Swainston, Katherine Thursby, Stacie Bell, Blossom Poulter, Hannah Dismore, Lorelle Copping, Lee
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British journal of health psychology
Presentation of persistent physical symptoms is associated with increased health care utilization, yet clinical outcomes often remain suboptimal. This systematic review aimed to determine whether psychological interventions are effective for the management of PPS and if so, what are the features of the interventions and at what level of care are th...
Yue, Xiang Yue, Zhenni Wang, Ying Dong, Zhenjin Yang, Hua Yue, Sifeng
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International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Ovarian cancer is a common gynecological malignant tumor. Early diagnosis is important for the prognosis of patients with ovarian cancer. To evaluate the accuracy of the Copenhagen Index (CPH-I) in detecting malignant adnexal tumors and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of CPH-I and the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA). PubMed, Web of S...
Li, Xiangyuan Fu, Rongrong Ni, Haixiang Du, Nannan Wei, Mengfei Zhang, Mengting Shi, Yetan He, Yujing Du, Liwen
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Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
The impact of neoadjuvant therapy on the functional outcome of patients with resectable rectal cancer is still controversial. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of neoadjuvant therapy on anorectal function (ARF), urinary function and sexual function in relevant patients. PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library w...
Cai, Mengjing Liu, Jiawei Wang, Xuexiang Ma, Juanwei Ma, Lin Liu, Mengge Zhao, Yao Wang, He Fu, Dianxun Wang, Wenqin
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Human brain mapping
Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that migraine is accompanied by spontaneous brain activity alterations in specific regions. However, these findings are inconsistent, thus hindering our understanding of the potential neuropathology. Hence, we performed a quantitative whole-brain meta-analysis of relevant resting-state functional imaging studi...
Mevorach, Lior Forookhi, Ali Farcomeni, Alessio Romagnoli, Stefano Bilotta, Federico
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British journal of anaesthesia
Systematic reviews to date have neglected to exclusively include studies using a validated diagnostic scale for postoperative delirium and monitoring patients for more than 24 h. Evidence on current risk factors is evolving with significantly heterogeneous study designs, inconsistent reporting of results, and a lack of adjustment for bias. This sys...
Ou, Wenxin Jiang, Tiantian Tang, Xiaoqiong
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Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
Bendamustine plus rituximab (BR) and rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone (R-CHOP) have been shown to be effective in the treatment of indolent B-cell lymphomas (iBCL). The survival outcomes and adverse events of BR and R-CHOP are still controversial, thus we did a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess them...
Rasmussen, Marie Louise Roed D'Souza, Maria Topal, Divan Gabriel Gradman, Josefine Larsen, Dorte Ancher Lehrmann, Bettina Behrmann Kjaer, Henrik Fomsgaard Kessel, Line Subhi, Yousif
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Acta ophthalmologica
To determine the prevalence of allergic sensitization in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and to provide an overview of published studies on this topic. We systematically searched 11 literature databases on 24 May 2021, for studies with cross-sectional data on the prevalence of positive allergy tests in patients with VKC. Our main ou...
Watts, Katrina E Storr, Nicholas J Barr, Phoebe G Rajkumar, Anto P
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Aging & mental health
Lewy body dementia (LBD) is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia, and it causes earlier mortality and more morbidity than Alzheimer's disease. Reviewing current evidence on its pharmacological management is essential for developing evidence-based clinical guidelines, and for improving the quality of its clinical care. Hence, we systema...
Genschow, Oliver Cracco, Emiel Schneider, Jana Protzko, John Wisniewski, David Brass, Marcel Schooler, Jonathan W
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Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
Ever since some scientists and popular media put forward the idea that free will is an illusion, the question has risen what would happen if people stopped believing in free will. Psychological research has investigated this question by testing the consequences of experimentally weakening people's free will beliefs. The results of these investigati...
Chen, Chia-Te Tung, Heng-Hsin Chen, Yen-Chin Wang, Jiun-Ling Tsai, Sheng-Han Huang, Yen-Ta Hsu, Teh-Fu
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Journal of clinical nursing
To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of cold application on pain and anxiety reduction after chest tube removal (CTR). The act of removing the chest tube often causes pain among cardiothoracic surgery patients. Most guidelines regarding CTR do not mention pain management. The effects of cold application on reduci...
