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Role and utility of COVID-19 laboratory testing in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for rapid evidence synthesis

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Accurate and affordable laboratory testing is key to timely diagnosis and appropriate management of patients with COVID-19. New laboratory test protocols are released into the market under emergency use authorisation with limited evidence on
Daniel Semakula, Eve Namisango, Nelson Sewankambo, Fred Nalugoda, Ojiambo Kevin Ouma, Kisangala Ephraim, Nakalembe Loyce, Regina Ndagire, Rachel Nante Wangi, Brenda Allen Kawala, Thomas Katairo, Allen Eva Okullo, Robert Apunyo, Ash Luwambo, Alison Annet Kinengyere, Sheila N Balinda, Moses Ocan, Ekwaro A Obuku   +17 more
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Performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering

International Conference on Software Engineering, 2006
Context: Making best use of the growing number of empirical studies in Software Engineering, for making decisions and formulating research questions, requires the ability to construct an objective summary of available research evidence.
D. Budgen, P. Brereton
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Systematic Reviews: Rationale for systematic reviews [PDF]

BMJ, 1994
Systematic literature reviews including meta-analyses are invaluable scientific activities. The rationale for such reviews is well established. Health care providers, researchers, and policy makers are inundated with unmanageable amounts of information; they need systematic reviews to efficiently integrate existing information and provide data for ...
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Automating data extraction in systematic reviews: a systematic review [PDF]

Systematic Reviews, 2015
Automation of the parts of systematic review process, specifically the data extraction step, may be an important strategy to reduce the time necessary to complete a systematic review. However, the state of the science of automatically extracting data elements from full texts has not been well described.
Jonnalagadda, Siddhartha R., Goyal, Pawan, Huffman, Mark D.   +2 more
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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for analysing CT brain scans in people with a suspected acute stroke: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment
Background Artificial intelligence-derived software technologies have been developed that are intended to facilitate the review of computed tomography brain scans in patients with suspected stroke.
Marie Westwood, Bram Ramaekers, Sabine Grimm, Nigel Armstrong, Ben Wijnen, Charlotte Ahmadu, Shelley de Kock, Caro Noake, Manuela Joore   +8 more
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COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist for systematic reviews of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Quality of Life Research, 2017
PurposeThe original COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist was developed to assess the methodological quality of single studies on measurement properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures ...
L. Mokkink, H. C. W. de Vet, C. Prinsen, D.walaa badawy, J. Alonso, L. Bouter, C. Terwee   +6 more
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The Systematic Review

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2014
This article is the first in a new series on systematic reviews from the Joanna Briggs Institute, an international collaborative supporting evidence-based practice in nursing, medicine, and allied health fields. The purpose of the series is to show nurses how to conduct a systematic review-one step at a time.
Edoardo, Aromataris, Alan, Pearson
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Mapping and systematic appraisal of umbrella reviews in epidemiological research: a protocol for a meta-epidemiological study [PDF]

, 2023
Introduction: Umbrella review is one of the terms used to describe an overview of systematic reviews. During the last years, a rapid increase in the number of umbrella reviews on epidemiological studies has been observed, but there is no systematic ...
Lazaros Belbasis, John PA Ioannidis, Emmanuel Zavalis, Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Robin D Brooker, Brooker, Robin D., Ioannidis, John P. A., Zavalis, Emmanuel,, Belbasis, Lazaros, Brooker, Robin D.,, Axfors, Cathrine,, Ioannidis, John P. A.,, Cathrine Axfors, Axfors, Cathrine, Zavalis, Emmanuel, Pezzullo, Angelo Maria, Belbasis, Lazaros,, Pezzullo, Angelo Maria,, Brooker, RD, Zavalis, E,, Axfors, C,, Pezzullo, AM, Ioannidis, JPA, Belbasis, L   +23 more
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Defining and measuring multimorbidity: a systematic review of systematic reviews [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health, 2018
Multimorbidity, the coexistence of multiple health conditions, is a growing public health challenge. Research and intervention development are hampered by the lack of consensus regarding defining and measuring multimorbidity. The aim of this systematic review was to pool the findings of systematic reviews examining definitions and measures of ...
Johnston, MC, Crilly, M, Black, C, Prescott, Gordon, Mercer, SW   +4 more
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Interventions for treating pain and disability in adults with complex regional pain syndrome- an overview of systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2023
Version 3. Overview stabilised in line with the PaPaS Review Group's policy to assess overviews for updating every five years.Differences between protocol and review: In this updated overview, we made a number of changes compared with the protocol (O ...
Berryman, C, Wand, Benedict M, Marston, L, McAuley, James, Ferraro, Michael C, Smart, Keith M, O\u27Connell, Neil, Smart, Keith, Moseley, GL, Cashin, Aidan, Berryman, Carolyn, O'Connell, NE, Cashin, AJ, Wand, BM, Smart, KM, Moseley, G Lorimer, Cashin, Aidan G, Marston, Louise, McAuley, James H, McAuley, JH, O'Connell, Neil E, Ferraro, Michael, Moseley, Lorimer, Ferraro, MC   +23 more
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