This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effects of electronic cigarettes on periodontal health compared to conventional cigarette smoke and a non-smoking population....
MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, CENTRAL, and ClinicalTrials.gov were screened for literature. Eligibility criteria included clinical studies published between 2006 and 2022 that compare e-cigarettes ...
Sixteen studies were found to be eligible for qualitative synthesis. Individual analyses showed that cigarette smokers had significantly higher PI, PD, AL, and MBL and increased concentrations of proi...
The current findings suggest that that e-cigarette use might be considered a healthier alternative to cigarette smoking concerning periodontal health. Even so, harmful effects of electronic nicotine d...
Electronic cigarettes, marketed as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, are becoming increasingly popular. Evidence on the use of electronic cigarettes as a cessation aid and its beneficial ...
Epidemiological studies do not provide accurate statistics on the percentage of breastfeeding women experiencing sexual dysfunctions and restraining from sexual activity. The data vary between 40% and...
A comprehensive literature search will be performed in biomedical databases PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE and CINAHL. We will extract peer-reviewed original studies written in English...
This meta-analysis does not require ethical approval because it synthesises data from previously published original studies. The final work will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented a...
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Cardiotoxicity occurs in 5-20% of cancer patients who receive anthracyclines. The aim of this study was to pool all the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the cardio-protective role of ...
PubMed and Scopus electronic databases were scanned for eligible studies up to May 3rd, 2023. A total of 5 RCTs with 808 patients were included. Efficacy endpoints were the rate of anthracycline-media...
On pooled analysis, the statin-treated group had a lower incidence of cardiotoxicity compared to the placebo group [risk ratio (RR) 0.52, 95% confidence Interval (CI) 0.33-0.83, P = 0.01; I...
The current meta-analysis of all RCTs conducted so far shows an overall beneficial effect of statins on the risk of anthracyclines-induced cardiotoxicity and LVEF preservation. No difference was obser...
Hamstring injuries are one of the most common types of damage in sports. Insufficient flexibility and high stiffness are important reasons for it. Stretching is often used in warm-up activities before...
This study aimed to compare the short-term, medium-term, and long-term effects of DS and SS on improving hamstring flexibility and stiffness via a meta-analysis of RCTs....
RCTs were identified from PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and PEDro from inception to July 28, 2022. The methodological quality was evaluated using the PEDro scale. The mean difference and 9...
A total of 27 RCTs and 606 participants were included. In terms of improving the ROM of the hamstring, there was no significant difference in the acute (MD, -0.70, 95% CI, -1.54 to 0.14; Z = 1.63, P >...
A single bout of DS and SS have similar short-term effects in improving hamstring ROM and length, while multiple bouts of SS can significantly improve hamstring ROM compared to DS. DS and SS showed si...
There have been many studies on maternal competence, but in the studies conducted in this field, different methods have been applied to educate mothers on maternal competence, which do not have a unif...
Whether thrombolysis improves outcomes in non-arteritic central retinal artery occlusion (naCRAO) is uncertain. We aimed to evaluate the rate of visual recovery after intra-venous thrombolysis (IVT) o...
We systematically searched six databases. Logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) and VA of ⩾20/100 were used to quantify visual recovery. To explore the role of other factors on visual ...
We included data from 771 patients out of 72 publications in nine languages. Visual improvement for ⩾0.3 logMAR was reported in 74.3% of patients who received IVT-tPA within 4.5 h (CI: 60.9-86.0%; una...
Early thrombolytic therapy with tPA is associated with enhanced visual recovery in naCRAO. Future studies should refine the optimum time window for thrombolysis in naCRAO....
Dyspareunia is defined as the occurrence of pain during or after sexual intercourse, which directly affects physical, sexual, and mental health. This condition can lead to depression, anxiety, and low...
The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions for the treatment of female dyspareunia....
A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted....
Search of publications was conducted in Scopus, Medline, Pubmed, Cinahl and Web of Science. Treatment effects were defined as standardized mean difference and their 95% confidence intervals. Statistic...
Of the 19 articles selected, six applied multimodal physiotherapy treatments; five, electrotherapy; three, Thiele's massage; two, interdisciplinary interventions or pelvic floor muscle training; and o...
Physiotherapy techniques are effective and procedures have been identified with reliable results in improving pain and quality of life in patients with dyspareunia. One of the most important aspects i...
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Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the most common cause of preventable blindness in preterm infants. First-line treatments include intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) or laser photocoagulation (LPC)....
The aim of the study was to evaluate neurodevelopmental safety of IVB compared to LPC for ROP....
MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane library were searched up to September 2022. Studies were included with at least 12-month follow-up of primary outcomes such as severe neurodevelopmental impairment (sNDI)...
1,231 patients from 11 comparative studies were included. Quality of evidence was rated low for all outcomes. IVB was associated with a higher risk for sNDI (risk ratio [RR] = 1.25, 95% confidence int...
To our knowledge, this is the largest meta-analysis on neurodevelopmental outcomes and the first to rigorously examine IVB monotherapy in ROP treatment. Compared to LPC, there was a marginally increas...
Traumatic spine injury (TSI) leads to significant morbidity and mortality in children. However, the global epidemiology of pediatric TSI is currently unknown. We conducted a systematic review and meta...
PubMed, Embase, and Scopus were searched for reports in June 2021 and updated in March 2023 with no restrictions on language or year of publication. A meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the globa...
Of 6557 studies, 25 met the inclusion criteria. Road traffic accidents (64%) were responsible for most cases reported in the literature, followed by falls (18%). The global incidence of TSI in childre...
Pediatric TSI represents a large healthcare burden globally. Interventions targeting both injury prevention and strengthening of neurosurgical capacity, especially in low resource settings, are needed...
Dementia affects as many as 130 million people, which presents a significant and growing medical burden globally. This meta-analysis aims to assess whether tea intake, tea consumption can reduce the r...
Cochrane Library, PubMed and Embase were searched for cohort studies from inception to November 1, 2022. The Newcastle Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS) was applied to evaluate the risk of bias of...
Seven prospective cohort studies covering 410,951 individuals, which were published from 2009 and 2022 were included in this meta-analysis. The methodological quality of these studies was relatively w...
Our meta-analysis demonstrated that tea (green tea or black tea) intake or consumption is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of dementia, AD or VD. These findings provide evidence tha...
