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Procalcitonin testing to guide antibiotic therapy for the treatment of sepsis in intensive care settings and for suspected bacterial infection in emergency department settings: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment, 2015
Background: Determination of the presence or absence of bacterial infection is important to guide appropriate therapy and reduce antibiotic exposure.
Marie Westwood, Bram Ramaekers, Penny Whiting, Florian Tomini, Manuela Joore, Nigel Armstrong, Steve Ryder, Lisa Stirk, Johan Severens, Jos Kleijnen   +9 more
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Overview of Differences and Similarities of Published Mixed Treatment Comparisons on Pharmaceutical Interventions for Multiple Sclerosis

Neurology and Therapy, 2020
Introduction Mixed treatment comparisons (MTCs) are increasingly important in the assessment of the benefit–risk profile of pharmaceutical treatments for relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Interpretation of MTCs requires a clear understanding
Maria Pia Sormani, Robert Wolff, Shona Lang, Steven Duffy, Robert Hyde, Elizabeth Kinter, Craig Wakeford, Gavin Giovannoni, Jos Kleijnen   +8 more
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Adherence influencing factors – a systematic review of systematic reviews [PDF]

Archives of Public Health, 2014
Non-adherence is widespread problem. Adherence is a crucial point for the success and the safe use of therapies. The objective of this overview (review of reviews) was to identify factors that influence adherence in chronic physical conditions.A systematic literature search was performed in Medline and Embase (1990 to July 2013).
Mathes, Tim, Jaschinski, Thomas, Pieper, Dawid   +2 more
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Systematic reviewers' perspectives on replication of systematic reviews: A survey

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, 2023
AbstractBackgroundReplication is essential to the scientific method. It is unclear what systematic reviewers think about the replication of systematic reviews (SRs). Therefore, we aimed to explore systematic reviewers' perspectives on (a) the definition and importance of SR replication; (b) incentives and barriers to conducting SR replication; and (c ...
Phi‐Yen Nguyen, Joanne E. McKenzie, Daniel G. Hamilton, David Moher, Peter Tugwell, Fiona M. Fidler, Neal R. Haddaway, Julian P. T. Higgins, Raju Kanukula, Sathya Karunananthan, Lara J. Maxwell, Steve McDonald, Shinichi Nakagawa, David Nunan, Vivian A. Welch, Matthew J. Page   +15 more
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Viscoelastic point-of-care testing to assist with the diagnosis, management and monitoring of haemostasis: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment, 2015
Background: Patients with substantive bleeding usually require transfusion and/or (re-)operation. Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is independently associated with a greater risk of infection, morbidity, increased hospital stay and mortality.
Penny Whiting, Maiwenn Al, Marie Westwood, Isaac Corro Ramos, Steve Ryder, Nigel Armstrong, Kate Misso, Janine Ross, Johan Severens, Jos Kleijnen   +9 more
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COSMIN guideline for systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures

Quality of Life Research, 2018
PurposeSystematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) differ from reviews of interventions and diagnostic test accuracy studies and are complex.
C. Prinsen, L. Mokkink, L. Bouter, J. Alonso, D.walaa badawy, H. C. W. de Vet, C. Terwee   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Impact of mHealth Interventions: Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews [PDF]

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018
Mobile phone usage has been rapidly increasing worldwide. mHealth could efficiently deliver high-quality health care, but the evidence supporting its current effectiveness is still mixed.We performed a systematic review of systematic reviews to assess the impact or effectiveness of mobile health (mHealth) interventions in different health conditions ...
Milena Soriano Marcolino, João Antonio Queiroz Oliveira, Marcelo D'Agostino, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro, Maria Beatriz Moreira Alkmim, David Novillo-Ortiz   +5 more
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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
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Rapid fetal fibronectin testing to predict preterm birth in women with symptoms of premature labour: a systematic review and cost analysis

Health Technology Assessment, 2013
Background: Premature birth is defined as birth of before 37 completed weeks' gestation. Not all pregnant women showing symptoms of preterm labour will go on to deliver before 37 weeks' gestation. Hence, addition of fetal fibronectin (fFN) testing to the
SN Deshpande, ADI van Asselt, F Tomini, N Armstrong, A Allen, C Noake, K Khan, JL Severens, J Kleijnen, ME Westwood   +9 more
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A Systematic Review and Mixed Treatment Comparison of Pharmaceutical Interventions for Multiple Sclerosis

Neurology and Therapy, 2020
Background Since 2010, 27 mixed-treatment comparisons (MTCs) of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis have been published. However, there has been continued evolution in the field of MTCs.
Gavin Giovannoni, Shona Lang, Robert Wolff, Steven Duffy, Robert Hyde, Elizabeth Kinter, Craig Wakeford, Maria Pia Sormani, Jos Kleijnen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source