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Evidence for the medicinal value of Squama Manitis (pangolin scale): A systematic review

Integrative Medicine Research, 2021
Background: Squama Manitis (pangolin scale) has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. However, its efficacy has not been systematically reviewed. This review aims to fill the gap.
Xinyao Jin, Hui Zi Chua, Keyi Wang, Nan Li, Wenke Zheng, Wentai Pang, Fengwen Yang, Bo Pang, Mingyan Zhang, Junhua Zhang   +9 more
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Evidence-based medicine and values-based medicine : partners in clinical education as well as in clinical practice [PDF]

, 2013
The best clinical decisions are based on both evidence and values in what is known as the ‘twofeet principle’. Anecdotally, educationalists find teaching clinicians to become more evidence based is relatively simple in comparison to encouraging them to ...
DL Sackett, Ed Peile, K Woodbridge, KWM Fulford, KWM Fulford, L Polo, MM Altamirano-Bustamante, RM Hare, SH Schwartz   +8 more
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Body Mass Index and Risk of Prostate Volume, International Prostate Symptom Score, Maximum Urinary Flow Rate, and Post-Void Residual in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients

American Journal of Men's Health, 2019
The objective of this study was to evaluate association between body mass index (BMI) and prostate volume (PV), international prostate symptom scores (IPSS), maximum urinary flow rate ( Q max ), and post-void residual (PVR) of Chinese benign prostatic ...
Bing-Hui Li, Tong Deng, Qiao Huang, Hao Zi, Hong Weng, Xian-Tao Zeng   +5 more
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Methodological quality (risk of bias) assessment tools for primary and secondary medical studies: what are they and which is better?

Military Medical Research, 2020
Methodological quality (risk of bias) assessment is an important step before study initiation usage. Therefore, accurately judging study type is the first priority, and the choosing proper tool is also important.
Lin-Lu Ma, Yun-Yun Wang, Zhi-Hua Yang, Di Huang, Hong Weng, Xian-Tao Zeng   +5 more
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Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis? [PDF]

, 2014
Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues argue that, although evidence based medicine has had many benefits, it has also had some negative unintended consequences.
Greenhalgh, Patricia, Group, Evidence Based Medicine Renaissance, Howick, Jeremy, Maskrey, Neal   +3 more
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Evidence-Based Medicine [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2008
Duncan Neuhauser, Mireya Diaz and Iain Chalmers (JRSM 2008;101:381–383) are puzzled that one of the great pioneers of clinical trials, Russell LaFayette Cecil, failed to include a chapter on trial methodology when he went on to edit his best-selling Textbook of Medicine – but perhaps they are being diplomatic.1 If Cecil thought most doctors did not ...
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The value of uncertainty: the Zika and Microcefalia link

Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2019
Scientific paradigm violations are common in the medical literature. This article aims to describe the principles that should guide scientific thinking, such as the philosophy of skepticism, the consideration of multiple hypothesis, epidemiological ...
Denise Silva Matias, Luis Cláudio Lemos Correia, Daniel Oliveira Medina da Silva, Larrie Rabelo Laporte, Camila Verônica Souza Freire, Gabriel de Araújo Grisi, Thiago Masashi Taniguchi, Mariana Correia Moreira Cruz   +7 more
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Oral prednisolone for acute otitis media in children: a pilot, pragmatic, randomised, open-label, controlled study (OPAL study)

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2020
Background Acute otitis media (AOM) is associated with high antibiotic prescribing rates. Antibiotics are somewhat effective in improving pain and middle ear effusion (MEE); however, they have unfavourable effects.
Respati W. Ranakusuma, Amanda R. McCullough, Eka D. Safitri, Yupitri Pitoyo, Widyaningsih Widyaningsih, Christopher B. Del Mar, Elaine M. Beller   +6 more
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Intravenous Pantoprazole as an Adjuvant Therapy following Successful Endoscopic Treatment for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009
BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that proton pump inhibitors are efficacious in preventing rebleeding when administered immediately after endoscopic treatments.
Jun Wang, Kehu Yang, Bin Ma, Jinhui Tian, Yali Liu, Zhenggang Bai, Lei Jiang, Shaoliang Sun, Jun Li, Ruifeng Liu, Xiangyong Hao, Xiaodong He   +11 more
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Serotonin Transporter (5-HTT) Gene Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Chronic Periodontitis: A Case-Control Study

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Objective: The current study is aimed at exploring the relationship between chronic periodontitis and serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene polymorphisms (rs6354 and rs12449783) in the Chinese Han population.Methods: This study included a total of 120 ...
Lan Wu, Lan Wu, Tong Deng, Tong Deng, Chao-Yang Wang, Xue-Qun Ren, Yun-Yun Wang, Xian-Tao Zeng, Xian-Tao Zeng, Pei-Liang Geng, Pei-Liang Geng   +10 more
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