Nitrate–Nitrite–Nitric Oxide Pathway, Oxidative Stress, and Fertility Outcomes in Morbidly Obese Women Following Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review by Charalampos Voros, Despoina Mavrogianni, Aspasia Minaoglou, Alexios Karakasis, Anthi-Maria Papahliou, Vasileios Topalis, Antonia Varthaliti, Raphail Mantzioros, Panagiota Kondili, Menelaos Darlas, Regina Sotiropoulou, Diamantis Athanasiou, Dimitrios Loutradis, Georgios Daskalakis

“…A systematic review employing PRISMA criteria included articles published between 2000 and 2024 from PubMed, Scopus, and Embase that investigated NO₃-NO₂ pathways, oxidative stress markers, hormonal alterations, and reproductive outcomes in morbidly obese women following bariatric surgery. …”
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Impact of digital breast tomosynthesis on screening performance and interval cancer rates compared to digital mammography: A meta-analysis. by Xuewen Liu, Ting Yang, Juan Yao

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A database of data was searched for articles published until July 2024. Initially, the pooled sensitivity and specificity of DBT (DBT alone, DM/DBT, and SM/DBT) and DM were estimated. …”
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Evidence of factors influencing delays in the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in adolescents and young adults. Protocol for a systematic scoping review. by Kamyar Keramatian, Emma Morton, Alexander Levit, John-Jose Nunez

“…We will search the electronic databases of MEDLINE (OVID), EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINAHL for peer-reviewed primary research articles published in academic journals. Grey literature will not be explored due to resource limitations. …”
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HIV prevention and missed opportunities among people with recently acquired HIV infection: Α protocol for a systematic review. by Argyro Karakosta, Elisa Ruiz-Burga, Shema Tariq, Giota Touloumi, Emily Jay Nicholls, Nikos Pantazis, Inma Jarrin, Marc Van der Valk, Caroline Sabin, Cristina Mussini, Laurence Meyer, Alain Volny Anne, Christina Carlander, Sophie Grabar, Linda Wittkop, Bruno Spire, Jonh Gill, Kholoud Porter, Fiona Burns, for CASCADE Collaboration

“…<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Cochrane and Web of Science databases, will be searched for articles published January 2007-December 2023. Eligible studies will be those that reported on HIV prevention methods among people with recently acquired HIV. …”
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Continuity of care with doctors—a matter of life and death? A systematic review of continuity of care and mortality by Kate Sidaway-Lee, Denis J Pereira Gray, Eleanor White, Angus Thorne, Philip H Evans

“…This review aims to examine whether there is a relationship between the receipt of continuity of doctor care and mortality.Design Systematic review without meta-analysis.Data sources MEDLINE, Embase and the Web of Science, from 1996 to 2017.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Peer-reviewed primary research articles, published in English which reported measured continuity of care received by patients from any kind of doctor, in any setting, in any country, related to measured mortality of those patients.Results Of the 726 articles identified in searches, 22 fulfilled the eligibility criteria. …”
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Systematic review of the association between thyroid disorders and hyperprolactinemia by Adeel Ahmad Khan, Rohit Sharma, Fateen Ata, Sondos K Khalil, Arwa Saed Aldien, Muhammad Hasnain, Amna Sadiq, Ammara Bint I Bilal, Wasique Mirza

“…Materials and methods We searched PUBMED, SCOPUS, and EMBASE to find eligible articles published in English from any date till 15th December 2022. …”
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Potential biomarkers for cerebral small vessel disease with cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Libin Liao, Weiquan Huang, Rongchao Ma, Xuan He, Xuan He, Moxi Su, Dujuan Sha, Dujuan Sha, Dujuan Sha

“…Through a systematic review and meta-analysis, this study aimed to assess the relationship between circulating factors and cognitive impairment associated with cerebral small vessel disease, especially the possibility of becoming the potential biomarkers for diagnosis. Articles published before November 2023 were searched in four databases, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library, to identify all relevant studies reporting circulating markers in patients with CSVD. …”
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Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Barriers to Providing HIV Services to Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by Chipo Mutambo, Khumbulani Hlongwana

“…Methods. English articles published between 2010 and April 2018 were searched in electronic databases including Sabinet, MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar. …”
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Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Prepapillary Arterial Loop: An Isolated Ocular Disease? Case Report and Literature Review by Mansour AM, Parodi MB, Casella AMB, Kheir WJ, Bashshur ZF

“…The search was for all relevant articles published from inception until October 31, 2024.Results: A total of 33 cases of prepapillary artery loop with retinal artery occlusion were reviewed. …”
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Individual, health facility and wider health system factors contributing to maternal deaths in Africa: A scoping review. by Francis G Muriithi, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Ruth Gakuo, Kia Pope, Arri Coomarasamy, Ioannis D Gallos

