systematic literature review and evidence summaries

... contributions LCP and SJB conceived of the review and participated in its design LCP and SJW carried out the literature search and drafted the initial manuscript All authors read and approved the ... that a systematic review of the current evidence for the management of PH, resulting RV dysfunction, and failure in adult patients in the ICU, would be a useful addition to the critical care literature ... Price et al.: Pulmonary vascular and right ventricular dysfunction in adult critical care: current and emerging options for management: a systematic literature review Critical Care 2010 14:R169...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... communicate, and organize, create and share content By web 2.0 tools, we mean blogs and podcasts, social networks, communities, content aggregators and virtual worlds Based on the literature review ... customers are Benefits and difficulties of using web 2.0 tools based on the literature review are summarized below Strengthening and expanding customer relationships, Brand building Lead generation ... ideas and feedback from customers for creating and developing their products and services In the community managed by Dell and Salesforce.com participants can give ideas and talk about issues and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 23:20

... Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 The legislation in England and Wales (the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (England and Wales), s.45-46) 10 and Scotland (the Protection ... responses; Risk review and report (Home Office, 2004, p10) 28 Although it is clear that key developments are taking place in this area in Scotland, England and Wales and that further guidance and training ... of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2005 in Scotland and by the Criminal Justice & Court Services Act 2000 and re-enacted and strengthened by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in England & Wales 27 The Home...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:38

... understand by all respondents This is to reduce measurement error and non-response by achieving what Groves and colleagues [62] suggest to be content, cognitive and usability standards Such standards ... helpful comments and suggestions on previous drafts of this systematic review Author details Directorate of Prosthetics, Orthotics and Podiatry and Centre for Rehabilitation and Human Performance ... measurement properties Therefore, a systematic review of PROMs with relevance to the foot with RA is both timely and appropriate The aim of this systematic review was to appraise the quality of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... the parotid and masseteric spaces and the buccal tissues on the left side The left submandibular space and the floor of the mouth were also affected by the tumour (figure 6) The mandible appeared ... coordination JW, NHW and MB performed the clinical work and case management EJR performed histopathological studies LF, JW, NHW and JL acquired data and performed the data analysis LF, JL, MB and EJR were ... orbit, causing proptosis; and the extension of the tumour to the left ethmoidal sinus and the temporal and infra-temporal fossae Discussion The common denominator to myeloma and SP is the uncontrolled...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... and levels of evidence Details Levels of evidence I Randomized trials with low α error (< 0.05) and β error (< 0.8) II Randomized trials with high α error or low power III Nonrandomized, concurrent ... postCPB This review examines the pharmacological options for providing inotropic support in the period after CPB and evaluates the literature systematically in order to establish, present and classify ... significant increases in CI (50%) and SVI (28.8%), and decreases in SVR (45.3%) and PVR (30.4%) No significant changes in HR and MAP were recorded Oxygen delivery and consumption were also significantly...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:21

... Lara Uganda WHO stages Own health (ART and non ART) 0.50 and 0.55 (2008) (Entebbe) 2, or WHO stage (ART and non ART) 0.59 and 0.63 0.75 and 0.78 0.50 and 0.51 WHO stage (ART and non ART) 0.39 and ... non ART) 0.39 and 0.39 0.49 and 0.52 0.34 and 0.39 WHO stage (ART and non ART) 0.17 and 0.15 0.20 and 0.27 0.19 and 0.19 Own health reassessed (ART and non ART) 0.78 and 0.66 1) VAS scores transformed ... preference based Literature review Methods We searched for literature in the databases PubMed, EmBase and ISI using the key words "HIV OR AIDS", "Africa south of the Sahara" AND "health related...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Two reviewers (HML and MR) examined the titles and Page of 11 abstracts of the records for eligibility The full texts of all potentially relevant studies were obtained, and two reviewers (HML and ... included in the review are listed, and the number of matching core variables and fixed-system variables from each study are presented in Additional file Discussion Our systematic literature review of ... [32] The lack of a standard definition of pre-hospital TI poses a significant challenge for systematic reviewers and readers of these reviews With respect to the Cochrane review on pre-hospital...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... studies, and exploring any association between severity of illness (measured by Body Mass Index (BMI)) and IQ levels With these questions in mind, a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis ... psychological treatment [14] Methods Search procedure and data extraction This review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement for meta-analysis ... the mean and the standard deviation of the norm group are regarded as known (based on a large sample size), a bias correction of the standard error is not necessary The effect sizes and standard...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... cases and review of literature Surg Neurol 2007;67(1): 74-7 Chhiber SS, Singh B, Bansal P, et al Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis cured with medical therapy: case report and review of literature ... report, literature review and comments on pathogenesis J Neurol Sci 1975;26(1):61-70 Garg RK, Nag D Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis: response to albendazole: case reports and review of literature ... bowel and bladder incontinence, and sexual dysfunction1,20 However, inflammatory reaction against the dead parasite is associated with perilesional edema, which can damage medullar parenchyma and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56

