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The Ethical Obligation to Treat Infectious Patients: A Systematic Review of Reasons.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · August 16, 2024 During pandemics, healthcare providers struggle with balancing obligations to self, family, and patients. While HIV/AIDS seemed to settle this issue, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rekindled debates regarding treatment refusal. We searched MEDLINE, Em ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ectopic Prostatic Tissue in Female Urethral Diverticulum.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · August 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Ectopic prostatic tissue in female patients is rare. It is theorized that the presence of prostatic tissue in female patients is likely a Wolffian remnant or transformation of hormonally mediated tissue of the uterus, cervix, Skene's gland, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Health Care Team Interventions to Reduce Distress Behaviors in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Clin Gerontol · July 2, 2024 OBJECTIVES: This review examines health care team-focused interventions on managing persistent or recurrent distress behaviors among older adults in long-term residential or inpatient health care settings. METHODS: We searched interventions addressing heal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adherence to PRISMA 2020 reporting guidelines and scope of systematic reviews published in nursing: A cross-sectional analysis.

Journal Article Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · July 2024 IntroductionSystematic reviews are considered the highest level of evidence that can help guide evidence-informed decisions in nursing practice, education, and even health policy. Systematic review publications have increased from a sporadic few i ... Full text Cite

Facets of physical function assessed by patient-reported outcome measures in oncology research.

Journal Article Qual Life Res · July 2024 PURPOSE: The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has identified physical functioning (PF) as a core patient-reported outcome (PRO) in cancer clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to identify PF PRO measures (PROMs) in adult cancer populations and clas ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Minorities are under-reported and females are under-represented in stroke motor recovery trials.

Journal Article Topics in stroke rehabilitation · July 2024 BackgroundInclusion of diverse patient populations in stroke rehabilitation clinical trials is key for generalizability and detecting differences in subgroups. The aim of this study was to assess the reporting and inclusion of race, ethnicity, and ... Full text Cite

Best Practices for Writing Letters of Recommendation for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship: An Empty Scoping Review.

Journal Article Am J Perinatol · June 2024 OBJECTIVES: Though letters of recommendation (LOR) for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) fellowship are a critical part of application process, little is known regarding best practices for writing them. This scoping review sought to identify published data out ... Full text Link to item Cite

Educational Strategies in Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation Across Disciplines: A Scoping Review.

Journal Article J Surg Res · June 2024 INTRODUCTION: Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children. Differences in mechanism, injury pattern, severity, and physiology in this population distinguish pediatric trauma patients from adults. Educational techniques including simulat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reflux Disease Questionnaire Scoring and Utilization: A Scoping Review

Journal Article Foregut · June 1, 2024 Background: The RDQ was developed to assist in diagnosing GERD, but is now widely used in multiple contexts and validated in several languages. However, there is no standard RDQ scoring rubric, making comparisons between its uses challenging. Therefore, we ... Full text Cite

Family Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.

Journal Article JMIR Res Protoc · May 10, 2024 BACKGROUND: Older adults are frequently hospitalized. Family involvement during these hospitalizations is incompletely characterized in the literature. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to better understand how families are involved in the care of hospitalized o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Systematic Literature Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measures for Caregivers of Older Adult Trauma Patients.

Journal Article J Surg Res · May 2024 INTRODUCTION: As the older adult population increases, hospitals treat more older adults with injuries. After leaving, these patients suffer from decreased mobility and independence, relying on care from others. Family members often assume this responsibil ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mycoplasma hominis: A Case of Peritonitis and Hyperammonemia Syndrome in a Healthy Postpartum Woman

Journal Article Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases · April 1, 2024 An 18-year-old woman with a recent uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery presented with altered mental status and new ascites. She had elevated ammonia and blood urea nitrogen levels with normal hepatic enzymes. Peritoneal cultures eventually grew Myc ... Full text Cite

Medical Therapy for Ineffective Esophageal Motility: A Systematic Review

Journal Article Foregut · March 1, 2024 Background: Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM) is a commonly identified disorder of peristalsis. Although often asymptomatic, IEM can be associated with dysphagia. Aside from treating co-existing gastroesophageal reflux disease and sources of mechanical ... Full text Cite

Interventions to Improve Long-Term Adherence to Physical Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Geriatr Phys Ther · January 12, 2024 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of physical rehabilitation interventions, supplemented with one or more adherence-enhancing components, on outcomes among adults with hip or knee osteoarthritis or chronic lower back pain. DESIGN: Primary literature search ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genomic classifiers and prognosis of localized prostate cancer: a systematic review.

