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The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between thyroid function and exposure to selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) among those aged ≥ 20 years.... -
Accuracy of a blood glucose monitoring system that recognizes insufficient sa...
Background: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) can play a key role in diabetes management. The CONTOUR®NEXT ONE (Ascensia Diabetes Care, Parsippany, NJ, USA) blood glucose... -
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Background: This study examines information needs and satisfaction with provided information among childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumor survivors and their parents.... -
The risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients receiving dabigatran etexil...
Background: Evidence on the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding associated with dabigatran etexilate (DE) is contrasting. We performed a meta-analysis of literature to... -
Sociodemographic disparities in the management of type 2 diabetes in the Unit...
Objective: To examine the potential sociodemographic disparities in type 2 diabetes (T2D) management and care among US adult individuals, after controlling for clinical and... -
How to tell a patient’s story? Influence of the case narrative design on the ...
Background: Virtual patients (VPs) are narrative-based educational activities to train clinical reasoning in a safe environment. Our aim was to explore the influence of the... -
Intake of vitamin B6, folate, and vitamin B12 and risk of coronary heart dise...
The objective of this study was to quantify the association of B-vitamins intake with the future risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). A systematic search was performed with the... -
Adjuvant trastuzumab regimen for HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer: a s...
Objective: Breast cancer remains to be the globally leading female cancer. About 15% to 20% of breast cancers have human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive... -
Associations between skin rash, treatment outcome, and single nucleotide poly...
Purpose: To study the associations between development of moderate to severe skin rash, clinical outcome, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes in head... -
A comparison of electronic and paper-based clinical skills assessment: System...
Introduction: The aim of this systematic review was to compare the effectiveness of electronic recording with paper-based recording of clinical skills assessments for... -
Mind the gap: Teachers' conceptions of student-staff partnership and its pote...
Introduction: Student-staff partnerships as a concept to improve medical education have received a growing amount of attention. Such partnerships are collaborations in which... -
Narrative medicine as a medical education tool: A systematic review
Aim: Narrative medicine has been promoted as an innovative and effective means of stimulating medical students’ professional development by teaching them to approach their... -
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Background Growing evidence suggests that second-generation cryoballoon ablation (2G-CB) is effective in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF). The cornerstone... -
Evaluating Twitter as a complementary data source for pharmacovigilance
Background: Social media are currently considered as a potential complementary source of knowledge for drug safety surveillance. Our primary objective was to estimate the... -
Patient perception of Breezhaler and Ellipta device feedback mechanisms in CO...
OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of the ADVANTAGE study was to compare device-naive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients' perception of the Breezhaler® and... -
Depression, antidepressant use, and risk of venous thromboembolism: systemati...
Purpose: Evidence on the association between depression, antidepressant use and venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk is conflicting. We conducted a systematic review and... -
5-HT1A receptor ligands and their therapeutic applications: review of new pat...
Introduction: 5-HT1AR was one of the first discovered serotonin receptors and is one of the most thoroughly studied. Dysfunctions associated with 5-HT1AR neurotransmission are... -
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Many medical devices offer improvements over current care that may be difficult to assess using standard methods of economic benefit measurement such as the quality-adjusted... -
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Objective: The comparative safety and efficacy of tafamidis, patisiran, and inotersen treatments for transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) has not been... -
A survey of scientists’ awareness of and attitudes to the use of human blood ...
Scientists working in assisted reproduction [members of Scientists in Reproductive Technology (SIRT) Australia, and subscribers of the online forums EmbryoMail and Quartec] were...
