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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of dry eye disease (DED) in workers using visual display terminals (VDT). DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and Science Direct databases for studies reporting DED prevalence in VDT workers. RESULTS 16 of the 9049 identified studies were included, with a total of 11,365...
BACKGROUND This meta-analysis was designed to assess the efficacy of the male sling and artificial urinary sphincter on treating post-prostatectomy incontinence by evaluating daily pad use, cure rate, frequency of improvement in incontinence, and quality of life. METHODS Medline, Cochrane, Google Scholar, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched (until March 31, 2014) for studies that investigate...
BACKGROUND Abnormal gestational weight gain is associated with unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. Several risk factors have been identified, but the effect of macronutrient intake during pregnancy on gestational weight gain has not been systematically evaluated in both high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE We conducted a systematic review of the literature in 8 di...
BACKGROUND Legionellosis is a life-threatening disease. The clinical superiority of quinolones or macrolides for treating patients with legionellosis has not been established. METHODS We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting data that allowed the comparison of quinolones versus macrolides in the treatment of proven legionellosis published from 1 January 1985 to ...
CONTEXT The findings of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) are used for clinical decision making. The European Association of Urology has committed increasing resources into the development of high quality clinical guidelines based on such SRs and MAs. OBJECTIVE In this paper, we have summarised the process of conducting SRs for underpinning clinical practice guidelines under th...
Stella Trompet ([email protected]) Anton JM de Craen ([email protected]) Iris Postmus ([email protected]) Ian Ford ([email protected]) Naveed Sattar ([email protected]) Muriel Caslake ([email protected]) David J Stott ([email protected]) Brendan M Buckley ([email protected]) Frank Sacks ([email protected]) James J Devlin ([email protected]) P Eline Slagboom (p....
By definition, a rare disease is any condition that affects a small percentage of the population. However, the cutoff number for which a disease is considered as rare varies with different regions. In the United States, the cutoff was fewer than 200,000 people [1] and while in Japan, it was fewer than 50,000 [2]. For Europe, rare diseases are life-threatening or chronically debilitating ones in...
The revellers depicted in the painting by the Dutch artist Judith Leyster (1609–60) (Figure 1) will not have given epigenetics a passing thought. Little were they to know that indulgences, such as drinking alcohol and smoking, would be contributing to their ‘exposome’ and marking their epigenome to potentially compromise their future health. The skeleton proffering an hourglass is perhaps a por...
PURPOSE To assess the effectiveness of a specific nonoperative physical therapy program in treating atraumatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears using a multicenter prospective cohort study design. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with atraumatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears who consented to enroll provided data via questionnaire on demographics, symptom characteristics, comorbidities, wil...
INTRODUCTION The once-daily 300 index of reactivity (IR) house dust mite (HDM) tablet (Actair®; Stallergenes Greer, Antony, France/Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan) is the first sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) tablet to be approved for the treatment of HDM-induced allergic rhinitis. Areas covered: This drug profile reviews the current body of evidence on the efficacy, safety and tolerability o...
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