Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the combination of the best available research evidence with clinical experience and patient needs. The concept of EBM as a part of clinical decision making has become increasingly popular over the last decade. In the hierarchy of studies meta-analysis and systematic reviews occupy the highest levels. A systematic review of a clinical question can be performed b...

Title: A systematic review of methods to diagnose oral dryness and salivary gland function

Title: Applying systematic review search methods to the grey literature: A case study examining guidelines for school-based breakfast programs in Canada Authors: Katelyn Godin ([email protected]) Jackie Stapleton ([email protected]) Sharon Kirkpatrick ([email protected]) Rhona Hanning ([email protected]) Scott Leatherdale ([email protected]) Version: 3 Date: 2...

Background: Cancer is the main cause of death in developed countries and the second main cause of death in developing countries. The aim of this study was to review the occupational risk factors and cancer incident in Iran. Materials and Methods: this present systematic review was done based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines on Persian ar...

This paper presents a systematic review of empirical studies in Requirements Engineering, specifically, concerning the usefulness of stakeholder identification methods, and the sub sequential empirical evidence gathered from those studies. The objective of this review is to plot the landscape of current reported knowledge in terms of motivating requirements engineers into producing high-quality...

background: diabetes disease is one of the 4 main types of non-communicable diseases. no research has been conducted in order to identify data items for diabetic personal health record (dphr), in iran. this study, with the aim of systematically developing the dphr was done to supply ultimately the country with a national model through delphi method. methods: we conducted a systematic review of ...

abstract objective: abnormal values of the transient ischemic dilation (tid) ratio are associated with severe and extensive coronary artery disease (cad). tid can be used as a diagnostic and prognostic marker of cad in diabetic patients. the aim of current study was to determine the pooled estimate of tid ratio in single myocardial perfusion scan in diabetic patients by a systematic review and ...