUCTION: Smoking tobacco…

BACKGROUND: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the one that of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetic patients will experience a high mortality rate when DN progress to end-stage. So, it is extremely important to early treat DN. Although several interventions have been used to treat DN, a conclusiv…

INTRODUCTION: Sepsis, the life-threatening immune response to infection, affects millions of people annually. Understanding of the factors associated with the development of sepsis is crucial for improving population health and public health efforts; in particular, literature exploring the relationship between sepsis a…