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Background: Idiopathic short stature (ISS) causes a high economic burden worldwide. As part of a research project that synthesizes economic evidence for Korean medicine treatment of ISS, we describe the methods that will be used for the comprehensive review of articles that analyze health-related economic evaluation for available interventions for ...
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Background: Nausea and vomiting are among the most common and distressing side effects of chemotherapy. Difference in views about the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture (AA) versus electroacupuncture (EA) of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) lies at the heart of the debate. The aim of this study is to compare the antiemetic effica...
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Background: In recent years, the incidence rate of children with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (SMPP) is increasing, which poses a great threat to children's life and safety. There are some limitations in the existing drugs for the treatment of SMPP, and the supplementary and alternative therapy of SMPP plays an irreplaceable role in the t...
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Background: Diabetic foot (DF) is one of the most common and serious chronic complications of diabetes. At present, there are many dressings used in the treatment of the diabetic foot. Among them, silver dressings are widely used, but the conclusion has not yet been formed. The purpose of this study is to search for relevant studies on the treatmen...
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Background: Shuxuetong injection (SXT) is a Chinese medicine injection and has been widely used for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Asia. However, whether SXT has a definite efficacy and safety is poorly understood. The aim of our study was to clarify the effect of SXT on clinical symptoms alliavation and survival in AMI patie...
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Background: We performed this randomized controlled study protocol to investigate the efficacy and adverse effects of furosemide vs torasemide in patients with heart failure (HF). Method: The present study was authorized by the local research ethics committee of Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital (no. 48736645) and informed consent was obtained from al...
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Background: Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common gynecological disease characterized by lower abdominal pain. Moxibustion as a traditional Chinese treatment, can effectively treat PD with few adverse reactions. Nowadays, there is still no standard guideline for moxibustion treatment of PD, so related clinical practice guidelines need to be develop...
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Objective: To identify the role of estrogen receptor-beta (ER-β) gene +1730G/A (rs4986938) polymorphisms in recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Methods: All relevant case-control studies will be systematically searched in multiple databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI), Wanfang and...
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Background: Previous studies suggest that free thyroxine may be used as a severity indicator of patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) in emergency department, helping determine the differential care of AP. However, there are no systematic reviews and the association between free thyroxine and AP is still not completely understood. Therefore, we wil...
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Background: Coronary heart disease is a serious cardiovascular disease. There is coronary atherosclerosis, resulting in lumen stenosis, blockage, and then the symptoms of insufficient blood supply and hypoxia in the myocardium. Chronic heart failure is a kind of syndrome with abnormal ventricular filling and ejection function, which is the final st...
