Prophylactic use of recombinant ADAMTS-13 during pregnancy for congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura by Éloïse Colliou, Agnès Ribes, Clotilde Gaible, Mathilde Marlas, David Ribes, Isabelle Labadens, Paul Guerby, Stanislas Faguer

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Users’ experiences of an online intervention for bipolar disorder: important lessons for design and evaluation by Richard Morriss, Steven H Jones, Fiona Lobban, Alyson L Dodd, Sara Mallinson, Martin Griffiths

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Exploring community stakeholder perspectives of partnership development in community-engaged undergraduate Global Health Education in the UK: a qualitative study by Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Helen Ward, Dorota Chapko, Christine Pettitt, Keitumetse-Kabelo Murray

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A Summary of the Best Evidence for Wet Pack Management by Yi L, Chen Y, Hu R

“…Liangying Yi,1,2 Yanhua Chen,1,2 Ruixue Hu1,2 1Department of Sterile Processing Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yanhua Chen, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 20, Section 3, South Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People’s Republic of China, Email 402888515@qq.comBackground: Wet pack after steam sterilization of medical devices in healthcare facilities are unacceptable.Purpose: To retrieve, evaluate and integrate the best evidence related to wet pack management.Methods: We searched the JBI, Up To Date, BMJ, National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Cochrane library, PubMed, Guideline International Network (GIN), AORN Journal, and other databases using the pyramid “ 6S” model for guidelines, expert consensus, systematic reviews, evidence summaries, decisions, recommended practices, and technical reports on wet pack management. …”
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Selecting a dietary assessment method for a national nutrition survey: a review and evaluation of online 24-h dietary recall tools by Berit Follong, Sally Mackay, Cliona Ni Mhurchu

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Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management Among Indigenous Children and Youth: A Systematic Review by Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, Yaqoot Fatima, Thuy Linh Duong, Roslyn Von Senden, Tolassa W. Ushula, Abdullah A. Mamun

“…An adapted version of the National Institute of Health (NIH) quality assessment tool for pre‐post intervention studies was used for quality assessment. …”
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Clinical Evidence in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea with Oral Appliances: A Systematic Review by Andrea Rossi, Antonino Lo Giudice, Camilla Di Pardo, Alberto Teodoro Valentini, Francesca Marradi, Nicola Vanacore, Cristina Grippaudo

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Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study by Bezie Kebede, Girma Mamo, Abebaw Molla

“…Inhalation technique was obtained using a standard checklist of steps recommended in National Institute of Health (NIH) guidelines. Patient adherence using asthma inhalation test and asthma control status was assessed by 2017 GINA guideline. …”
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Трансформація поглядів на ведення жінок з істміко-цервікальною недостатністю by T.T. Narytnyk, O.A. Burka

“…Мета - на основі аналізу найсвіжіших рекомендацій National Institute for Health and Care Excellence та Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists визначити зміни в рекомендаціях щодо хірургічної тактики ведення жінок з істміко-цервікальною недостатністю. …”
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G-cleave LC3B biosensor: monitoring autophagy and assessing resveratrol's synergistic impact on doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells by Chiao-Chun Liao, Yuqing Long, Ming-Lin Tsai, Chun-Yu Lin, Kai-Wen Hsu, Chia-Hwa Lee

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A generic and dynamic measure of health-related quality of life across a variety of health and disease conditions: insights from healthy individuals and patients with a variety of... by Mohamad Adam Bujang, Wei Hong Lai, Xun Ting Tiong, Alex Ren Jye Kim, Masliyana Husin, Yvonne Yih Huan Jee, Nurul Fatma Diyana Ahmad, Clare Hui Hong Tan, Khoo Sing Yee, Yoon Khee Hon, Cheng Hoon Chew, Eileen Pin Pin Yap, Fazalena Johari, Alan Yean Yip Fong

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Impact of tiered restrictions in December 2020 on COVID-19 hospitalisations in England: a synthetic control study by Daniel Hungerford, Benjamin Barr, Mark Green, Marta García-Fiñana, Iain Buchan, Xingna Zhang

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Rehabilitation nursing for motor functional recovery of acute ischaemic stroke: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Yuanyuan Chen, Mei Li, Jianmiao Wang, Yuping Zhang, Jingfen Jin

“…The secondary outcome measures are the modified Rankin Scale, the modified Barthel Index and the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale. Primary and secondary outcome assessment will be performed before and after the intervention, and secondary outcome be assessed at 4 and 12 weeks follow-up. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study by Sin Wan Tham, Min Fui Wong, Maslinor Binti Ismail, Noriklil Bukhary Binti Ismail Bukhary

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Stem Cell–Based Therapies via Different Administration Route for Stroke: A Meta-analysis of Comparative Studies by Gabriella Jeanne Mulia, Novelia Anna, John Chung-Che Wu, Hon-Ping Ma, Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Ju-Chi Ou, Kai-Yun Chen

“…Primary outcomes included the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Barthel Index (BI), and modified Rankin Scale (mRS), while secondary outcomes included mortality and adverse events. …”
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Diagnostic Utility of Various Hormones across Different Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes: A Cross-sectional Study by Padala Ravi Kumar, Radha Krishna Telagareddy, Deepak Kumar Dash, Debasish Patro

“…All PCOS women were categorised into four phenotypes (A, B, C and D) based on the National Institute of Health (2012) criteria. Detailed clinical examination and hormonal investigations including testosterone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) were performed. …”
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Adaptation and uptake evaluation of an SMS text message smoking cessation programme (MiQuit) for use in antenatal care by Felix Naughton, Stephen Sutton, Tim Coleman, Sue Cooper, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Katharine Bowker, Katarzyna Campbell, Melanie Sloan

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Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients by Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

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Prospective study of change in liver function and fat in patients with colorectal liver metastases undergoing preoperative chemotherapy: protocol for the CLiFF Study by Katharine Cresswell, Juan W Valle, Michael Braun, Kat L Parmar, Derek O'Reilly, Jo H Naish, Steve R Williams, William K Lloyd, Lee Malcomson, Colin Bamford, Andrew G Renehan

“…Dissemination will be via international and national conferences and the National Institute for Health Research network. Manuscripts will be published.Trial registration number This study is registered online at www.clinicaltrials.gov (registration number NCT03562234).…”
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Prediction of delirium occurrence using machine learning in acute stroke patients in intensive care unit by Hyungjun Kim, Hyungjun Kim, Min Kim, Da Young Kim, Dong Gi Seo, Ji Man Hong, Ji Man Hong, Dukyong Yoon, Dukyong Yoon

“…The 8 fixed features [Age, Sex, Alcohol Intake, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), HbA1c, Prothrombin time, D-dimer, and Hemoglobin] identified at admission and 12 dynamic features [Mean or Variability indexes calculated from Body Temperature (BT), Heart Rate (HR), Respiratory Rate (RR), Oxygen saturation (SpO2), Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP)] based on vital signs were used for developing prediction models using the ensemble method.ResultsThe Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (AUROC) for delirium-state classification was 0.80. …”
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