Background and Purpose—Rates of stroke incidence and mortality vary across populations with important differences between socioeconomic groups worldwide. Knowledge of existing disparities in stroke risk is important for effective stroke prevention and management strategies. This review updates the evidence for associations between socioeconomic status and stroke. Summary of Review—Studies were ...

Introduction Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) has been reported, by various authors, to promote bone healing. The aim of our review was to review the available literature and evaluate the effectiveness of LIPUS in the treatment of various types of complicated fracture union. Materials and methods Different search engines including MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were used, and t...

Searching MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched from January 1984 to December 2001, employing the MeSH and textwords for the term 'hysteroscopy' combined with the MeSH term 'diagnosis'. Studies reported in any language were considered. In addition, the Cochrane Library was searched, the reference lists of all known reviews and primary studies were examined, and the manufacturers of hysteroscopes wer...

It is generally accepted in adult and paediatric practice, that prior to acute deterioration and subsequent transfer to intensive care, patients often show signs of deterioration which are either unrecognised or not acted upon by nursing and medical staff. Early warning scores based on physiological observations (heart and respiratory rate etc) which automatically trigger medical review have be...

The question of whether diet plays a role in the onset of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) or can affect the course of the disease is an important one for many patients and healthcare providers. The aims of this study were to investigate whether: 1) patients with AS report different diets to those without AS; 2) amongst patients with AS, diet is related to severity; 3) persons with particular diets ...

Searching MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched from January 1984 to December 2001, employing the MeSH and textwords for the term 'hysteroscopy' combined with the MeSH term 'diagnosis'. Studies reported in any language were considered. In addition, the Cochrane Library was searched, the reference lists of all known reviews and primary studies were examined, and the manufacturers of hysteroscopes wer...

The purpose of this research was to review the literature on home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) and to provide recommendations regarding HBPM assessment. Observational studies on HBPM, published after 1992, as identified by PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane literature searches were reviewed. Studies were selected if they met the following criteria: 1) self-measurements had been performed with va...

Methods—We searched PubMed and Embase databases for PMTCT studies in sub-Saharan Africa published between January 2002 and March 2012. Outcomes were the percentage of pregnant women (i) tested for HIV, (ii) initiating antiretroviral prophylaxis, (iii) having a CD4 cell count measured, and (iv) initiating antiretroviral combination therapy (cART) if eligible. In children outcomes were (v) early ...

Search results for nine topics in the Medical Behavioral Sciences are reanalyzed to compare the overall performance of descriptor and citation search strategies in identifying relevant and novel documents. Overlap percentages between an aggregate "descriptor-based" database (MEDLINE, EXCERPTA MEDICA, PSYCINFO) and an aggregate "citation-based" database (SCISEARCH, SOCIAL SCISEARCH) ranged from ...

Evidence acquisition: PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched for studies published between January 1, 1980, and December 12, 2014, of childhood obesity risk factors present during the first 1,000 days. Prospective, original human subject, English-language research with exposure occurrence during the first 1,000 days and with the outcome of childhood overweight or obesity (BMIZ85th per...