Disaster Preparedness and First Aid Response: The Role of Emergency Nurses by Olaolorunpo Olorunfemi, Olufunke Beatrice Adesunloye

“…Electronic databases of MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar were searched using the keywords: disaster preparedness, first aid response, emergency nurses, roles of nurses, and disaster response, and literature were retrieved and screened for eligibility. …”
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Why do patients with ‘primary care sensitive’ problems access ambulance services? A systematic mapping review of the literature by Ali R G Shaw, Sarah Purdy, Matthew J Booker

“…The objective of this systematic review is to draw together published evidence across a variety of study methodologies and settings to gain a better understanding of why patients seek help from ambulance services for these problems.Design Systematic searches were undertaken across the MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, CINAHL, Health Management Information Consortium and Health Management Information Service publication databases. Google Scholar, Web of Science, OpenSigle, EThOS and DART databases were also systematically searched for reports, proceedings, book chapters and theses, along with hand-searching of grey literature sources. …”
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Co-designing conversational agents with older people: A scoping review of methods, challenges, and a way forward by Sidonie Salomé, Lydie Du Bousquet, Emmanuel Monfort

“…Searches were carried out on PsycInfo, Google Scholar, PubMed, ACM, IEEE, Web of Science and DBLP. …”
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Role of Injectable Platelet-Rich Fibrin in the Management of Soft and Hard Tissue Periodontal Regeneration in Dentistry: Protocol for a Systematic Review by Unnati Shirbhate, Pavan Bajaj, Mayur Wanjari, Manoj Patil

“…MethodsWe will conduct an electronic search in the following databases: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. …”
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Effectiveness of Mobilization with Movement on the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials by Gidey Gomera Weleslassie, Melaku Hailu Temesgen, Abayneh Alamer, Gebrerufael Solomon Tsegay, Teklehaimanot Tekle Hailemariam, Haimanot Melese

“…A comprehensive search of literature was conducted using the following electronic databases: Google Scholar, PubMed, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Science Direct, Cochrane Library, and Scopus. …”
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Intracranial artery dolichoectasia: What should the neurologist know? by Lorena Dellagnesi Depieri, Renan Rodrigues Neves Ribeiro do Nascimento, Lorena Souza Viana

“…We utilized reputable databases for this scoping review, including PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar, from database inception through September 2024, using a combination of terms such as “Dolichoectasia of Basilar Artery”, “Intracranial Dolichoectasia”, and “Ischemic Stroke”. …”
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The Effect of Periodontitis on Expression of Interleukin-21: A Systematic Review by Archana Mootha, Sankari Malaiappan, N. D. Jayakumar, Sheeja S. Varghese, Julie Toby Thomas

“…A complete literature search was done in PubMed, Medline, Science Direct, and Cochrane databases and Google Scholar based on the inclusion/exclusion criteria. …”
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State-of-the-art anesthesia practices: a comprehensive review on optimizing patient safety and recovery by Guolu Fu, Lili Xu, Huaqing Chen, Jinping Lin

“…Methods Following the framework of Whitmore and Knafl, we systematically searched six databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE, CINAHL, OVID, and Cochrane Library) for studies published from January 2020 to January 2024, relating to advancements in anesthesia care, best practice implementation, and patient outcomes. …”
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SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS by Xhorxhina VANGJEL, Olimpia BAN

“…The data in this study were collected through the use of bibliometric tools, identifying and then analyzing the most influential and cited publications from the Scopus and Google Scholar Metrics platforms for the same time periods. …”
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Modelling and in vivo evaluation of tendon forces and strain in dynamic rehabilitation exercises: a scoping review by Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas, Adrian Escriche-Escuder, Jose Casaña

“…The objective of this study was to review the techniques that have been applied in vivo to estimate the forces and strain that act on the human tendon in dynamic exercises used during rehabilitation.Design Scoping review.Data sources Embase, PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched from database inception to February 2021.Eligibility criteria Cross-sectional studies available in English or Spanish language were included if they focused on evaluating the forces or strain of human tendons in vivo during dynamic exercises. …”
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Prevalence of Squamous and Basal Cell Carcinomas in African Albino Skin Cancer Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Proportion by Nnaemeka T. Onyishi, Samuel R. Ohayi

