Ju, Angela Wiltink, Lisette Walker, Jared White, Kate Rutherford, Claudia
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Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is prevalent in the developed world, with unhealthy lifestyles and diet contributing to rising incidence. Advances in effective screening, diagnosis, and treatments have led to improved survival rates, but CRC survivors suffer poorer long-term gastrointestinal consequences than the general population. However, the current st...
Rodrigues, Bruno Carraça, Eliana V Francisco, Beatriz B Nobre, Inês Cortez-Pinto, Helena Santos, Inês
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Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice
Theory-based interventions aimed at promoting health behavior change in cancer survivors seem to be effective but remain scarce. More information on intervention features is also needed. This review aimed to synthesize the evidence from randomized controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of theory-based interventions (and its features) on physical...
Komorowski, Adam S Hall, Clayton W Atwal, Sukhreet Johnstone, Rochelle Walker, Robert 3rd Mertz, Dominik Piessens, Eva A Yamamura, Deborah Kasper, Ekkehard M
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Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) galactomannan is an adjunctive test for central nervous system (CNS) aspergillosis diagnosis with unclear diagnostic test characteristics. To evaluate the diagnostic test characteristics of CSF galactomannan in CNS aspergillosis. Systematic review and meta-analysis. MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus, from incepti...
Paterson, C Roberts, C Li, J Chapman, M Strickland, K Johnston, N Law, E Bacon, R Turner, M Mohanty, I
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Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice
To critically synthesise qualitative research to understand experiences of supportive care in people affected by brain cancer and their informal caregivers. A qualitative systematic review was conducted according to the Joanna Briggs methodology and has been reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysi...
Sisay, Miseganaw Damtie, Destaw Hailu, Tadesse
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Scientific reports
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are neglected parasites more prevalent in the tropics. Periodic mass distribution of albendazole, is one key strategy to control STHI in endemic areas. However, benzimidazoles have low efficacy against STHI, and there is a lack of information on the magnitude of the problem in Ethiopia. Articles were searched from P...
Vicheva, Petya Osborne, Curtis Krieg, Sandro M Ahmadi, Rezvan Shotbolt, Paul
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Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a safe non-invasive treatment technique. We systematically reviewed randomised controlled trials (RCTs) applying TMS in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to analyse its therapeutic benefits and explore the relationship between cortical target and psychopathophysi...
Pirsoul, Thomas Parmentier, Michaël Vleugels, Wouter
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Aljaafreh, Almoutuz Hojeij, Moussa Ataya, Karim Patel, Neha Ayoubi, Amir Rabih Al Khatib, Dalida El Ahmed, Yusuf Nassar, Hussein Bourji, Hussein El
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Langenbeck's archives of surgery
Diverting Loop Ileostomy (DLI) with intraoperative colonic lavage has emerged as a potential alternative to Total Abdominal Colectomy (TAC) for treating Fulminant Clostridium Difficile Colitis (FCDC). This study aims to provide an updated review comparing DLI with TAC in managing FCDC. A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed, Scop...
Azari, Sanaz Aghaz, Alireza Maarefvand, Mohammad Ghelichi, Leila Pashazadeh, Fariba Shavaki, Younes Amiri
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Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of voice disorders and related factors in university professors. In this systematic review, Medline, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, Eric, ProQuest, Magiran, Scientific Information Database and IranDoc databases were searched. The search was limited to January 1990 and May ...
Stul, Florian Heytens, Stefan Ebo, Didier Gaston Sabato, Vito Piessens, Veerle
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The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice
Ten percent of the population is labeled as allergic to penicillin(s), when in fact 90% of these labels are inappropriate. Recent studies have shown that inpatient delabeling by a direct drug challenge (dDC) is safe in low-risk patients. However, there is a need for outpatient and nonallergist delabeling. To assess the safety of delabeling low-risk...
