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Knee
January 2025
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Background: To present rates of reporting bias in systematic reviews and meta-analyses investigating meniscal root repair.
Methods: In this systematic review, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases were queried for studies that investigated meniscal root tears treated with root repair. Included studies were systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses published in peer-reviewed journals in the English language with available full-texts.
J Feline Med Surg
January 2025
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), University of Milan, Lodi (LO), Italy.
Objectives: Total thyroxine (TT4) evaluation is the most commonly used first-line test for the diagnosis and monitoring of cats with hyperthyroidism. Vcheck T4 is a point-of-care immunoassay that measures TT4 using a Vcheck V200 analyser. This study aimed to evaluate the analytic performance of the Vcheck T4 assay in feline sera and the agreement in the classification of normal, high and low TT4 concentrations of Vcheck T4 with those measured by an enzyme immunoassay (EIA).
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January 2025
School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 100025, Taiwan.
Background And Objectives: Accumulating pediatric efficacy and safety data on drug use is inherently challenging yet essential. This study aimed to analyze the frequency and compute the odds of pediatric drug-associated liver injury across age groups (early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence) and therapeutic categories using adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting data spanning nearly two decades.
Methods: We analyzed the reports of suspected ADRs occurring in children and adolescents in the Taiwan National Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting System during the period from May 1998 until July 2017.
Antibiotics (Basel)
December 2024
Institute for Clinical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Clinic Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Antimicrobial resistance poses a significant global health threat, partly due to the overprescription of antibiotics. Understanding prescribers' behaviors and identifying knowledge gaps and misconceptions are essential for addressing antibiotic misuse and inappropriate use. Through online questionnaires, this study surveyed key stakeholders in outpatient antibiotic use in Germany (DE) and Poland (PL), including patients, physicians, and pharmacists.
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September 2024
Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam Public Health, the Netherlands.
Background: The use of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) contributes to healthcare-associated infections. In 2017, we implemented a multifaceted de-implementation strategy that successfully reduced the inappropriate use of catheters in seven hospitals in the Netherlands (RICAT-1 study). Five years later, we investigated the sustainability of this strategy and the contributing factors.
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