Protocol for a living systematic review for the management of concussion in adults by Mark Bayley, Diana Velikonja, Shawn Marshall, Alexander Lithopoulos, Dorothyann Curran, Lisa Fischer, Christopher Knee, Julia Lauzon, Margaret Nevison

“…We are including English peer-reviewed observational studies, trials, qualitative studies, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines related to diagnosis/assessment or treatment of adult concussion. …”
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Lived experiences of palliative care physicians on the impacts of language and cultural discordance on end-of-life care across Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study using the inters... by Seung Heyck Lee, Maya Gibb, Sathya Karunananthan, Margaret Cody, Peter Tanuseputro, Claire E. Kendall, Daniel Bédard, Stephanie Collin, Krystal Kehoe MacLeod

“…These findings will be useful in informing clinical practice guidelines and mobilizing policy-level change to improve palliative/EoL care for patients from linguistic and cultural minority groups.…”
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Antibiotics in surgical wards: use or misuse? A newly industrialized country’s perspective by Mun Kit Lim, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Nur Aishah Taib, Mohamad Yasim Yusof, Claire Marie Italiano, David Chee Ming Kong, Adeeba Kamarulzaman

“…The appropriateness of antibiotic therapy was based on compliance with either the Malaysian National Antibiotic Guidelines 2008 or International Clinical Practice Guidelines and determined by an expert panel (consisting of two infectious disease consultants and a pharmacist). …”
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Incidence of bleeding in patients on different anticoagulants and antiplatelet therapies undergoing thoracentesis by Zaid Noori, Lamia Aljundi, Abdelkader Chaar, Peter Boshara, Aryan Shiari, George Gennaoui, Cristine Girard, Suzan Szpunar, Rene Franco-Elizondo

“…Several society guidelines recommend holding antiplatelet medications and anticoagulants prior to thoracentesis. Clinical practice guidelines also recommend correcting international normalised ratios of more than two and platelet counts <50 X10∧9/L.Methods This is a retrospective descriptive study that included 292 patients who underwent thoracentesis in the inpatient setting at Ascension St John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, USA from 2016 to 2018. …”
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National utilization of rib fracture fixation in the geriatric population in the United States by Jennifer M. Brewer, Leah Aakjar, Kelsey Sullivan, Vijay Jayaraman, Manuel Moutinho, Elan Jeremitsky, Andrew R. Doben

“…Conclusions By conservative standards and the well-established Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma clinical practice guidelines, SSRF is underutilized. Our data suggest that SSRF may be very beneficial for the geriatric population, specifically those aged 65 to 79 years with any rib fractures. …”
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Primary care COPD patients compared with large pharmaceutically-sponsored COPD studies: an UNLOCK validation study. by Annemarije L Kruis, Björn Ställberg, Rupert C M Jones, Ioanna G Tsiligianni, Karin Lisspers, Thys van der Molen, Jan Willem H Kocks, Niels H Chavannes

“…<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to evaluate the external validity of six LPCS (ISOLDE, TRISTAN, TORCH, UPLIFT, ECLIPSE, POET-COPD) on which current guidelines are based, in relation to primary care COPD patients, in order to inform future clinical practice guidelines and trials.<h4>Methods</h4>Baseline data of seven primary care databases (n=3508) from Europe were compared to baseline data of the LPCS. …”
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Comparison and review of updated guidelines for advanced gastric cancer diagnosis and treatment in 2024: CSCO, NCCN and ESMO by LAN Yu, WANG Fenghua

“…This article compared the latest versions of three authoritative global gastric cancer guidelines [National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical practice guidelines for gastric cancer 2024 version 5, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) online guidelines for gastric cancer 2024, and Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) guidelines for gastric cancer diagnosis and treatment 2024], focusing on clinical treatment strategies for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic esophagogastric junction/gastric adenocarcinoma, and on the whole-process management and precise implementation guided by targets such as human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression, programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression, mismatch repair (MMR) status,, and novel targets such as Claudin 18.2. …”
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The Impact of Baseline Risk Factors on the Incidence of Febrile Neutropenia in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy with Pegfilgrastim Prophylaxis: A Real-World Data Analy... by Edward Li, Bridgette Kanz Schroader, David Campbell, Kim Campbell, Weijia Wang

“…Logistic regression and generalized estimating equations models were used to compare outcomes among patients with and without patient-specific risk factors and among those receiving regimens categorized as high-, intermediate-, or other-risk for FN (low-risk or undefinable by clinical practice guidelines). # Results A total of 4460 patients were identified. …”
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Combined Oral Contraceptives for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: <i>Pro</i> and <i>Contra</i> (Review) by I. A. Mazerkina, I. G. Davydov, O. S. Alyautdina

“…Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the main cause of female infertility. Clinical practice guidelines on PCOS recommend combined oral contraceptives (COCs) as first-line therapy. …”
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Rationale and Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Bivalirudin with a Prolonged High-Dose Infusion Versus Heparin Monotherapy During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventio... by Zhenyang Liang, Yi Li, Gregg W. Stone, Yaling Han

