The level of aesthetic requirement in clinical practice has increased over the past decade, and this has made it necessary for dentist to explore this field in order to satisfy the existing demand in this field. Technology can provide a solution to many of the routine hassles in dental practice. While optimal systems are far from fully realized, technology undeniably has made enormous progress....

OBJECTIVES To review the empirical literature to identify the activities, time spent and engagement of hospital managers in quality of care. DESIGN A systematic review of the literature. METHODS A search was carried out on the databases MEDLINE, PSYCHINFO, EMBASE, HMIC. The search strategy covered three facets: management, quality of care and the hospital setting comprising medical subject ...

OBJECTIVE Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) remains one of the most common surgical treatments for patients with obstructive sleep apnea. However, the results after UPPP are unpredictable. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to identify predictors of success after UPPP. DATA SOURCES A literature search was performed utilizing PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, and the Cochrane Library. REVIEW METHODS ...

Normal lung development follows a series of orchestrated events. Premature birth interrupts normal in utero lung development, which results in significant alterations in lung function and physiology. Increasingly, there are reports documenting the broad range of complications experienced by infants aged 34 to 36 weeks' gestational age (GA). Our objective was to summarize the evidence demonstrat...

BACKGROUND In recent years there has been a growing interest in the relationship between sedentary behaviour (sitting) and health outcomes. Only recently have there been studies assessing the association between time spent in sedentary behaviour and the metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study is to quantify the association between sedentary behaviour and the metabolic syndrome in adults using...

BACKGROUND Sprint events in cross-country skiing are unique not only with respect to their length (0.8-1.8 km), but also in involving four high-intensity heats of ~3 min in duration, separated by a relatively short recovery period (15-60 min). OBJECTIVE Our aim was to systematically review the scientific literature to identify factors related to the performance of elite sprint cross-country s...

BACKGROUND The evidence base for quality improvement (QI) interventions is expanding rapidly. The diversity of the initiatives and the inconsistency in labeling these as QI interventions makes it challenging for researchers, policymakers, and QI practitioners to access the literature systematically and to identify relevant publications. METHODS We evaluated search strategies developed for MED...

During the fall of 2015, the Augusta University Libraries began the process of implementing Ex Libris’ nextgeneration library management solution, Alma. This process is occurring in various phases, with the initial steps being data clean-up and migration. As part of the migration process, cataloging records that are currently created and maintained by both university libraries will be migrated ...

To the Editor:—Kudos to Waisel et al. for his recent contribution to our journal, “Anesthesiology Trainees Face Ethical, Practical and Relational Challenges in Obtaining Informed Consent.” And also to our editors, for highlighting the usefulness of nonbiomedical research paradigms. Waisel et al. used narrative analysis, one genre of qualitative research methods, to deepen our understanding of t...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Twenty-two high burden countries contributed to the majority of worldwide tuberculosis cases in 2015. Health care workers are at high risk of acquiring tuberculosis through occupational exposure. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers in high burden countrie...