Design A systematic search identified systematic reviews comparing effectiveness of rib fracture fixation with non-operative management of adults with flail chest or unifocal non-flail rib fractures.

Design Systematic review. Data sources The electronic databases CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost ... studies published in English or Scandinavian language and scientific original research that ...

20 24 This raises concerns about the appropriateness of using these prognostic models for patients with advanced non-cancer NCDs such as organ failure, degenerative neurological conditions and frailty ...

Data sources Medline, Embase, CINAHL, CENTRAL, and Web of Science from inception to 24 January 2023. Study selection RCTs that enrolled patients with chronic non-cancer spine pain, randomised to ...

Covidence (www.covidence.org), an online systematic review tool that is in partnership with Cochrane ... ever versus never e-cigarette use at baseline and current (past 30 days) versus non-current use ...

Problematic gaming has been linked to poor sleep outcomes; however, these associations have not yet been synthesized quantitatively. This review employed a meta-analysis to investigate the ...

Background: In people living with HIV (PLHIV), the CD4/CD8 ratio has been proposed as a useful marker for non-AIDS events. However, its predictive ability on mortality over CD4 counts, and the role of ...

Objectives Ethnicity and health outcomes are intrinsically interrelated, although mechanisms are complex. SLE is a disease ...

commonly performed interventional procedures for axial or radicular chronic non-cancer spine pain may provide little to no pain relief. Contributors: XW, BS, JWB, DNB, GHG, YRR, CJS, and TA made ...

Methods We conducted an overview of systematic reviews to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared the efficacy and adverse effects of non-pharmacological treatments of depression.

Researchers from McMaster University and collaborating institutions found that commonly performed interventional procedures ...