Searching The authors searched 19 electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, BIOSIS Previews, Dissertation Abstracts, DARE and the Cochrane Library (up to October 1997) using a detailed search strategy listed in three appendices to the review. This was supplemented by a handsearch of five specialist wound care journals, twelve conference proceedings and systematic reviews held on D...

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D a t a s o u r c e s Studies were identified by searching the Cochrane Library (2001, issue 1), MEDLINE (1966 to February 2001), EMBASE/ Excerpta Medica (1980 to March 2001), HealthStar (1975 to March 2001), CINAHL (1982 to Jan 2001), BIOSIS (1985 to March 2001), CAB abstracts (1973 to March 2001), and 4 databases of registered trials; hand searching 8 nutrition journals; scanning bibliographi...

Searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cancerlit, BIOSIS Previews, the Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, DARE, NHS EED and the National Research Register were searched to August 2001; the search terms and strategies were reported in depth. The authors identified additional references through reviewing submissions (to the National Institute of Clinical E...

This review summarizes the published literature about the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of varicocele and the beneficial effects of varicocele repair on oxidative stress. Literature survey was performed using the Medline, EMBASE, BIOSIS, and Cochrane databases between 1993 and 2008 that were relevant to oxidative stress and varicocele. Varicocele treatment can reduce reactive ...

Searching MEDLINE (1966 to 1999), HealthSTAR (1975 to 1999), EMBASE (1974 to 1999), AMED (1984 to 1999), MANTIS (1880 to 1999), CAB Health (1983 to 1999), BIOSIS Previews (1993 to 1999) and CINAHL (1982 to 2000) were searched. An extensive search of the Indian literature was also conducted; this included contact with experts, searching of journals not indexed in Western databases, pertinent the...

Wild bonobos (Pan paniscus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus, Pongo abelii) are threatened with extinction. In order to help maintain a self-sustaining zoo population, clinicians require a sound understanding of the diseases with which they might be presented. To provide an up-to-date perspective on great ape morbidity and mortal...

We evaluate the preoperative visualization of inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) and lingual (LN) as reported using radiation-free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An accurate shall minimize postoperative risk for injuries in oral maxillofacial surgery. PubMed MEDLINE, EMBASE, Biosis, Cochrane databases were selected PICOS search strategy by two reviewers medical subject headings (MeSH) terms. Thir...

Abstract AIMS Lung cancer causes the most deaths worldwide due to cancer. Non-small cell lung (NSCLC) represents largest subgroup (80-90%), with patients presenting at an advanced stage of disease. Brain metastases (BM) develop in about 27% these cases, leading a poor survival outcome. Previous literature has suggested that BM derived from NSCLC have different genomic profile compared primary N...

Background: Burst suppression (BS) is an EEG pattern in which there are isoelectric periods interspersed with bursts of cortical activity. Targeting BS through anesthetic administration used as a tool the neuro-ICU but its relationship cerebral blood flow (CBF) and autoregulation (CA) unclear. We performed systematic review investigating effect on CBF CA animals humans. Methods: searched MEDLIN...