Medicine
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Meta Analysis
Nutritional intervention for the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma chemoradiotherapy patients: A meta-analysis.
To conduct a meta-analysis to investigate the effects of different nutritional interventions on various serum nutritional indicators and patients' prognosis during radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, to assess treatment safety and efficacy. ⋯ Compared with conventional diets, nutritional interventions can improve serum nutritional parameters, nutritional status, treatment tolerance, and prognosis of patients undergoing radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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Meta Analysis
Meta-analysis of the effectiveness and safety of Xingnaojing and naloxone in the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning.
To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Xingnaojing combined with naloxone in the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. ⋯ Xingnaojing combined with naloxone in the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning is significantly superior to naloxone, but it still needs to be further verified by high-quality large samples of RCTs.
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Meta Analysis
The impact of Pilates exercise for depression symptoms in female patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Pilates exercise has recently become an increasingly popular way of exercise in female patients since it is an attractive and low-cost physical exercise modality. Pilates may be a beneficial method of exercise for female patients with depression and anxiety symptoms. However, to date, there has been no attempt to collate this literature. This review aims to systematically assess and meta-analyze the efficacy of Pilates exercise for female patients with depression and anxiety symptoms and inform evidence-based guidelines for exercise prescription. ⋯ Pilates exercise could reduce levels of depression and anxiety in female patients with depression and anxiety symptoms. Pilates exercise can be used as a potential ancillary program to improve depression and anxiety symptoms for female patients.
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To compare the effect of different noninvasive external therapies of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on the prevention of postpartum urinary retention (PUR) using a network meta-analysis (NMA). ⋯ Current evidence shows that acupoint compressing combined with auricular acupressure may be the best noninvasive TCM treatment for preventing PUR based on routine nursing; however, further high-quality clinical randomized controlled trials are needed for validation and support.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that often causes complications in multiple organs and thrombosis due to abnormal blood coagulation. This case report aimed to describe the clinical course of COVID-19-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and reviewed the comprehensive information on TMA, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with COVID-19 in the past literature. ⋯ COVID-19-associated TMA should be considered as a differential diagnosis during the COVID-19 epidemic. Excessive inflammation and severe COVID-19 are not essential for TMA development. Early intervention using conventional TMA treatments, such as plasma exchange and corticosteroids, might be important in improving prognosis while differentiating between TTP and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Antihypertensive therapy may be helpful in the treatment of COVID-19-associated TMA.