Medicine
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Functional constipation (FC) is a common gastrointestinal disorder characterized by slow bowel movement and defecation difficulties, significantly impacting patients' quality of life and exerting heavy financial burden to whole society. However, more than 50% FC patients are not completely satisfied with current therapies and alternative therapies are urgently required. Increasing evidences have demonstrated that traditional Chinese medicine has a good therapeutic effect on FC, which is well known for its multitarget and multimode effects on diverse diseases as well as less side effects. Furthermore, studies proved that Qi Di Laxative Decoction was an effective treatment for FC. Its safety and effectiveness should be verified by further studies. ⋯ DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/M2ESR.
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In times of the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, due to the urgent need to respond quickly to the challenges posed by the introduction of a new etiological agent and the peculiarity of the disease, which poses risks to people's lives and health, the use of digital technologies for monitoring and surveillance have been used as a means of fighting coronavirus. Thus, this study will identify the use of digital technologies to monitor, identify contacts and track transmission chains of COVID-19 worldwide. ⋯ CRD42020211744.
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The herba Houttuynia cordata Thunb. (HC) has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral effects. Through nasal irrigation, the related preparation of HC is beneficial for treating rhinosinusitis or promoting recovery after an endoscopic sinus surgery. However, it remains controversial whether nasal irrigation with HC preparation can provide evidence-based clinical benefits for rhinosinusitis patients. ⋯ Since this study involves a methodical investigation of issued medical papers, ethical authorisation and informed patient consent are not necessary.
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The objective of this present research is to evaluate the effect of the intervention of enhancing quality of life in patients in patients with advanced lung cancer. ⋯ Enhancing quality of life in patient intervention may be beneficial to improve the life quality in advanced lung cancer patients.Trial registration: The protocol was registered in Research Registry (researchregistry6243).
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To clarify the styles used in background sections of systematic reviews (SR) and to identify which styles if any were related to the publication in high-impact-factor (HIF) medical journals. ⋯ We found 6 categories of styles in background sections of SR, none of which however were related to publication in HIF journals. SR authors may wish to use any of these categories to communicate the importance of their research questions.