scholarly journals Suppurative thyroiditis: systematic review and clinical guidance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Lafontaine ◽  
Diana Learoyd ◽  
Stephen Farrel ◽  
Rosemary Wong
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Suppurative Thyroiditis ◽  
Clinical Guidance

scholarly journals Surgery for constipation: systematic review and clinical guidance

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 3-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil J Smart ◽  
Steven Wexner
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Clinical Guidance

Spinal tuberculosis: A systematic review of case studies and development of an evidence‐based clinical guidance tool for early detection

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1370-1382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quinette A. Louw ◽  
Nassib Tawa ◽  
Sjan‐Mari Van Niekerk ◽  
Thandi Conradie ◽  
Marisa Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Spinal Tuberculosis ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Guidance

scholarly journals WHO guidance for refugees in camps: systematic review

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e027094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Blundell ◽  
Rachael Milligan ◽  
Susan L Norris ◽  
Paul Garner
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Treatment Guidelines ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Who Guidelines ◽  
Clinical Guidance ◽  
Humanitarian Settings ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
Evidence Summaries

ObjectivesThe circumstances of people living in refugee camps means that they have distinct medical care requirements. Our objective is to describe clinical guidance in published WHO guidelines that refer to people living in refugee camps; and how evidence and context are used and reported in making recommendations.DesignSystematic review and analysis of WHO guidelines approved by the organisation’s quality oversight body and published between 2007 and 2018. We sought for key terms related to camps and humanitarian settings, and identified text that included guidance. We compared this to Mèdecins Sans Frontièrs (MSF) guidelines.ResultsNo WHO guideline published in the last 10 years focused exclusively on clinical guidance for healthcare in camp settings. Seven guidelines contained guidance about camps; three made recommendations for camps—but only two used formal evidence summaries. We did not find any structured consideration of the situation in camps used in the decision-making process. We examined seven WHO guidelines and six chapters within guidelines that concerned humanitarian settings: none of these documents contained recommendations based on formal evidence summaries for camp settings. One of the eight MSF guidelines was devoted to clinical care in refugees and the authors had clearly linked the health problems and recommendations to the setting, but this guideline is now >20 years old.ConclusionsThere is an absence of up-to-date, evidence-based medical treatment guidelines from WHO and MSF that comprehensively address the clinical needs for people living in camps; and there is no common framework to help guideline groups formulate recommendations in these settings. WHO may wish to consider context of special populations more formally in the evidence to decision-making approach for clinical guidelines relevant to primary care.

scholarly journals Surgery for constipation: systematic review and clinical guidance

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Knowles ◽  
U. Grossi ◽  
E. J. Horrocks ◽  
D. Pares ◽  
P. F. Vollebregt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Clinical Guidance

scholarly journals Pituitary stalk lesions: systematic review and clinical guidance

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Catford ◽  
Yi Yuen Wang ◽  
Rosemary Wong
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Pituitary Stalk ◽  
Clinical Guidance

scholarly journals Systematic review of clinical guidance documents for autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment in select regions

Autism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 517-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Penner ◽  
Evdokia Anagnostou ◽  
Lana Y Andoni ◽  
Wendy J Ungar
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Assessment ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Clinical Guidance ◽  
Guidance Documents

Clinical guidance documents play an important role in ensuring access to high-quality autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment practices. The objective was to perform a systematic review of professional association and government clinical guidance documents for autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment, analyzing their quality and content. The government search was limited to English-speaking, single-payer, publicly funded health systems. A quality appraisal was conducted by two appraisers using the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation, second edition tool. A content analysis was conducted for recommended clinical personnel and psychometric tools. The 11 documents demonstrated higher quality in Scope and Purpose (mean: 90.1, standard deviation: 7.4) and Clarity of Presentation (mean: 82.8, standard deviation: 9.4) and lower quality in Applicability (mean: 43.3, standard deviation: 23.8) and Rigor of Development (mean: 52, standard deviation: 21.9). All documents either recommended multidisciplinary team assessment or stated it was ideal. The documents varied substantially in their recommended tools and personnel for diagnostic assessment. There was little supporting evidence for team and personnel recommendations. Multiple guidance documents exist for autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessments, with varying quality and recommendations. The substantial variation likely stems from insufficient evidence supporting assessment practices. Research is required to close the evidence gaps and inform high-quality clinical guidelines.

The effects of low-ratio n-6/n-3 PUFA on biomarkers of inflammation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yali Wei ◽  
Yan Meng ◽  
Na Li ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Liyong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid ◽  
Inflammation Markers ◽  
Pufa Supplementation ◽  
Long Chain

The purpose of the systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine if low-ratio n-6/n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplementation affects serum inflammation markers based on current studies.

Parent Education in Studies With Nonverbal and Minimally Verbal Participants With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 890-902
Author(s):  
Lynn Kern Koegel ◽  
Katherine M. Bryan ◽  
Pumpki Lei Su ◽  
Mohini Vaidya ◽  
Stephen Camarata
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Parent Education ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Fidelity Of Implementation ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Minimally Verbal ◽  
Parent Education Programs

Purpose The purpose of this systematic review was to identify parent education procedures implemented in intervention studies focused on expressive verbal communication for nonverbal (NV) or minimally verbal (MV) children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parent education has been shown to be an essential component in the habilitation of individuals with ASD. Parents of individuals with ASD who are NV or MV may particularly benefit from parent education in order to provide opportunities for communication and to support their children across the life span. Method ProQuest databases were searched between the years of 1960 and 2018 to identify articles that targeted verbal communication in MV and NV individuals with ASD. A total of 1,231 were evaluated to assess whether parent education was implemented. We found 36 studies that included a parent education component. These were reviewed with regard to (a) the number of participants and participants' ages, (b) the parent education program provided, (c) the format of the parent education, (d) the duration of the parent education, (e) the measurement of parent education, and (f) the parent fidelity of implementation scores. Results The results of this analysis showed that very few studies have included a parent education component, descriptions of the parent education programs are unclear in most studies, and few studies have scored the parents' implementation of the intervention. Conclusions Currently, there is great variability in parent education programs in regard to participant age, hours provided, fidelity of implementation, format of parent education, and type of treatment used. Suggestions are made to provide both a more comprehensive description and consistent measurement of parent education programs.

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