Searching The following databases were searched from 1971 to 1998 (the search strategies used were provided in the report): MEDLINE, EMBASE, HealthSTAR, CINAHL, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The authors also examined reference lists, handsearched Respiratory Care (from 1997 to 1999), and searched their personal files. The authors did no...

Data sources: Cochrane Library (Issue 1, 2003), Popline, Medline (1966 to April 2003), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1980–2003), CINAHL (1982–2003), Biological abstracts database (1985 to April 2003), Chinese Biological Medical discs (1992 to April 2003), World Health Organization resources (July 2003), Emergency Contraception World Wide Web server (April 2003), contacts with experts and pharmaceutic...

We searched the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group Trials Register (November 2012 and January 29, 2015), which is based on regular searches of MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, BIOSIS, AMED, PsycINFO, and registries of clinical trials. We searched the references of all included studies. There were no language, date, document type, or publication status limitations for inclusion of records in the regis...

Objectives—To assess the available evidence for preventive strategies for lower limb soft tissue injuries caused by running. Methods—An electronic database search was conducted using The Cochrane Musculoskeletal Injuries Group Specialised Register, The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Medline, Embase, Sport Discus, Heracles, Atlantes, Biosis, Cinahl, Scisearch, Current

Purpose This paper aims to systematically compare and contrast the evidence for the use of mind-body therapies to address varying degrees of depressive symptoms in populations with and without other chronic co-morbidities. Systematic literature searches of PubMed (Medline), Embase, CINAHL, and the 7 databases encompassed by Current

BACKGROUND The purpose of our study is to determine the value and efficacy of searching biomedical databases beyond MEDLINE for systematic reviews. METHODS We analyzed the results from a systematic review conducted by the authors and others on ward closure as an infection control practice. Ovid MEDLINE including In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid Embase, CINAHL Plus, LILACS, and I...

Purpose: There is common consensus that cancer and its treatment can impair the body, but combined evidence of the previous literature in cancer survivors is missing. Therefore, we reviewed body image in cancer survivors and focused on case‐control studies, in order to draw conclusions as to whether body image might be altered due to cancer. Methods: Medline, Cinahl, Embase, and PsycInfo were s...

This review focuses on ethical issues in psychiatric and mental health nursing and moral distress that occurs with psychiatric nurses. Literature published between 2000 and 2014 was identified using the PubMed, CINAHL, ScienceDirect, and by hand search in the library before being analyzed under themes related to ethical issues and moral distress in psychiatric and mental health nursing. A summa...

Background: This review focuses on exploring the concept of the nurse-client relationship as it may be informed by relational ethics. Relational ethics is a new approach to ethical practice in health care and can be a framework for nurses and other health professionals in considering how to help patients and families. Purpose: To review the basic elements of relational ethics prior to summarizi...

Introduction: It is estimated that there are nearly 40 million people with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide. Due to the advent of antiretroviral drugs, it has been observed increasing in obesity and metabolic rates among patients undergoing treatment. Thus, numerous surgical therapies for weight loss are proposed for continuous improvement in health of patients with HIV, being t...