“…We searched six electronic bibliographic databases: MEDLINE, SCOPUS, African Index Medicus, African Journals Online (AJOL), French humanities and social sciences databases, and Web of Science. We included articles published between 1987 and 2021 without language restriction. …”
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Registered report protocol: A scoping review to identify potential predictors as features for developing automated estimation of the probability of being frail in secondary care. by Dirk H van Dalen, Angèle P M Kerckhoffs, Esther de Vries

“…The first step is searching articles published ≥2018. Second, we add two published literature reviews (and the articles included therein) [Bery 2020; Bouillon, 2013] to our search results. …”
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Decision-making regarding place of end-of-life care for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: a systematic integrative review by Ashleen Crowe, Fiona Hurley, Gemma Kiernan, Helen Kerr, Yvonne Corcoran, Jayne Price, Joanne Reid, Eileen Courtney, Tracey McConnell, Patricia McNeilly, Veronica Lambert

“…Any empirical, peer-reviewed journal articles published in English that included data pertaining to decision-making about place of end-of-life care for children (≤ 18 years) with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions were considered. …”
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Improvement of soil health and crop production through utilization of organic wastes: A sustainable approach by R.Y. Hiranmai, Ajay Neeraj, Parul Vats

“…Methodology: The article is prepared from secondary materials i.e. research and review articles published in different journals. The review of literature from these articles in terms of soil quality, salinity, impact of salinity on crop production and possibilities to reclamate saline soil to improve productivity of soil were systematically carried out. …”
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A comprehensive comparison of PARP inhibitors as maintenance therapy in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Shiya Ji, Lu Chen, Yebo Yu, Xupeng Chen, Liwen Wei, Lili Gou, Cheng Shi, Susu Zhuang

“…This network meta-analysis (PROSPERO registration number CRD42024503390) comprehensively evaluated the effectiveness and safety of PARPis in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer (PSROC). Methods Articles published before January 6, 2024 were obtained from electronic databases. …”
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A literature review of recent advances in gastric cancer treatment: exploring the cross-talk between targeted therapies by Reza Panahizadeh, Padideh Panahi, Vahid Asghariazar, Shima Makaremi, Ghasem Noorkhajavi, Elham Safarzadeh

“…The selection criteria included peer-reviewed articles published primarily within the last 10 years, with a focus on studies that provided insights into targeted therapies and their mechanisms of action, clinical efficacy, and safety profiles. …”
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Efficacy and tolerance of second-generation antipsychotics in anorexia nervosa: A systematic scoping review. by Solène Thorey, Corinne Blanchet, Sélim Benjamin Guessoum, Marie Rose Moro, Maude Ludot, Emilie Carretier

“…<h4>Method</h4>We conducted a systematic scoping review of the effectiveness and tolerability of SGAs in the management of AN. We included articles published from January 1, 2000, through September 12, 2022 from the PubMed and PsycInfo databases and a complementary manual search. …”
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Machine Learning in Acute Stroke Neuroimaging. A Systematic Literature Review by D. Matuliauskas, I. Stražnickaitė, A. Samuilis, D. Jatužis

“…This systematic review was performed using the PubMed search engine including articles published in the time frame of 2015 January 1 to 2021 July 23. …”
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Strategies to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and youth well-being: a scoping review protocol by Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Henry T Stelfox, Perri R Tutelman, Diane L Lorenzetti, Melanie C Anglin, Kirsten M Fiest, Stephana Julia Moss, Emily A FitzGerald, Stacie Smith, Micaela Harley, Kathryn Birnie, Sara J Mizen

“…The search strategy will be restricted to articles published on or after 1 December 2019. We will include primary empirical and non-empirical methodologies, excluding protocols, reports, opinions and editorials, to identify new data for a broad range of strategies to mitigate potentially deleterious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and youth well-being. …”
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Impacts of intestinal microbiota metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide on cardiovascular disease: a bibliometric analysis by Xiaohui Leng, Xiaohui Leng, Xiunan Wei, Jun Wang, Xiaodong Yao, Miaomiao Zhang, Dajuan Sun, Junwei Liang, Lili Chi, Yan Cheng

“…BackgroundTrimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite dependent on intestinal microbiota, is closely related to the emergence, progression, and prognosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and has received increasing attention in recent years.ObjectiveThe current research hotspots and future development trends in TMAO and CVD field are found through bibliometrics analysis, which provides reference for further study.MethodsThe bibliometrics tools VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to analyze the publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) database. The articles published from 2004 to 2024 about the relationship between TMAO and CVD were retrieved. …”
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Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with portal hypertension-related gastrointestinal complications: A meta-analysis. by Yu Kyung Jun, Ji Won Kim, Byeong Gwan Kim, Kook Lae Lee, Yong Jin Jung, Won Kim, Hyun Sun Park, Dong Hyeon Lee, Seong-Joon Koh

“…An electronic search for original articles published before May 2020 was performed using PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. …”
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