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Estimating interactions in individual participant data meta-analysis: a comparison of methods in practice

Systematic Reviews, 2022
Medical interventions may be more effective in some types of individuals than others and identifying characteristics that modify the effectiveness of an intervention is a cornerstone of precision or stratified medicine.
Ruth Walker, Lesley Stewart, Mark Simmonds   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

SeHCAT [tauroselcholic (selenium-75) acid] for the investigation of bile acid malabsorption and measurement of bile acid pool loss: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment, 2013
Background: The principal diagnosis/indication for this assessment is chronic diarrhoea due to bile acid malabsorption (BAM). Diarrhoea can be defined as the abnormal passage of loose or liquid stools more than three times daily and/or a daily stool ...
R Riemsma, M Al, I Corro Ramos, SN Deshpande, N Armstrong, Y-C Lee, S Ryder, C Noake, M Krol, M Oppe, J Kleijnen, H Severens   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mpox surveillance in endemic regions: a scoping review of trends, challenges, and recommendations

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Mpox continues to pose a significant public health threat in endemic regions of Africa, particularly with the emergence of new viral clades and continuous human-to-human transmission.
Fortune Benjamin Effiong, Emmanuel Ebuka Elebesunu, Tolulope Joseph Ogunniyi, Dimeji Abdulsobur Olawuyi, Emmanuel Ekpor, Monica Ahiadorme, Archibong Edem Bassey, Ibrahim Adebayo Hassan, Emmanuella Benjamin Effiong, Oluwaseun Adeolu Ogundijo, Ayomide Timilehin Kayode, Leonard Ighodalo Uzairue   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic review and cost-effectiveness evaluation of ‘pill-in-the-pocket’ strategy for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation compared to episodic in-hospital treatment or continuous antiarrhythmic drug therapy

Health Technology Assessment, 2010
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a tachyarrhythmia characterised by unco-ordinated atrial activation with consequent deterioration of impairment of atrial function and a rapid, irregular heartbeat.
C Martin Saborido, J Hockenhull, A Bagust, A Boland, R Dickson, D Todd   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accuracy and clinical effectiveness of fetal growth monitoring strategies for the prediction of small for gestational age at birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Health Technology Assessment
Background Smallness for gestational age has been associated with an increased risk of neonatal/fetal adverse outcomes. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has issued a safety recommendation aimed at improving fetal growth monitoring strategies ...
Evangelos Danopoulos, Nigel Armstrong, Kevin McDermott, Jiongyu Chen, Xiaoyu Tian, Caro Noake, Marie Westwood   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulating and inspecting integrated health and social care in the UK: Scoping the literature

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2020
Background: The integration of care, particularly across the health and social care sectors, has been a long-standing policy objective in the UK. We sought to scope the evidence related to the regulation and inspection of integrated care.
Mark Rodgers, Gary Raine, Melissa Harden, Alison Eastwood   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conducting systematic literature reviews and bibliometric analyses

Australian Journal of Management, 2019
Literature reviews play an essential role in academic research to gather existing knowledge and to examine the state of a field. However, researchers in business, management and related disciplines continue to rely on cursory and narrative reviews that ...
M. Linnenluecke, Mauricio Marrone, Abhay K. Singh   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source