Journal Article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · January 10, 2024 BACKGROUND: Refinement of the risk classification for localized prostate cancer is warranted to aid in clinical decision making. A systematic analysis was undertaken to evaluate the prognostic ability of three genomic classifiers, Decipher, GPS, and Prolar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Strategies for enhancing the representation of women in clinical trials: an evidence map.

Journal Article Syst Rev · January 2, 2024 BACKGROUND: Equitable sex- and gender-based representation in clinical trials is an essential step to ensuring evidence-based care for women. While multi-institutional actions have led to significant improvements in the inclusion of women in trials, inequi ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Systematic Review of the Effects of Advance Care Planning Interventions in Nursing Homes

Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · December 1, 2023 Background: Advance care planning (ACP) interventions are implemented to achieve outcomes such as improving end-of-life care and increasing goal-concordant care. ACP has been studied across various settings, but it is important to study the impacts of ACP ... Full text Cite

The Ethical Obligation to Treat Infectious Patients: A Systematic Review of Reasons.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · August 16, 2024 During pandemics, healthcare providers struggle with balancing obligations to self, family, and patients. While HIV/AIDS seemed to settle this issue, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rekindled debates regarding treatment refusal. We searched MEDLINE, Em ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ectopic Prostatic Tissue in Female Urethral Diverticulum.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · August 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Ectopic prostatic tissue in female patients is rare. It is theorized that the presence of prostatic tissue in female patients is likely a Wolffian remnant or transformation of hormonally mediated tissue of the uterus, cervix, Skene's gland, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Health Care Team Interventions to Reduce Distress Behaviors in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Clin Gerontol · July 2, 2024 OBJECTIVES: This review examines health care team-focused interventions on managing persistent or recurrent distress behaviors among older adults in long-term residential or inpatient health care settings. METHODS: We searched interventions addressing heal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adherence to PRISMA 2020 reporting guidelines and scope of systematic reviews published in nursing: A cross-sectional analysis.

Journal Article Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · July 2024 IntroductionSystematic reviews are considered the highest level of evidence that can help guide evidence-informed decisions in nursing practice, education, and even health policy. Systematic review publications have increased from a sporadic few i ... Full text Cite

Facets of physical function assessed by patient-reported outcome measures in oncology research.

Journal Article Qual Life Res · July 2024 PURPOSE: The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has identified physical functioning (PF) as a core patient-reported outcome (PRO) in cancer clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to identify PF PRO measures (PROMs) in adult cancer populations and clas ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Minorities are under-reported and females are under-represented in stroke motor recovery trials.

Journal Article Topics in stroke rehabilitation · July 2024 BackgroundInclusion of diverse patient populations in stroke rehabilitation clinical trials is key for generalizability and detecting differences in subgroups. The aim of this study was to assess the reporting and inclusion of race, ethnicity, and ... Full text Cite

Best Practices for Writing Letters of Recommendation for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship: An Empty Scoping Review.

Journal Article Am J Perinatol · June 2024 OBJECTIVES: Though letters of recommendation (LOR) for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) fellowship are a critical part of application process, little is known regarding best practices for writing them. This scoping review sought to identify published data out ... Full text Link to item Cite

Educational Strategies in Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation Across Disciplines: A Scoping Review.

Journal Article J Surg Res · June 2024 INTRODUCTION: Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children. Differences in mechanism, injury pattern, severity, and physiology in this population distinguish pediatric trauma patients from adults. Educational techniques including simulat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reflux Disease Questionnaire Scoring and Utilization: A Scoping Review

Journal Article Foregut · June 1, 2024 Background: The RDQ was developed to assist in diagnosing GERD, but is now widely used in multiple contexts and validated in several languages. However, there is no standard RDQ scoring rubric, making comparisons between its uses challenging. Therefore, we ... Full text Cite

Family Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.

Journal Article JMIR Res Protoc · May 10, 2024 BACKGROUND: Older adults are frequently hospitalized. Family involvement during these hospitalizations is incompletely characterized in the literature. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to better understand how families are involved in the care of hospitalized o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Systematic Literature Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measures for Caregivers of Older Adult Trauma Patients.

