42,213 papers found

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Optimizing the recovery from coma is a priority in seeking to improve patients' functional outcomes. Standards of care have not been established: pharmacological interventions, right median nerve and sensory stimulation, dorsal column stimulation (DCS),…

BACKGROUND: Syringoma of the penis is rare. PURPOSE: This paper describes two men with syringoma of the penis and summarizes the clinical features of previously reported men with this condition. METHODS: A 25-year-old African man presented with a nonpruritic flesh-colored papule on the right side of his proximal dors…

Postoperative pulmonary edema is a well-known postoperative complication caused as a result of numerous etiological factors which can be easily detected by a careful surveillance during postoperative period. However, there are no preoperative and intraoperative criteria which can successfully establish the possibilitie…

Sleep disturbance is common in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and melatonin is widely prescribed in such cases despite a lack of guidelines. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic review of efficacy and safety of exogenous melatonin for treating disordered sleep in individuals with ASD. We performed a Pubmed…

Myotonic dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by multisystemic involvement including a progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. Further investigation on the effect of exercise in adults with DM1 is needed to incorporate impactful recent findings to better understand the utility of exerci…

Reflecting on the complexity and impacts of determination of the causal relationship between health problems of workers and the exercise of their work activities, there is a need to learn about scientific articles that expose techniques to determine this type of causal relationship. There is also a need to reveal wheth…

OBJECTIVES: Dentistry is a medical discipline with an increasing scientific production in the last years. Due to the importance of data sharing in science, this study aims at analyzing the availability of raw data in articles from scientific journals indexed in the Dentistry category of the 2014 edition of the Journal…

BACKGROUND: Clear aligner treatment (CAT) has been cited as a safe and comfortable orthodontic procedure for adult patients. However, the available evidence is scarce. OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review of the existing literature in order to assess periodontal health during CAT. SEARCH METHODS AND SELECTION CR…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate effectiveness of the use of platelet-rich plasma as coadjuvant for union of long bones. METHODS: The search strategy included the Cochrane Library (via Central) and MEDLINE (via PubMed). There were no limits as to language or publication media. The latest search strategy was conducted in Decembe…

OBJECTIVE: Infection is one of the main complications of dialysis procedures to correct renal injury, with a significant impact on morbidity mortality in chronic and critically acute dialysis patients. The objective of this work was to review literature on infection in patients submitted to hemodyalisis. METHODS: A su…

Reconstruction of the auricular concha poses a challenge due to its difficult access and limited tissue flexibility; however, there are no recommendations in the literature on which reconstructive technique should be favored for this anatomical site. This systematic review intends to describe and compare the reconstruc…

PURPOSE: This systematic review aimed to appraise the available evidence on the clinical characteristics produced by osseodensification drilling compared with the conventional drilling technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Five databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, LILACS, EMBASE, and CENTRAL) were searched up to July 2020.…

INTRODUCTION: It has been suggested that recovery mode may contribute to performance during high-intensity interval exercise. However, there is no consensus regarding the effects of active and passive recovery modes on subsequent performance. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of active versus passive reco…

OBJECTIVES: As global environmental change drives inequitable health outcomes, novel health equity assessment methodologies are increasingly required. We review literatures on equity-focused HIA to clarify how equity is informing HIA practice, and to surface innovations for assessing health equity in relation to a rang…

AIM: To identify the expression of lens-related microRNAs (miRNAs) in the central epithelium of transparent infant lenses and congenital cataract. METHODS: Lens-related miRNAs were retrieved from PubMed database. The expression levels of these miRNAs in transparent infant lenses and congenital cataract were determined…

BACKGROUND: The effect of balanced crystalloids compared with that of saline in critically ill patients overall and in specific subgroups is unclear. We aimed to assess whether use of balanced solutions, compared with 0·9% sodium chloride (saline), decreased in-hospital mortality in adult patients in intensive car…

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a chorioretinal disease characterised by serous subretinal fluid (SRF) in the macula, resulting in sudden central vision loss. It predominantly affects working-age adults, particularly men aged 30 to 60 years. Its multifactorial pathophysiology is modulated by systemic f…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the potential of ultrasound examination (USE) as an adjunctive method to conventional radiology to evaluate the healing processes occurring after the treatment of bone lesions of the jaws. The research question was: what is the effectiveness of USE to evaluate the healing of intra-osseous bone lesi…

BACKGROUND: Since the first description of the central venous catheter (CVC) in 1952, it has been used for the rapid administration of drugs, chemotherapy, as a route for nutritional support, blood components, monitoring patients, or combinations of these. When CVC is used in the traditional routes (eg, subclavian, jug…

ObjectiveCentral serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) complicating lupus nephritis (LN) may arise from two distinct pathways: uncontrolled systemic inflammation (activity-associated CSC) or as an iatrogenic complication of therapy (glucocorticoid-induced CSC). This study aims to propose a clinically actionable framework for…