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Identifying observational studies of surgical interventions in MEDLINE and EMBASE

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2006
Background Health technology assessments of surgical interventions frequently require the inclusion of non-randomised evidence. Literature search strategies employed to identify this evidence often exclude a methodological component because of ...
Burr Jennifer, Murray Alison, Fraser Cynthia   +2 more
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Find duplicates among the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library Databases in systematic review. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Finding duplicates is an important phase of systematic review. However, no consensus regarding the methods to find duplicates has been provided. This study aims to describe a pragmatic strategy of combining auto- and hand-searching duplicates
Xingshun Qi, Man Yang, Weirong Ren, Jia Jia, Juan Wang, Guohong Han, Daiming Fan   +6 more
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White Matter Abnormalities in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Genetic Generalized Epilepsies. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND Genetic generalized epilepsies (GGEs) are associated with microstructural brain abnormalities that can be evaluated with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Available studies on GGEs have conflicting results.
Allendorfer, Jane B, Deutsch, Georg, Gaston, Tyler E, Knowlton, Robert C, Lee, Seongtaek, Pati, Sandipan, Szaflarski, Jerzy P, Ver Hoef, Lawrence W   +7 more
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Factors that promote or inhibit the implementation of e-health systems: an explanatory systematic review [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature on the implementation of e-health to identify: (i) barriers and facilitators to e-health implementation, and (ii) outstanding gaps in research on the subject.METHODS: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PSYCINFO ...
Adaji, Balfour, Botsis, Broens, Carl May, Catherine O’Donnell, Chaudhry, Copen, Demaerschalk, Elizabeth Murray, Elwyn, Fitzpatrick, Frances S Mair, Frank Sullivan, Gagnon, Gruber, Hebert, Hilty, Jarvis-Selinger, Jennett, Jennett, Jha, Jimison, Johnson, Jones, Kawamoto, Kukafka, Leatt, Liberati, Lu, Ludwick, Mack, Mashima, May, May, May, May, Mollon, Murray, Ohinmaa, Oroviogoicoechea, Orwat, Papshev, Peleg, Shekelle, Studer, Tracy Finch, van Rosse, Vreeman, Waller, Watson, Yarbrough, Yusof   +52 more
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Impact of approaches in improving male partner involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV on the uptake of PMTCT services in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Several studies have reported approaches used in improving the delivery of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services through the involvement of male partners, but evidence from a systematic review is limited. We aim
Johnman, Cathy, Kennedy, Iain T.R., Takah, Noah F.   +2 more
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Optimal search strategies for detecting cost and economic studies in EMBASE

BMC Health Services Research, 2006
Background Economic evaluations in the medical literature compare competing diagnosis or treatment methods for their use of resources and their expected outcomes.
Haynes R Brian, Wilczynski Nancy L, McKinlay R James   +2 more
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Better duplicate detection for systematic reviewers: Evaluation of Systematic Review Assistant-Deduplication Module [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: A major problem arising from searching across bibliographic databases is the retrieval of duplicate citations. Removing such duplicates is an essential task to ensure systematic reviewers do not waste time screening the same citation multiple
Carter, Matt, Glasziou, Paul, Hoffmann, Tammy, Rathbone, John   +3 more
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Application and Mechanisms of Triptolide in the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases—A Review

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019
Bioactive compounds from medicinal plants with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects have been emerging as important sources of drugs for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. Triptolide, a diterpene triepoxide, is a pharmacologically active
Kai Yuan, Xiaohong Li, Qingyi Lu, Qingqing Zhu, Haixu Jiang, Ting Wang, Guangrui Huang, Anlong Xu, Anlong Xu   +8 more
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Optimal search strategies for identifying sound clinical prediction studies in EMBASE

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2005
Background Clinical prediction guides assist clinicians by pointing to specific elements of the patient's clinical presentation that should be considered when forming a diagnosis, prognosis or judgment regarding treatment outcome.
Haynes R Brian, Wilczynski Nancy L, Holland Jennifer L   +2 more
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European Working Time Directive and doctors' health: a systematic review of the available epidemiological evidence [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To summarise the available scientific evidence on the health effects of exposure to working beyond the limit number of hours established by the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on physicians. Design: A systematic literature search was
Ayas, Ballester, Bannai, Barger, Bernard, Black, BMA, Boorman, Butterworth, Cashman, Connor, De Schryver, Dembe, Dembe, Elder, Firth-Cozens, Fisman, Fletcher, Gopal, Hayasaka, House, Johnson, Kirkcaldy, Kirsling, Kivimaeki, Lee, Leff, Lindfors, Liu, Lockley, Macdonald, Naghavi, Parthasarathy, Reed, Rosta, Sargent, Sokejima, Spurgeon, Stamp, Steenstra, Sundquist, The Lancet, van Uffelen, Varma, Virtanen, Virtanen, Waddell, Wilson, Zahrai, Šelb   +49 more
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