Browsing by Publisher "Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins"
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Appendiceal carcinoid in a pediatric patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: A case report and comprehensive literature review.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2021 , Report)Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), a rare autosomal dominant disorder, is characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentations, hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract, and a high risk of developing various malignancies. To ... -
Assessing left ventricular systolic function by emergency physician using point of care echocardiography compared to expert: systematic review and meta-analysis.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2021 , Article Review)Assessing left ventricular systolic function (LVSF) by echocardiography assists in the diagnosis and management of a diverse range of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). We evaluated the agreement between ... -
Assessing the psychological impact of Beirut Port blast: A cross-sectional study
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Beirut Port blast's magnitude is considered the third after Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. This blast occurred in the densely populated section of Beirut, leaving more than six thousand injured patients. The ... -
Association between antioxidant metabolites and N-terminal fragment brain natriuretic peptides in insulin-resistant individuals.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2024 , Article)Oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the development of metabolic syndrome, including heart failure and insulin resistance. The N-terminal fragment of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been associated with ... -
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( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)Among this large variety of ICU patients, some groups are inherently of high risk for PI development, such as burn- injured, obese, and patients with peripheral vascular disease. By lacking specific data, the authors were ... -
Bias assessment: mQ or RoB?
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2023 , Article)In a recent paper in the journal, Stone et al. propose that JBI adopt the term risk of bias (RoB) wherever critical appraisal, study validity, method- ological quality (mQ), or methodological limitations are used. The ... -
Biomarkers of Targeted Therapy and Immuno-Oncology in Cancers Metastatic to the Breast.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)The breast is a rare site for metastases, and their molecular characteristics have not been studied yet. Intrinsic molecular genetics, cancer characteristics, and breast tissue immune responses in diverse metastases to the ... -
Characterization of critical health promotion: a scoping review protocol.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2023 , Other)This scoping review will explore how critical health promotion is characterized in the health promotion literature. Critical health promotion has emerged as a social justice approach to health promotion to address the ... -
Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity: A novel approach to an ancient problem
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2023 , Article)With the scarcity of pharmacological otoprotective agents against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity (CIO), researchers find themselves compelled to look at and navigate all possible strategies to identify ways to prevent CIO. ... -
Cognitive status and sleep quality can explain the fear of falling and fall history in people with Parkinson's disease.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2023 , Article)Fear of falling (FOF) is highly prevalent in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) and contributes to high fall risk. Studies reporting on the relationship between falls, FOF, and non-motor factors such as cognitive ... -
Comparative effectiveness and safety of direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACS) for the reduction of recurrent venous thromboembolism in cancer patients: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis using a generalized pairwise modeling methodology.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2020 , Article)There has been a significant improvement in both our understanding and therapeutic choices available to clinicians for the management of cancer associated thrombosis (CAT). Even with the recent publication of a systematic ... -
Comparison of performance and health indicators between perimenopausal and postmenopausal obese women: the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT).
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2020 , Article)This study examined the effects of 6 weeks of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on performance and health indicators in obese perimenopausal (PERIM) women and similarly aged and older postmenopausal women (POSTM1 and ... -
The complete spectrum of pentalogy of Cantrell in one of a set of dizygotic twins: A case report of a rare congenital anomaly.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2021 , Article)Pentalogy of Cantrell (POC) is an extremely rare syndrome with an estimated incidence of 1:65,000 to 200,000 live births. Its complete form includes a midline epigastric abdominal wall defect, defects affecting the lower ... -
COVID-19 and male infertility: An overview of the disease
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Since SARS-CoV-2 infection was first discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan City in China, it spread rapidly and a global pandemic of COVID-19 has occurred. According to several recent studies on SARS-CoV-2, the virus primarily ... -
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Adolescents and Surveillance System for the Obesity Prevention Project
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2016 , Article)The Adolescents Surveillance System for Obesity prevention (ASSO) Project aimed at developing standardized and web-based tools for collecting data on adolescents’ obesity and its potential determinants. This has been ... -
The efficacy of colchicine in the management of coronavirus disease 2019: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2020 , Article)BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2) infection is a recently emerged viral infection causing predominantly mild upper respiratory symptoms. However, in some instances, it might result in ... -
Electroencephalographic evidence of gray matter lesions among multiple sclerosis patients: A case-control study.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2021 , Article)This study aimed to investigate evidence of gray matter brain lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients by evaluating the resting state alpha rhythm of brain electrical activity.The study included 50 patients diagnosed ... -
Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of selected congenital anomalies at the largest Bosnian pediatric surgery tertiary center
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Congenital anomalies (CA) are any abnormality present at birth, either structural or functional, that may potentially affect an infant's health, development, and/or survival. There is a paucity of studies on clinical ... -
Exploring the Influence of Language on Assessment Given a Mismatch Between Language of Instruction and Language of Practice
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)A phenomenon is occurring in international settings where the language of program delivery and assessment does not match the primary language of practice. It is unknown whether determining competence in English disadvantages ... -
A generalized pairwise modelling framework for network meta-analysis.
( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2018 , Article)Indirect comparison methods are used to measure the effect of two treatments that were each compared against a similar control group in a meta-analysis. The network meta-analysis method extends this to multiple treatments ...
