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Design and statistical analysis reporting among interrupted time series studies in drug utilization research: a cross-sectional survey

BMC Medical Research Methodology
Introduction Interrupted time series (ITS) design is a commonly used method for evaluating large-scale interventions in clinical practice or public health. However, improperly using this method can lead to biased results.
Yuanjin Zhang, Yan Ren, Yunxiang Huang, Minghong Yao, Yulong Jia, Yuning Wang, Fan Mei, Kang Zou, Jing Tan, Xin Sun   +9 more
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Chinese herbal medicine for myasthenia gravis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Integrative Medicine Research, 2022
Background: Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a disorder of neuromuscular transmission bringing mild ocular weakness to severe generalized muscle weakness and disability. The conventional treatments have long-term side effects, and Chinese herbal medicines (CHM)
Si-jia Zhu, Rui-ting Wang, Ze-yu Yu, Ruo-xiang Zheng, Chang-hao Liang, You-you Zheng, Min Fang, Mei Han, Jian-ping Liu   +8 more
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Biopiracy versus one-world medicine – from colonial relicts to global collaborative concepts [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Practices of biopiracy to use genetic resources and indigenous knowledge by Western companies without benefit-sharing of those, who generated the traditional knowledge, can be understood as form of neocolonialism.Hypothesis: : The One-World ...
Abdelfatah, Sara, Abu-Darwish, Mohammad Sanad, Banerjee, Mita, Bhakta-Guha, Dipita, Bockers, Madeleine, Bolzani, Vanderlan, Daak, Salah, Dawood, Mona, Demirezer, Omur Lutfiye, Efferth, Monika, Efferth, Thomas, El-Seedi, Hesham R., Fischer, Nicolas, Greten, Henry J., Hamdoun, Sami, Hong, Chunlan, Horneber, Markus, Kadioglu, Onat, Khalid, Hassan E., Khalid, Sami A., Kuete, Victor, Mahmoud, Nuha, Marin, José, Mbaveng, Armelle, Midiwo, Jacob, Nakagawa, Hiroshi, Naß, Janine, Ngassapa, Olipa, Ochwang, Dominic, Omosa, Leonida K., Ooko, Edna A., Paramasivan, Poornima, Paul, Norbert W., Rodriguez Romero, Marta, Saeed, Elfatih M., Saeed, Mohamed E.M., Salgueiro, Ligia, Seo, Ean-Jeong, Yan, Ge, Yasin, Zahir, Özenver, Nadire   +40 more
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Results of the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group's United Kingdom Relapsed Wilms Tumour Trial

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The United Kingdom relapsed Wilms tumour (UKW‐R) trial aimed to improve the historically low survival rates after relapse of Wilms tumour (WT) through a prospective national risk‐stratified protocol. The trial also evaluated efficacy and toxicity of high‐dose melphalan.
Sucheta J. Vaidya, Veronica Moroz, Juliet Hale, Vesna Pavasovic, Rachel Hobson, Patricia Sartori, Daniel Saunders, Mark Powis, Gordan M. Vujanic, Stephen Baker, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones   +10 more
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Neutrophil-to-albumin ratio as a predictor of mortality in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

BMC Neurology
Background Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is associated with a poor prognosis. The association between the neutrophil-to-albumin ratio (NAR) with mortality in patients with ICH remains underexplored.
Jun Wan, Sen Zhang, Xiang Yuan, Yuyang Liu, Xin Cheng, Hao Liu, Fengrui Yang, Yinquan Ai, Xiaohong Luo, Yuting Zhong, Shiqiao Liu, Yu Zhang   +11 more
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Routine dipstick urinalysis in daily practice of Belgian occupational physicians [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Little work has been done to assess the quality of health care and the use of evidence-based methods by occupational physicians in Belgium. Therefore, the main objective is to describe one aspect of occupational health assessments, namely the
Braeckman, Lutgart, Haak, Eva, Peremans, Lieve   +2 more
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Exploring Preferences for a Digital Single‐Session Intervention for Adolescent Siblings of Youth With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at elevated risk for psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, various barriers such as limited family time and resources, conflicting schedules, and psychosocial staffing constraints at cancer centers hinder sibling access to support.
Christina M. Amaro, Sarah Silver, Prishi Patel, Meredith K. Reffner Collins, Kimberly S. Canter, Stephanie Fooks‐Parker, Michael Amylon, Shawna V. Hudson, Jessica L. Schleider, Melissa A. Alderfer, Katie A. Devine   +10 more
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Application of patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials of traditional Chinese medicine registered in international clinical trials registry platform, from 2010 to 2022: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Purpose Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) assist patients and clinicians in assessing treatment effectiveness and enhancing healthcare quality. This study aims to explore and analyze the application and characteristics of PROs in clinical trials of ...
Yuanyuan Lin, Xiaowen Zhang, Zhenqian Xu, Lin Liu, Chen Shen, Mei Han, Huijuan Cao, Yutong Fei, Jianping Liu, Hongguo Rong, Chunxia Zhou   +10 more
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Oral and injectable Marsdenia tenacissima extract (MTE) as adjuvant therapy to chemotherapy for gastric cancer: a systematic review

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
Background Marsdenia tenacissima extract (MTE) is a phytochemical widely used as complementary therapy in cancer care. This systematic review was conducted to investigate the anticancer and detoxification effects of MTE, as an adjuvant therapy to ...
Xu Zhou, Meilu Liu, Qing Ren, Weifeng Zhu, Yang Wang, Haochen Chen, Jianrong Chen   +6 more
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Secular trends of morbidity and mortality of prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers in China, 1990 to 2019 and their predictions to 2030

BMC Cancer, 2022
Background Prostate, bladder and kidney cancers are common age-related genitourinary cancers. China's population is aging at an increasing rate, so predicting the morbidity and mortality of prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer in China is of great ...
Qiao Huang, Hao Zi, Lisha Luo, Xuhui Li, Cong Zhu, Xiantao Zeng   +5 more
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