The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether they reduce ...

Risk of bias assessment and quality of evidence Methodological quality of the systematic reviews was assessed using the AMSTAR instrument (a measurement ... not report well the characteristics of such ...

These include objectively measured health outcomes (eg, ‘mortality’, ‘blood glucose levels’, ‘infections’, ‘medical errors ... we restricted the analysis of interventions to improve patient experience ...

Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline ... Results Twenty-two studies were included (1137 participants). Moderate level evidence favoured eccentric exercise over control for ...

There was no statistically significant difference between groups in mortality. Two systematic reviews included one non-randomised studies of unifocal non-flail rib fracture population; due to limited ...

We provide a ‘Best Practice Guide to Conservative Management of Patellofemoral Pain’ outlining key considerations. This study combines findings from high-quality systematic reviews (ie, level 1 ...

The review highlights insufficient evidence for e-cigarettes as a gateway to smoking, calling for improved studies to guide effective public health regulations.

1 Since then, it has been used in numerous studies. We aimed to synthesize these studies to systematically assess the level of SDM, as measured with the OPTION-5. Methods A systematic review of ...

In this systematic review, there was minimal evidence of improved sepsis mortality with implementation of the Severe Sepsis ...

A new review has found a link between chlorine byproducts in our drinking water and a greater chance of bladder and ...