“…The procedures set out in this protocol are in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. The results will be published following the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement in a peer-reviewed scientific journal (Trial registration number: NCT03822975).…”
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The safety and efficacy of neutral electrolyzed water solution for wound irrigation: post-market clinical follow-up study by Veronika Valdová, Vladimíra Štěpánová, Lenka Lapčíková

“…A marked reduction in size was observed in all wound size categories. 19 (8%) patients healed by end of week 6; and 66 (28%) healed by week 9. 130 (55%) patients were considered healed by week 12.DiscussionThe current clinical practice guidelines refrain from recommending any of the available irrigation solutions and wound dressings due to low-quality evidence. …”
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Aerobic minutes and step number remain low in inpatient stroke rehabilitation. by Yunyi Yan, Janice J Eng, Stanley H Hung, Mark T Bayley, Krista L Best, Louise A Connell, Sarah J Donkers, Sean P Dukelow, Victor E Ezeugwu, Marie-Hélène Milot, Brodie M Sakakibara, Lisa Sheehy, Hubert Wong, Jennifer Yao, Sue Peters

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Rehabilitation is important for regaining mobility poststroke. Clinical practice guidelines suggest a high number of repetitive stepping activities to optimize subacute recovery especially when undertaken at intensities that challenge cardiovascular fitness. …”
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Cervical precancer thermal ablation versus LLETZ excision comparative efficacy study in WLWH (TALL Study): protocol for a randomised clinical trial in South Africa by Helen Kelly, Matthys H Botha, Frederick H Van der Merwe, Robyn A Adams, Jennifer L Butt, Johanna E Zwanepoel

“…All study procedures comply with the Declaration of Helsinki, South African Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Medical Research Council’s ethical guidelines. …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions for patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a meta-analysis by Lidong Hu, Xingkang Liu, Xiaojian Ji, Yiwen Wang, Jiaxin Zhang, Lulu Zeng, Yangqin Xun, Jianglin Zhang, Jian Zhu, Feng Huang

“…Background: Non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) are recommended in current international clinical practice guidelines for the management of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) as a complementary therapy. …”
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Self-determined strategies for physical activity motivation among women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Pamela J. Wright, Cynthia Corbett, Bernardine M. Pinto, Michael D. Wirth, Robin M. Dawson

“…Background: According to clinical practice guidelines for polycystic ovary syndrome, first-line treatment includes performing 150 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on most days of the week plus at least 2 days of resistance training. …”
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Effect of Training Eye Care Clinical Guideline for ICU Patients on Clinical Competence of Eye Care in Nurses by Zakieh Momeni Mehrjardi, Samaneh Mirzaei, Mohsen Gohari, Abbass Hafezieh, Khadijeh Nasiriani

“…The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of training EC clinical practice guidelines for ICU patients on nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of EC. …”
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Methods for the early detection of drug-induced pancreatitis: a systematic review of the literature by Brian Hutton, David Moher, Becky Skidmore, Dianna Wolfe, Salmaan Kanji, Fatemeh Yazdi

“…Objectives We systematically reviewed the literature to identify evidence-informed recommendations regarding the detection of drug-induced pancreatitis (DIP) and, secondarily, to describe clinical processes for the diagnosis of DIP.Design Systematic review.Data sources Ovid MEDLINE, including Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process &amp; Other Non-Indexed Citations, Embase Classic+Embase, the Cochrane Library.Eligibility criteria We included clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews, narrative reviews and observational studies with a focus of establishing incidence, prevalence or diagnostic approaches for DIP. …”
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Antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections among under-5 children in Bangladesh: a population-based survey by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Mohammad Riashad Monjur, Fahmida Chowdhury, Md Zakiul Hassan, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas, Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi

“…The significant prevalence of antibiotic exposure in under-5 children supports the need for coordinated policy interventions and implementation of clinical practice guidelines at point of care to minimise the adverse effects attributed to antibiotic overuse.…”
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Updated therapeutic options for human brucellosis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. by Shanjun Huang, Jiaying Xu, Hao Wang, Zhuo Li, Ruifang Song, Yiting Zhang, Menghan Lu, Xin Han, Tian Ma, Yingtong Wang, Jiaxin Hao, Shanshan Song, Qing Zhen, Tiejun Shui

“…<h4>Background</h4>In clinical practice guidelines, there is no consensus about the medications that should be initially offered to patients with brucellosis. …”
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Evaluating the utilisation patterns of pharmacological therapy in COVID-19 patients: an ecological study in Italy by Graziano Onder, Francesco Trotta, Maria Lucia Marino, Aurora Di Filippo, Davide Eleuteri

“…Backgound The drug central monitoring system set up in Italy to evaluate the real-time trends of medicines used in hospital and primary care settings contributed to inform drug supplies, avoided stockpiling and allowed to monitor adherence to clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. …”
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