Journal Article J Surg Res · May 2024 INTRODUCTION: As the older adult population increases, hospitals treat more older adults with injuries. After leaving, these patients suffer from decreased mobility and independence, relying on care from others. Family members often assume this responsibil ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mycoplasma hominis: A Case of Peritonitis and Hyperammonemia Syndrome in a Healthy Postpartum Woman

Journal Article Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases · April 1, 2024 An 18-year-old woman with a recent uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery presented with altered mental status and new ascites. She had elevated ammonia and blood urea nitrogen levels with normal hepatic enzymes. Peritoneal cultures eventually grew Myc ... Full text Cite

Medical Therapy for Ineffective Esophageal Motility: A Systematic Review

Journal Article Foregut · March 1, 2024 Background: Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM) is a commonly identified disorder of peristalsis. Although often asymptomatic, IEM can be associated with dysphagia. Aside from treating co-existing gastroesophageal reflux disease and sources of mechanical ... Full text Cite

Interventions to Improve Long-Term Adherence to Physical Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Geriatr Phys Ther · January 12, 2024 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of physical rehabilitation interventions, supplemented with one or more adherence-enhancing components, on outcomes among adults with hip or knee osteoarthritis or chronic lower back pain. DESIGN: Primary literature search ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genomic classifiers and prognosis of localized prostate cancer: a systematic review.

Journal Article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · January 10, 2024 BACKGROUND: Refinement of the risk classification for localized prostate cancer is warranted to aid in clinical decision making. A systematic analysis was undertaken to evaluate the prognostic ability of three genomic classifiers, Decipher, GPS, and Prolar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Strategies for enhancing the representation of women in clinical trials: an evidence map.

Journal Article Syst Rev · January 2, 2024 BACKGROUND: Equitable sex- and gender-based representation in clinical trials is an essential step to ensuring evidence-based care for women. While multi-institutional actions have led to significant improvements in the inclusion of women in trials, inequi ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Systematic Review of the Effects of Advance Care Planning Interventions in Nursing Homes

Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · December 1, 2023 Background: Advance care planning (ACP) interventions are implemented to achieve outcomes such as improving end-of-life care and increasing goal-concordant care. ACP has been studied across various settings, but it is important to study the impacts of ACP ... Full text Cite

Videoconferencing of Movement-Based and Psychologically Informed Interventions for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Horizon Scan.

Journal Article Telemed J E Health · September 2023 Introduction: With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, use of telehealth technology increased dramatically. Nonpharmacological approaches to pain management may be well suited for virtual care. Yet, it is not widely understood if this treatme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Consensus Guideline on the Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · August 1, 2023 The Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology tasked an expert group to review existing evidence and to generate recommendations on the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with obstructiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of Epidural Blood Patching or Surgery in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: A Systematic Review and Evidence Map.

Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · June 2023 BACKGROUND: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an important cause of treatable secondary headaches. Evidence on the efficacy of epidural blood patching and surgery for spontaneous intracranial hypotension has not been synthesized. PURPOSE: Our aim was ... Full text Link to item Cite

Complications of Intravenous Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal Article Stroke · May 2023 BACKGROUND: Prior systematic reviews have compared the efficacy of intravenous tenecteplase and alteplase in acute ischemic stroke, assigning their relative complications as a secondary objective. The objective of the present study is to determine whether ... Full text Link to item Cite

Non-surgical management and analgesia strategies for older adults with multiple rib fractures: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and joint practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Chest Wall Injury Society.

Journal Article J Trauma Acute Care Surg · March 1, 2023 BACKGROUND: Chest wall injury in older adults is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Optimal nonsurgical management strategies for these patients have not been fully defined regarding level of care, incentive spirometry (IS), noninvasive positi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Attitudes of patients with renal disease on xenotransplantation: A systematic review.

Journal Article Xenotransplantation · March 2023 BACKGROUND: Recent years have seen major advancements in xenotransplantation: the first pig-to-human heart transplant, the development of a brain-dead recipient model for kidney xenotransplantation, and the registration of the first xenokidney clinical tri ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abstract WMP1: Complications Of Intravenous Tenecteplase For The Treatment Of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

Conference Stroke · February 2023 Introduction: Prior systematic reviews have focused on a comparison of efficacy endpoints between tenecteplase (TNK) and alteplase. The objectives of this study are to determine whether the rate of tr ... Full text Cite

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation and adoption of improvement coaching: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

Journal Article J Clin Nurs · January 2023 BACKGROUND: Healthcare organisations and teams perform improvement activities to facilitate high-quality healthcare. The use of an improvement coach who provides support and guidance to the healthcare team may facilitate improvement activities; however, no ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy and safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for the treatment of acute pain after orthopedic trauma: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Orthopedic Trauma Association.

