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Rescaling pain intensity measures for meta-analyses of analgesic medicines for low back pain appears justified: an empirical examination from randomised trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Objective Meta-analyses of analgesic medicines for low back pain often rescale measures of pain intensity to use mean difference (MD) instead of standardised mean difference for pooled estimates.
Michael A. Wewege, Matthew D. Jones, Sam A. Williams, Steven J. Kamper, James H. McAuley   +4 more
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ALL-IN meta-analysis: breathing life into living systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2021
Science is idolized as a cumulative process ("standing on the shoulders of giants"), yet scientific knowledge is typically built on a patchwork of research contributions without much coordination. This lack of efficiency has specifically been addressed in clinical research by recommendations for living systematic reviews and against research waste.
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Narrative reviews [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2014
Although qualitative researches (QR) are invaluable in understanding complex healthcare situations, the quantitative systematic reviews could not treat them.
Jong-Myon Bae
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Dietary and circulating vitamin D and risk of renal cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis of observational studies

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2021
Objective: This meta-analysis is the first to evaluate the associations of circulating and dietary intake of vitamin D with risk of risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Jing Wu, Nan Yang, Mingxin Yuan
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Prevalence and risk factors of incidental prostate cancer in certain surgeries for benign prostatic hyperplasia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2022
Background: This study aimed to explore the prevalence and clinical risk factors in patients diagnosed with incidental prostate cancer (IPC) during certain surgeries (transurethral resection of the prostate [TURP], open prostatectomy [OP], and holmium ...
Zhenlang Guo, Junwei He, Lijuan Huang, Zhaohui Wang, Ping Hu, Shusheng Wang, Zunguang Bai, Jun Pan   +7 more
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Prevalence of malocclusion among Iranian children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Dental Research Journal, 2016
Background: The high prevalence of malocclusion is a public health problem in the world and the third priority in oral care. Numerous primary studies have presented reports on the prevalence of malocclusion among Iranian children.
Maryam Akbari, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Behnam Honarvar, Reza Tabrizi, Hossein Mirhadi, Mahmood Moosazadeh   +5 more
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Analgesic medicines for adults with low back pain: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background There is limited evidence for the comparative effectiveness of analgesic medicines for adults with low back pain. This systematic review and network meta-analysis aims to determine the analgesic effect, safety, acceptability, effect on ...
Michael A. Wewege, Matthew K. Bagg, Matthew D. Jones, James H. McAuley, The ANiMALIA investigators   +4 more
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Intraoperative computed tomography for detection of residual stones in endourology procedures: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Background: Success rates in endourological procedures, notably percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and ureteroscopy (URS), have demonstrated suboptimal outcomes, leading to more reinterventions and radiation exposure. Recently, the use of intraoperative
Henrique L. Lepine, Fabio C. Vicentini, Eduardo Mazzucchi, Wilson R. Molina, Giovanni S. Marchini, Fabio C. Torricelli, Carlos A. Batagello, Alexandre Danilovic, William C. Nahas   +8 more
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From pre-registration to publication: a nontechnical primer for conducting a meta-analysis to synthesize correlational data

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
Meta-analysis synthesizes a body of research investigating a common research question. Outcomes from meta-analyses provide a more objective and transparent summary of a research area than traditional narrative reviews.
Daniel S Quintana, Daniel S Quintana
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Correlation Analysis of Variables From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
The need to test chemicals in a timely and cost-effective manner has driven the development of new alternative methods (NAMs) that utilize in silico and in vitro approaches for toxicity prediction.
Meisha Mandal, Josh Levy, Cataia Ives, Stephen Hwang, Yi-Hui Zhou, Yi-Hui Zhou, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Huaqin Pan, Wayne Huggins, Carol Hamilton, Fred Wright, Fred Wright, Stephen Edwards   +12 more
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