“…To estimate the prevalence of cutaneous SCC and BCC in all histologically confirmed skin cancer lesions in African albinos.The following five databases are as follows: African Journals Online (AJOL), PubMed, Europe PMC, and Google Scholar were searched for relevant articles. Study Selection: included studies were case series and cross-sectional studies of histologically confirmed skin cancers in African albinos. …”
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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision's (VMMC) strategy for HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence, risks, costs, benefits and best practice: A scoping review study protoco... by Charles Maibvise, Takaedza Munangatire, Nestor Tomas, Daniel O Ashipala, Priscilla S Dlamini

“…The scoping review will target all scientific literature published on the Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed as well as grey literature from Google Scholar and WHO Institutional Repository for Information Sharing (IRIS) from the inception of the campaigns. …”
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The Effects of Meditation, Breathing Exercises, and Cold Exposure using the Wim Hof Method on the Autonomic Nervous System: A Systematic Review by Abbas Ghadimi, Sajjad Ghadimi, AmirAli Jafarnezhadgero, Ebrahim Piri

“…The search, conducted in both Persian and English, covered the period from 2013 to 2024 and included databases such as WoS, Civilica, ISC, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Ultimately, 5 relevant articles were reviewed and analyzed. …”
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Is there a role for acromioclavicular (AC) joint capsular repair and reconstruction in high-grade AC separations? A systematic review by Al-Achraf Khoriati, Tony Antonios, Zien Alabdin Fozo, Aliya Choudhury, Magnus Arnander, Eyiyemi Pearse, Duncan Tennent

“…The search ranged from 1946 to 2024 and included OVID, MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library databases. Clinical and biomechanical outcomes were evaluated. …”
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Treatment outcomes among children and adolescents with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pre-XDR tuberculosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jayadeep Patra, Hyacinth Irving, Pranshu Maini, Jady Liang, Anwesh Patra, Mandar Paradkar, Jurgen Rehm

“…MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and trial registries up to 31 December 2023 were searched. …”
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Neuroimaging findings and balance problems after mild traumatic brain injury: A systematic review protocol. by Todd Boscarello, Robby Boparai, Nathan Samson, Alan Rodriguez, Thomas Knoblauch, Cheryl Vanier, Travis Snyder

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A search will be conducted in Elsevier (Embase), MEDLINE (PubMed), Google Scholar, SportDiscus (EBSCOhost) and ProQuest for studies meeting the inclusion criteria, published 2013-2024, and available in English. …”
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Absence of the interthalamic adhesion (ITA) as a neuroanatomical association or risk factor for neuropsychiatric disorders: A systemic review and meta-analysis by Adil Asghar, Ravi K. Narayan, Pankaj Kumar, Kumar S. Ravi, R. Shane Tubbs, Apurba Patra, Shagufta Naaz

“…Methods and Material: Literature searches were conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar using the keywords “interthalamic adhesion,” “massa intermedia,” “adhesio interthalamica,” and “adhesion” along with the Boolean operators (OR, AND, and NOT). …”
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Aetiopathogenesis, clinico-epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of human ocular trematode infections: a scoping review protocol by Harshi Weerakoon, Kosala Weerakoon, Piyumi Kodithuwakku, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe

“…Publications up to December 2024 will be searched across multiple databases, including MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, CINAHL and Google Scholar.Ethics and dissemination Since the study will make use of secondary data, ethical approval will not be required. …”
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Antiasthmatic Medicinal Plants of Tanzania: An Ethnomedicinal and Ethnopharmacological Review by David Sylvester Kacholi

“…To gather relevant literature on antiasthmatic TMPs used by Tanzanians, a web search using electronic databases (Scopus, PubMed, ProQuest, Academic Library, Web of Science, SciFinder, Wiley Online Library, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, and African Journals Online) was conducted. …”
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Frameworks for mitigating the risk of waterborne diarrheal diseases: A scoping review. by Chisala D Meki, Esper J Ncube, Kuku Voyi

“…<h4>Sources of evidence</h4>PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Google Free Search, organization websites and reference lists of identified sources.…”
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