Journal Article Trauma Surg Acute Care Open · 2023 OBJECTIVES: Fracture is a common injury after a traumatic event. The efficacy and safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to treat acute pain related to fractures is not well established. METHODS: Clinically relevant questions were determi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Optimizing the Equitable Deployment of Virtual Care for Women: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Examining Patient and Provider Perspectives Supplemented with Primary Qualitative Data.

Journal Article Health Equity · 2023 INTRODUCTION: Women experience numerous barriers to patient-centered health care (e.g., lack of continuity). Such barriers are amplified for women from marginalized communities. Virtual care may improve equitable access. We are conducting a partner-engaged ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Cost-effectiveness of management strategies for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer and inoperable malignant bowel obstruction.

Journal Article Gynecol Oncol · December 2022 OBJECTIVES: Patients with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer often present with inoperable malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) from a large burden of abdominal disease. Interventions such as total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and chemotherapy may be u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food Insecurity in Digestive Diseases.

Journal Article Gastroenterology · September 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Follow-up Blood Cultures With Mortality in Patients With Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · September 1, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Obtaining follow-up blood cultures (FUBCs) in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) is standard practice, although its utility in patients with gram-negative bacterial BSI (GN-BSI) is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To examine whe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Telehealth for the Longitudinal Management of Chronic Conditions: Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Med Internet Res · August 26, 2022 BACKGROUND: Extensive literature support telehealth as a supplement or adjunct to in-person care for the management of chronic conditions such as congestive heart failure (CHF) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Evidence is needed to support the use of t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Coagulation Abnormalities and Clinical Complications in Children With SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review of 48,322 Patients.

Journal Article J Pediatr Hematol Oncol · August 1, 2022 Given the limited information on the coagulation abnormalities of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in pediatric patients, we designed a systematic review to evaluate this topic. A comprehensive literature search was conducted fo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of epidural blood patching or surgery in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: an evidence map protocol.

Journal Article Syst Rev · June 7, 2022 BACKGROUND: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a debilitating disorder caused by non-iatrogenic spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks. SIH is increasingly recognized as an important treatable cause of secondary headaches. Treatment involves either ep ... Full text Link to item Cite

Primary Care Engagement Among Individuals with Experiences of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness: an Evidence Map.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · May 2022 BACKGROUND: Experiences of homelessness and serious mental illness (SMI) negatively impact health and receipt of healthcare. Interventions that promote the use of primary care services for people with both SMI and homelessness may improve health outcomes, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Coaching on Process Outcomes in Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · March 2022 BACKGROUND: A culture of improvement is an important feature of high-quality health care systems. However, health care teams often need support to translate quality improvement (QI) activities into practice. One method of support is consultation from a QI ... Full text Link to item Cite

Post-operative prevention and monitoring of Crohn's disease recurrence.

Journal Article Gastroenterology report · January 2022 Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are relapsing and remitting chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Although surgery for UC can provide a cure, surgery for CD is rarely curative. In the past few decades, research has i ... Full text Cite

Racial Differences in Helicobacter pylori Prevalence in the US: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Gastro Hep Adv · 2022 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Helicobacter pylori remains an important risk factor for noncardia gastric cancer and a spectrum of disease from H. pylori infection to gastric cancer. As a step toward improved clinical strategies for gastric cancer prevention, we ass ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bridging Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: JACC Review Topic of the Week.

Journal Article J Am Coll Cardiol · October 12, 2021 Patients undergoing early surgery after coronary stent implantation are at increased risk for mortality from ischemic and hemorrhagic complications. The optimal antiplatelet strategy in patients who cannot discontinue dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) befor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019 During Nebulizer Treatment: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv · June 2021 Rationale: There is an urgent need to understand the risk of viral transmission during nebulizer treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Objectives: To assess the risk of transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Long-term Outcomes after Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection in Low Birthweight Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Pediatr Infect Dis J · June 1, 2021 BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common viral infection seen in newborns. Although postnatally acquired CMV (pCMV) infection rarely results in serious manifestations in term infants, preterm infants can develop severe clinical illness. However ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of simple and retained hemothorax: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

Journal Article Am J Surg · May 2021 BACKGROUND: Traumatic hemothorax poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges both acutely and chronically. A working group of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma convened to formulate a practice management guideline for traumatic hemothorax. ... Full text Link to item Cite

EFFECTIVENESS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COACHING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

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Food Insecurity and Digestive Diseases: A Systematic Review

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Investigating Health Literacy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a Descriptive Review.

