2,694 papers found

BACKGROUND: Orthognathic surgery is one of the main corrective treatments in patients with maxillofacial deformities, performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. The aim of this systematic review is to examine and analyze studies published between 2020 and 2025 on the use of machine learning algorithms in 3D modelin…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of structured education for type 2 diabetes is to improve knowledge, skills and confidence in self-management. It is recommended in the UK for everyone who is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. We developed an on-line programme called HeLP-Diabetes: Starting Out to address poor uptake of face-to-…

Accurate diagnosis of osteomyelitis underlying pressure ulcers is essential, as overdiagnosis exposes patients to unnecessary and prolonged antibiotic therapy, while failure to diagnose prevents successful treatment. Histopathological examination of bone biopsy specimens is the diagnostic gold standard. Bone biopsy can…

AIM: "Doing the month" has been a traditionally postnatal practice that women follow for one full month after giving birth. The aim of this study was to explore Chinese primiparous women's experience of "Doing the month" and why Chinese women felt satisfied or dissatisfied with the experience. METHODS: This was a desc…

BACKGROUND: Since scaling and root planing are not always successful, predominantly when access to periodontal defects is compromised, various antimicrobial agents as adjuncts have been suggested to enhance their efficacy. Gel vehicles delivering chlorhexidine (CHX) have become available and tested for these indication…

DesignOnline Delphi method with five survey rounds and one virtual meeting to achieve international multidisciplinary recommendations for the screening and assessment of spatial neglect in clinical practice.Participants175 experts with ≥5 publications in spatial neglect were invited.Main MeasuresSurveys were dev…

Negative healthcare professional experiences of work can undermine health system stability by contributing to shortages, burnout and poor retention. Research into doctors' and nurses' working conditions indicates the important role of 'solidarity' to their working experience. There is limited understanding of formal (t…

BACKGROUND: Intestinal stoma care requires continuous nursing assessment and timely management of peristomal skin complications (PSCs) and perfusion-related risks, yet routine evaluation still relies predominantly on visual inspection and subjective symptom reporting. Infrared thermography (IRT) provides non-contact, v…

BACKGROUND: Identifying surgical patients at the end of life (EOL) is the first step in integrating palliative and perioperative practices. Palliative prognostic tools (PPTs) are established frameworks from palliative care that assess patients at risk of early death. We conducted a systematic review investigating PPTs…

The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review to comprehensively explore the factors contributing to the resin-matrix composites' toxicity in patients. A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. The bibliographic review was performed in the following databases:…

PURPOSE: Retained foreign objects (RFOs) can place patients undergoing cataract surgery at risk for significant vision-threatening complications. In this systematic review, we examine the characteristics, clinical outcomes, and management of RFOs originating from surgical instruments or the surgical field after routine…

OBJECTIVE: To review biochemical parameters, clinical characteristics, demographics, radiological and histopathological findings, treatment modalities and outcomes used to examine patients with coexisting multiple myeloma and prostate adencocarcinoma. METHODS: The systematic review comprised search on PubMed, Google S…

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and its short form, the AUDIT-C, the main clinical instruments used to identify unhealthy drinking behaviors, are influenced by memory bias and under-reporting. In recent years, phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in blood has emerged as a marker of unhealthy alcohol use. Th…

Several studies have reported on the safety and feasibility of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) under local anesthesia (LA). The aim of this systematic review is to assess the perioperative outcomes of PCNL under LA.Three electronic databases, including MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science, were searched for relevant…

Chagas disease (CD) is endemic in large parts of Central and South America, as well as in Texas and the southern regions of the United States. Successful parasites, such as the causative agent of CD,have adapted to specific hosts during their phylogenesis. In this work, we have assembled an interactive network of the c…

INTRODUCTION: A substantial proportion of patients who undergo surgery for drug resistant focal epilepsy do not become seizure free. While some factors, such as the detection of hippocampal sclerosis or a resectable lesion on MRI and electroencephalogram-MRI concordance, can predict favourable outcomes in epilepsy surg…

BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism is one of the major public health problems in the world. Though several studies were conducted to estimate common risk factors of venous thromboembolism and quality of anticoagulant therapy in Ethiopia, it is difficult to estimate the overall burdens of risk factors and quality of ant…

BACKGROUND: Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is a non-traumatic knee problem that is primarily observed in sports-active children and adolescents aged 8-15 years. AIM: To determine the incidence of OSD and to gain an insight into the management of children and adolescents with OSD in general practice. DESIGN AND SETTIN…

BACKGROUND: Awareness of the cumulative stress placed on first responders and tactical operators is required to manage acute fatigue, which can impair occupational performance, and may precipitate negative chronic health outcomes. The aim of this review was to investigate the utility of heart rate variability (HRV) to…

There is a significant lack of evidence regarding optimum models for service provision in young onset dementia (YOD). Our study aim was to gather detailed information about services experienced as helpful by those with YOD and family carers. The objective was to identify the core features of these services to inform se…