... normal urination and bowel function and good daily self-management Physical examinations showed that superficial sensation was gradually diminished and muscle power of upper and lower limbs increased ... San Pedro J, et al Regression of syringomyelia and tonsillar herniation after posterior fossa arachnoid cyst excision Case report and literature review Neurocirugia (Astur) 2007;18:227-31 Martínez-Lage ... sensation in the bilateral upper limbs and trunk above the umbilicus, muscle wasting of the bilateral thenar and upper limbs, grade III muscle power of the upper and lower limbs, reduced tendon reflex,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... Improvements in both quality of products and packaging standards, as well as presence of new brands and containers A improvement in living standards and disposable incomes with accelerated economic ... Implementing and Managing Marketing Strategy Implementing and managing marketing strategy focus on evaluating and improving organizational effectiveness and marketing strategy implementation and control ... analysis, planning, implementation and control process designed to satisfy customer needs and wants It stars with an understanding of the corporate mission and objectives and the strategy of each strategic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2013, 10:45

... reproductive system and to its functions and processes People are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often ... health and nutrition, sexual awareness and behavior, prostitution and trafficking, sexual violence and sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion, marriage and childbearing, and fertility ... understand in more detail how girls from different tribes and regions manage the practical and health dimensions of menstruation While anthropological literature, and some development literature, ...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... oils’’ ‘‘(1) AND (2)’’ OR ‘‘(1) AND (3)’’ OR ‘‘(1) AND (4)’’ OR ‘‘(1) AND (5)’’ 0174 January 2007 | Volume | Issue | e20 Tobacco and Biomass Smoke and TB Figure Flow Diagram of Study Steps and Exclusions ... in the etiology and epidemiology of TB Previous reviews have addressed qualitatively the epidemiologic and biologic link between tobacco smoke and TB, but have not systematically reviewed the epidemiologic ... smoking Current and former smoking Current and former tobacco smoking and use of biomass cooking fuels Current and former tobacco smoking Current and former tobacco smoking Current and former tobacco...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 20:20

... – Literature Review on Similarities and Differences Between Management Accounting in Germanic and Anglophone Countries This paper compares management accounting practices in Germany, the UK and ... U.S.A and U.K., the basics of controlling have been developed within the academic literature (SCHERRER, 1996: 100; AHRENS and CHAPMAN 2000: 482; JONES and LUTHER 2004: 4; KÜPPER, 2005: 6) and its ... international accounting standards IFRS and US-GAAP They are “viewed as resulting in less biased numbers” (CHRISTENSEN and WAGENHOFER, 1997: 255) and are much more committed to delivering and procuring relevant...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

... The standard treatment for endometrial carcinoma includes staging laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectromy with pelvic washing and lymph node sampling and evaluation ... 40-160 mg/day and combination of tamoxifen and a progestin have been used for treatment although they have similar results (Silvafilho et al., 2007) Endometrial biopsy and CA-125 and serial endovaginal ... Wing DA (2007) Management of pregnancy after radical trachelectomy: case reports and systematic review of the literature Am J Perinatol, 24, 531 Jonathan S Berek, Greenlee RT, et al (2005) Epithelial...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 11:20

... and methods for systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic tests [18–21] Search Methods We previously published systematic and narrative reviews on the accuracy and performance of IGRAs ... were randomized to treatment on the basis of IGRA results, we focused our review on the diagnostic accuracy of IGRAs for active tuberculosis We observed standard guidelines and methods for systematic ... and (6) conference abstracts, letters without original data, and reviews At least reviewers (J Z M., C K E., K R S., or A C.) independently screened the accumulated citations for relevance, reviewed...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... the policy and research contexts of microfinance, and explains the rationale and objectives of this systematic review 1.1 Aims and rationale for the current review Since the 1970s, and especially ... three overlapping systematic reviews of the impacts of microfinance: a Cochrane review (Ezedunukwe and Okwundu 2010), a 3ie-funded review (Vaessen et al 2009) and another DFID-funded review being ... and systematic review of the evidence to inform such decisions The work of the Poverty Action Lab, 3ie and others is crucial in this regard, and needs to focus both on unanswered questions, and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... transplant) and 2007 to evaluate the effectiveness of pretransplant tuberculosis skin testing and LTBI treatment, the prevalence and outcome of MTB infections, and the effects of patient factors and ... (1/1945 to 12/ 2006), BIOSIS (1/1969 to 12/2006), and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Central Register of Controlled Trials and manually searched retrieved bibliographies to identify ... months Two previous randomized studies of isoniazid LTBI treatment in 184 and 85 renal transplant candidates showed similar reductions in active MTB infection.118,119 In our review, clinically...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... health and well-being (MacArthur, 2002; Gruber, 1986; Steptoe and Butler, 1996; Gordon and Grant, 1997; Calfas and Taylor, 1994; Ulrich and Parsons, 1992) This review has covered as diverse a literature ... papers, and deriving from international, English-language and European sources In the review the terms 'countryside' and 'greenspace' are deemed to include urban fringe woodlands, inland waterways and ... pride in and stewardship of the local environment, and create a greater awareness and understanding of the needs of the countryside and of land management (Ulrich, 1984; Grahn, 1989; Kaplan and Kaplan,...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 11:20