Journal Article Curr Allergy Asthma Rep · November 12, 2020 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Inadequate health literacy is common among American adults, but little is known about the impact of health literacy in rheumatic diseases. The purpose of this article is to review studies investigating health literacy and its association ... Full text Link to item Cite

A systematic review of randomized trials comparing double versus triple antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Journal Article Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · August 2020 BACKGROUND: Prior randomized controlled trials (RCT) evaluating the optimal antithrombotic therapies for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have not been powered to evaluate ischemic outcomes. We comp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk for Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis After Exposure to Newer Gadolinium Agents: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Ann Intern Med · July 21, 2020 BACKGROUND: The risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after exposure to newer versus older gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) remains unclear. PURPOSE: To synthesize evidence about NSF risk with newer versus older GBCAs across the spectrum of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hormonal management of menopausal symptoms in women with a history of gynecologic malignancy.

Journal Article Menopause · February 2020 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to review the role of hormone therapy in menopausal patients with breast cancer and gynecologic malignancies. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE (via PubMed) using a combination of keywords and database-specific subject headin ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Transformational Coaching: Effect on Process of Care Outcomes and Determinants of Uptake

Report · 2020 High-quality health care is a priority for patients and clinicians alike. Quality improvement (QI) is a framework that guides health system actions to improve the delivery of high-quality health care. Quality improvement activities seek to promote high-qua ... Link to item Cite

Impact of Maternal Immunity on Congenital Cytomegalovirus Birth Prevalence and Infant Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Vaccines (Basel) · September 26, 2019 Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), and efforts are geared towards prevention through vaccine development. Transmission rates following primary maternal infection occur at rates of 30-40% ... Full text Link to item Cite

Leadership Training in Graduate Medical Education: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Journal of graduate medical education · April 2018 BackgroundLeadership is a critical component of physician competence, yet the best approaches for developing leadership skills for physicians in training remain undefined.ObjectiveWe systematically reviewed the literature on existing lead ... Full text Cite

Systematic review with meta-analysis: endoscopic dilation is highly effective and safe in children and adults with eosinophilic oesophagitis.

Journal Article Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · July 2017 BackgroundOesophageal dilation is frequently used as an adjunct treatment to alleviate symptoms that develop from fibrostenotic remodelling in eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE). Earlier reports described an increased risk of complications associated ... Full text Cite

PIK3CA mutation in a mixed dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor and rosette forming glioneuronal tumor, a case report and literature review.

Journal Article Journal of the neurological sciences · February 2017 BackgroundRosette forming glioneuronal tumors are rare, World Health Organization (WHO) grade I novel tumors frequently affecting the fourth ventricle or posterior fossa with typical neuronal pseudorosettes. RGNTs have been described as possessing ... Full text Cite

Asymptomatic Kawasaki Disease in a 3-Month-Old Infant.

Journal Article Pediatrics · August 2016 Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the United States. It is a systemic vasculitis characterized by diffuse inflammation of medium and small blood vessels. If untreated it can lead to myocardial infarction, i ... Full text Cite

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for fibromyalgia syndrome.

Journal Article Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · September 2015 BackgroundFibromyalgia is a clinically well-defined chronic condition with a biopsychosocial aetiology. Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, sleep problems, cognitive dysfunction, and fatigue. Patients often re ... Full text Cite

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for fibromyalgia syndrome.

Journal Article The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · June 2015 BackgroundFibromyalgia is a clinically well-defined chronic condition with a biopsychosocial aetiology. Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, sleep problems, cognitive dysfunction, and fatigue. Patients often re ... Full text Cite

Learning objects as tools for teaching information literacy online: A survey of librarian usage

Journal Article College and Research Libraries · January 1, 2011 Based on information gathered from two discussion sessions moderated by members of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section's Online Learning Research Committee a survey was conducted to identify how librarians use course/learning management systems a ... Full text Cite

Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century: An Introduction. 2nd ed

Journal Article Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · July 2010 Full text Cite