systematic review of the literature

... Based on the advice of one of the authors (PF), an expert in the field of maternal health and EmOC, the search strategy was supplemented by a systematic review of the table of contents of specific ... hours; the greatest part of that delay was attributed to the purchase of therapeutic material by patients and their families [48] The overall evaluation of professional skills, together with the ... organizational resources The structural aspects of EmOC and the interpersonal constituents of the EmOC process were easily identified The clinical aspects of EmOC, where the role of HR is theoretically...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... in the permanent attrition of pharmacists from the workforce Although the death of pharmacists was not reported to be a problem in any of the literature included in the review, most of the literature ... annotated in the matrices Results In total, 69 papers were identified for inclusion in the review: 48 peer-reviewed papers and 21 non-peerreviewed reports Most of the evidence gathered was in the B3 ... to understanding the factors surrounding the expansion of the pharmacy workforce The issues surrounding planning and expansion of the pharmacy workforce elucidated from the literature will be...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... beginning of a new era in the treatment of RA Nonetheless, the efficacy of each biological agent is not similar in all patients, underlying the need for a drug switch between the agents Moreover, the ... exclusion criteria, and their methodological quality was graded according to the levels of evidence of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford, UK) [3] The language of the paper was not restricted ... clinicians to identify the crucial pathway alternative to TNFα - has not been provided The aim of this study was to investigate the evidence in the literature about the efficacy of switching between...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... collected the data, systematically reviewed the literature, and wrote the manuscript TK was lead surgeon TK, IH, IJH, ME, MB, AS, FZ, and MM participated in the design of the manuscript and they revised ... closure; both on the atrial and ventricular sides of the leaflets They can even be found on the chordae and the endocardium In this case several microthrombi are present on the free edge of the leaflet ... fibrofibrinous vegetations seen in LS endocarditis of the mitral valve may vary in size and typically have a wart-like morphology They can be found near the edge of the leaflets along the line of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... assessing the functioning of specific joints or limbs Given the difficulty of assessing the quality of the applied translation procedures and the equivalence of translated versions of the questionnaires, ... With the inclusion of items of the participation chapters of the ICF, the WHODAS-II covers a wider spectrum of disability than just physical function The same applies to the BI and SIP These ... (≥0.70) in both cases, there was no assessment of the dimensionality of the scales beyond the reporting of item level fit statistics The AIMS2-SF and both versions of the MDHAQ were rated indeterminate...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... hour, and if they are between and 10 mmol/l the actual insulin infusion rate is increased by units per hour We focused on the results of the group treated using the studied algorithm; the control ... glucose determinations and the use of the last two blood glucose values to determine the insulin infusion rate Although there is much concern about hypoglycaemia, the frequency of severe hypoglycaemic ... patients [1,2,25] The mechanisms underlying the effects of glucose toxicity or the possibility of beneficial effects of insulin infusion per se remain to be unravelled [26,27] At present there is no...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... the calcitonin and katacalcin regions of the protein Results of the measurement are available within one hour, and only 20 μl of blood serum or plasma is needed for the test The sensitivity of ... surgery with CBP.© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia Reproduced from [36] by permission of Oxford University Press/British Journal of Anaesthesia who underwent ... review were to describe the evolution of PCT after cardiac surgery and to assess the value of PCT in terms of diagnosing infection or predicting outcome in these patients From the available literature, ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... procedures Of note, one of these studies that required the use of a pulmonary artery catheter as part of the protocol did not specify treatment goals that would require the use of the catheter [11] Three ... in the stroke volume index [31] The present systematic review has several potential limitations First, the heterogeneity of populations and therapies prevents synthesis of findings regarding the ... trials of novel therapies specifically directed at the pathophysiology of sepsis Analysis of the studies excluding the two trials that include supranormal therapeutic goals does not alter the variability...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... extraction From the studies that were included in our systematic review we extracted data regarding the date of publication, the setting of the study, the patient population, details of the medical ... educational level, therefore we included it as part of education in the presentation of the data Findings In Table we present the main findings regarding the analysis of the association of the various ... characteristics of the 17 studies that were included in our systematic review The year of publication of the studies ranged from 1991 to 2005 There was considerable variability among studies regarding the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 06:20

