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Metformin is comparable to insulin for pharmacotherapy in gestational diabetes mellitus: A network meta-analysis evaluating 6046 women.
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The comparative efficacy of gestational diabetes (GDM) treatments lack conclusive evidence for choice of first-line treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of metformin and glibenclamide to insulin ...
Bias Assessment in Outcomes Research: The Role of Relative Versus Absolute Approaches
(2021 , Article)
ObjectivesBias assessment tools vary in content and detail, and the method used for assessment may produce different assessment results in a study if not carefully considered. Therefore, taking an approach to the assessment ...
Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Assessment of internal validity safeguards implemented by researchers has been used to examine the potential reliability of evidence generated within a study. These safeguards protect against systematic error, and such an ...
A large, highly vascularized sacrococcygeal teratoma in a preterm male infant: A case report.
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is a rare tumor with an incidence of 1:35.000/40.000 live births. SCTs are composed of both cystic and solid components. Predominantly cystic SCTs are more likely to be benign and have a better ...
The MethodologicAl STandards for Epidemiological Research (MASTER) scale demonstrated a unified framework for bias assessment
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Objective: This paper presents a unified framework for assessment of the methodological quality of analytic study designs. Study Design and Setting: A systematic review of 393 methodological quality assessment tools that ...
Impaired Binding to Junctophilin-2 and Nanostructural Alteration in CPVT Mutation
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American Heart Association
, 2021 , Article)
RATIONALE: Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is a rare disease, manifested by syncope or sudden death
in children or young adults under stress conditions. Mutations in the Ca2+ release channel/type 2 ...
Intersectionality and Femicide: Palestinian Women's Experiences With the Murders of Their Beloved Female Relatives
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SAGE
, 2021 , Article)
This article examines how the intersectionality between political, socio-cultural, and demographic factors influences femicide events and women's experiences in Gaza. Based on the testimonies of 13 female first-degree ...
Unifying the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus: Introducing the NPRP criteria
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
AimsDisagreement about the appropriate criteria for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) persists. This study examines an alternative approach which combines information from all time-points on the glucose ...
The odds ratio is “portable” but not the relative risk: Time to do away with the log link in binomial regression
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Objectives: In a recent paper we suggest that the relative risk (RR) be replaced with the odds ratio (OR) as the effect measure of choice in clinical epidemiology. In response, Chu, and colleagues raise several points that ...
In sickness and in health: The politics of public health and their implications during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
Politics is a major player in health, sickness, and death affairs. This article reviews the role of politics in public health and its impact on health outcomes, mortality ratios, and death scenarios amongst the most ...