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Meta-analysis of intracavitary electrocardiogram guidance for peripherally inserted central catheter placement
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SAGE Publications Ltd
, 2019 , Article Review)
Background:
Recently, intracavitary electrocardiogram technology has been applied to peripherally inserted central catheter placement and demonstrates many potential advantages. However, the tip positioning accuracy of ...
Role of mast cells and basophils in pruritus
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2018 , Article Review)
To protect our body systems, there is a constant interactive conversation between the skin nervous and immune system. Important elements of this conversation in the skin include mast cells, basophils, and sensory nerve ...
Comparison of fosfomycin against fluoroquinolones for transrectal prostate biopsy prophylaxis: an individual patient-data meta-analysis
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article Review)
Purpose: Rectal culture screening for fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant Enterobacteriaceae before transrectal ultrasound guided prostate (TRUSPB) biopsy and targeted antibiotic prophylaxis (TAP) may decrease post-TRUSPB ...
Metformin in pregnancy to avert gestational diabetes in women at high risk: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Wiley
, 2019 , Article Review)
Previous randomized and observational studies on the efficacy of metformin in pregnancy to reduce incident gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women at high risk (obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS], or pregestational ...
Lichen planus: a comprehensive evidence-based analysis of medical treatment
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2019 , Article Review)
Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic-relapsing inflammatory skin disease. Although many drugs have been used for the management of LP, some of them lack the backup by strong therapeutic evidence, while others are not suitable ...
Vitamin D and Its Potential Interplay With Pain Signaling Pathways
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Frontiers Media
, 2020 , Article Review)
About 50 million of the U.S. adult population suffer from chronic pain. It is a complex disease in its own right for which currently available analgesics have been deemed woefully inadequate since ~20% of the sufferers ...
Safety and efficacy of leadless pacemaker retrieval
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
, 2019 , Article Review)
Background and Objectives: The success rate of leadless cardiac pacemaker (LP) retrieval remains a major concern for this disruptive technology. The present paper performed a systematic review of the safety and feasibility ...
The role and mechanism of action of sperm PLC-zeta in mammalian fertilisation
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Portland Press Ltd
, 2017 , Article Review)
At mammalian fertilisation, the fundamental stimulus that triggers oocyte (egg) activation and initiation of early embryonic development is an acute rise of the intracellular-free calcium (Ca2+) concentration inside the ...
Clinical presentation, management, and pathophysiology of neuropathic itch
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Lancet Publishing Group
, 2018 , Article Review)
Unlike conventional itch, neuropathic itch develops in normal skin from excess peripheral firing or dampened central inhibition of itch pathway neurons. Neuropathic itch is a symptom of the same central and peripheral ...
Targeting inflammatory components in neuropathic pain: The analgesic effect of thymulin related peptide
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2019 , Article Review)
Neuropathic pain is considered to be pathological in nature and has been shown to involve, at least partially, dysregulated inflammatory processes. It is a severe chronic disease that can develop following lesions to the ...