... biomarkers of host response Due to the lack of an acceptable gold standard, the accuracy of these methods in diagnosing VAP is controversial The aim of this qualitative review was, therefore, ... diagnosis The role of bacteriological data in improving the accuracy of a clinical diagnosis of VAP Many studies have evaluated the value of bacteriological data in establishing the diagnosis of VAP ... repeatability of only 75% Butler et al [58] compared the results of blind PSB sampling from the contralateral lung and PSB from the site of the observed infiltrates; the concordance rate between the two...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... data irrespective of the original research purpose of the study Further, the quality of the various postural sway measures depends on technical aspects of the experimental setup Therefore all study ... applied the inclusion criteria to the full text Of these, 10 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review (Figure 1) There was full consensus between the reviewers during the ... 30%) There was a marked variation present in the included studies in terms of sampling duration, number of trials or the selection of the COP parameters The studies often employed a combination of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... pre-specified the method to be used for the conduct of the review The protocol was reviewed by an independent review panel The review panel comprised a subject expert, Dr Julie Lovegrove (University of ... external bodies were alerted to the review process and the availability of the review protocol A draft of the final report was reviewed and approved by the independent review panel 4.2 Search strategy ... peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed Not peer reviewed...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:20

...     A Systematic Review of the Research Literature on the Use of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading and Spelling  Carole J Torgerson * Greg Brooks ** Jill Hall * * University of York ** ... York ** University of Sheffield  The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education and Skills © The University of Sheffield 2006 ... measures used in calculation of effect sizes by the reviewers: word reading accuracy (reading comprehension; spelling) Effect size, as calculated by the reviewers (mean of word recognition and word...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:22

... in these settings [11] This paper reports on the findings of the literature review The scope of the literature review was necessarily broad since we wanted to include all core components of institutional ... defined after the synthesis of the findings, allowing for greater exploration of a broad array of outcomes and experiences Aims We undertook a systematic review of the international literature published ... research question or hypothesis, the type of methodology used [16] and relevance of the participants to the aims of the review) ; (4) data analysis (which included clarity of the analysis plan, reporting...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... monitor the counterpart of the symptomatic patient with AC as early as possible, irrespective of the absence of symptoms Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest ... lack of systematic monitoring and follow-up Therefore, a large percentage of patients with AC are probably undiscovered Mirror images, on the other hand, are present in approximately 25% of MZ Therefore, ... that the reported incidence rate of mirror-imaging of AC is probably underestimated To improve the diagnosis rate, we consider that it is essential to systematically monitor the counterpart of the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... (3) the location of the impact and the occurrence of the tumor corresponded exactly one to the other; and (4) there was a more than one year interval between trauma and the appearance of the ... documented the absence of tumor at the time of the brain injury We suggest that these conditions for the acceptance of a causal relationship between cranial trauma and brain tumor study are the following: ... interval between trauma and the appearance of the tumor of at least year, a longer latent period increasing the likelihood of a causal relationship The presence of the tumor must be proved histologically...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48

... and the impact of poor mobility on quality of life The findings from the literature review were used to compile a set of ‘best-practice’ recommendations to effectively manage the safe mobility of ... a substantial impact on the individual, their family, the community and the society in which they live Furthermore, the evidence suggests that there are subgroups of the elderly who are more ... know the size of our own field of study We not even know the number of injury accidents or the number of those injured.” (Harris, 1990, p 371) As a general rule, the less severe the crash, the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... aspects of women’s reproductive health A global review of the literature WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Mental health aspects of women’s reproductive health : a global review of the literature ... and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice, as well as other methods of their choice for regulation of fertility which are not against the law, and the right of access to appropriate ... over their sexuality, and articulated concepts Focus and framework of the current review The mental health aspects of women’s reproductive health are the focus of this review, not only because of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:20

... one of the cohort studies reporting results[23-26,28], but in most of them the number of GC cases was too small For pickled and dried vegetables, studies found positive association but none of them ... accurate assessment of the intake of these compounds However, despite the fact that some studies have estimated adequately the exogenous intake of nitrosamines, none of them had information about ... of the total dietary human exposure to NOC, and therefore underestimating their effect In relation to possible factors that could modify the effect of NOC, few studies considered the intake of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... in the conceptual/theoretical group had their primary focus on the development of models, concepts, or ideas They pointed out literature reviews, development of conceptual models, development of ... project risk factors and concentrated on the question of how they impact the best use of a company’s limited resources The main purposes of our work thus was to:  review and analyze key articles on ... several components of software and business systems, thereby raising organizational problems Despite the significant benefits that ERP software packages provide, they often cost millions of dollars to...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:21