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Certainty of evidence, why? [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2023 Optimal clinical decision-making requires understanding of evidence regarding benefits, harms, and burdens of alternative management options. Rigorously conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses offer accurate summaries of the evidence.
João Pedro Lima +3 more
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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2023 I am writing to you regarding the recent publication (December 2022) by the Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud (Institute for Health Technology Assessment - IETS by its acronym in Spanish) of the Documento técnico para el desarrollo de una ...
Gustavo Ortega-Mora
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The effects of cinnamon supplementation on adipokines and appetite-regulating hormones: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2023 Objective: Cinnamon is extracted from the inner bark of Cinnamomum trees. Recent studies have indicated that cinnamon is a safe and cost-effective treatment for improving body weight, lipid profiles, insulin resistance, and blood pressure.
Alireza Gheflati +7 more
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International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2021 Introduction: Tramadol has been used for the treatment of premature ejaculation, however, the studies published for the same are not well designed. The primary objective of this study was to explore the literature pertaining to the use of tramadol in ...
Aditya Prakash Sharma +6 more
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Role of salvage lymph node dissection in patients previously treated for prostate cancer: systematic review [PDF]
International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2021 Prostate cancer is the most common invasive cancer in men. Radical prostatectomy (RP) is a definitive treatment option, but biochemical recurrence can reach 40%. Salvage lymphadenectomy is a relatively recent approach to oligometasis and has been rapidly
João Paulo Pretti Fantin +8 more
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How are meta-analyses being conducted and reported in dentistry?
Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2021 Aim: This study aimed to evaluate how meta-analyses are conducted and reported in dentistry. Methods: We conducted a search to identify dentistry-related Systematic Reviews (SRs) indexed in PubMed in 2017 (from January 01 until December 31) and published
Leticia Tainá de Oliveira Lemes +4 more
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Approaching the body of evidence: Key concepts of Overviews
Medwave, 2023 The increasing production of primary research and literature reviews in the last decades has made it necessary to develop a new methodological design to synthesize the evidence: the overviews.
Benjamin Cruzat +4 more
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BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022 Objective Meta-analyses of analgesic medicines for low back pain often rescale measures of pain intensity to use mean difference (MD) instead of standardised mean difference for pooled estimates.
Michael A. Wewege +4 more
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Dentistry Journal, 2021 Background: The polishing of surface roughness is an important characteristic of composite resins and is directly related to the longevity of the restoration and patient comfort. Different polishing systems utilize different protocols, as reported in the
Robinson Jaramillo-Cartagena +3 more
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Retracted publications in pharmacy systematic reviews
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2022 Objective: Systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses, the pinnacle of the evidence pyramid, embody comprehensiveness and rigor; however, retracted data are being incorporated into these publications.
Sarah Jane Brown +2 more
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