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Impact of Biopsy Technique on Clinically Important Outcomes for Cutaneous Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the relationship between the type of biopsy technique employed in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma and 4 clinically important outcomes: melanoma-specific mortality, all-cause mortality, Breslow tumor depth, or melanoma recurrence....
Is the antibody testing for COVID-19 in the general population a useful diagnostic tool?
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Association of Statin Use With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in US Veterans 75 Years and Older
Importance: Data are limited regarding statin therapy for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in adults 75 years and older.
Objective: To evaluate the role of statin use for mortality and primary prevention of ASCVD in...
Forecasting Opioid Use Disorder at 25 Years of Age in 16-Year Old Adolescents
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t To evaluate the accuracy of detecting 16 year old male (N=465) and female (N=162) youths who subsequently manifest opioid use disorder (OUD) at 25 years of age. We hypothesized that the combined measures of two components of etiology, heritable risk and substance use...
Acupuncture for Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Abstract
Background: Increasing antibiotic resistance has motivated interest in non-antibiotic prophylaxis of recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI).
Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the current state of evidence of acupuncture for...
Association Between Oral Corticosteroid Bursts and Severe Adverse Events: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
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Background: Long-term use of oral corticosteroids has known adverse effects, but the risk from brief oral steroid bursts (≤14 days) is largely unknown.
Objective: To examine the associations between steroid bursts and severe adverse events...
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents
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BACKGROUND
Understanding the epidemiology and clinical course of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and its temporal association with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is important, given the clinical and public health implications of the syndrome....
Does Adding of Hydroxychloroquine to the Standard Care Provide Any Benefit in Reducing the Mortality Among COVID-19 Patients?: A Systematic Review
Hydroxychloroquine has been promoted for its use in treatment of COVID-19 patients based on in-vitro evidences. We searched the databases to include randomized and observational studies evaluating the effect of Hydroxychloroquine on mortality in COVID-19 patients. The outcome was summarized as...