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Health effects of climate change: an overview of systematic reviews

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives We aimed to develop a systematic synthesis of systematic reviews of health impacts of climate change, by synthesising studies’ characteristics, climate impacts, health outcomes and key findings.
Rhéa Rocque, Caroline Beaudoin, R. Ndjaboué, Laura Cameron, Louann Poirier-Bergeron, Rose-Alice Poulin-Rheault, C. Fallon, A. Tricco, H. Witteman   +8 more
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The quality of COVID-19 systematic reviews during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic: an exploratory comparison

Systematic Reviews
Background The unprecedented volume and speed at which COVID-19-related systematic reviews (SRs) may have been produced has raised questions regarding the quality of this evidence.
Kevin T. McDermott, Mark Perry, Willemijn Linden, Rachel Croft, Robert Wolff, Jos Kleijnen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension

Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2021
Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological and evolutionary phenomena.
R. O’Dea, M. Lagisz, M. Jennions, J. Koricheva, D. Noble, T. Parker, J. Gurevitch, M. Page, G. Stewart, D. Moher, Shinichi Nakagawa   +10 more
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The frequency of maternal morbidity: A systematic review of systematic reviews [PDF]

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2018
Estimates of the burden of maternal morbidity are patchy.To conduct a systematic review of systematic reviews of maternal conditions to: (1) make available the most up-to-date frequency estimates; (2) identify which conditions do not have reliable estimates; and (3) scrutinize the quality of the available reviews.We searched Embase, MEDLINE, and CINAHL,
Gon, Giorgia, Leite, Andreia, Calvert, Clara, Woodd, Susannah, Graham, Wendy J, Filippi, Veronique   +5 more
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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

Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analysis on the Efficacy of Evolocumab and Other Therapies for the Management of Lipid Levels in Hyperlipidemia

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
BackgroundThe proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors evolocumab and alirocumab substantially reduce low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) when added to statin therapy in patients who need additional LDL‐C reduction ...
Peter P. Toth, Gillian Worthy, Shravanthi R. Gandra, Naveed Sattar, Sarah Bray, Lung‐I. Cheng, Ian Bridges, Gavin M. Worth, Ricardo Dent, Carol A. Forbes, Sohan Deshpande, Janine Ross, Jos Kleijnen, Erik S. G. Stroes   +13 more
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Role of the faecal immunochemical test in patients with risk-stratified suspected colorectal cancer symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis to inform the ACPGBI/BSG guidelines

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2022
Summary: Background: The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), recommended in 2017 the use of the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to guide investigations in patients presenting with NICE-defined low-risk symptoms suspicious for ...
Richard Booth, Rachel Carten, Nigel D'Souza, Marie Westwood, Jos Kleijnen, Muti Abulafi   +5 more
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Editorial: Review Articles, Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis, and the Updated Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 Guidelines

Medical Science Monitor, 2021
Subjective narrative review articles have an educational and informative role in medical and scientific journals. Systematic review of the literature requires an objective and complete review of all available publications on an identified topic ...
D. Parums
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Effects of exercise therapy in patients with acute low back pain: a systematic review of systematic reviews

, 2020
Background: Acute low back pain is associated with pain and disability, but symptoms are often self-healing. The effectiveness of exercise therapy for acute low back pain remains uncertain with conflicting evidence from systematic reviews.
van Tulder, M., Nordeman, Lena Margareta,, Larsson, Maria E H,, Bernhardsson, Susanne,, Bergenheim, Anna,, Karlsson, Marc,   +5 more
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The effectiveness of interventions to change six health behaviours: a review of reviews [PDF]

, 2010
Background Several World Health Organisation reports over recent years have highlighted the high incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease and cancer.
Harris Fiona M, Platt, S, Harris, Fiona M., Jepson, Ruth, Jepson Ruth G, Harris, F.M., Fiona M Harris, Ruth G Jepson, Harris, Fiona Margaret, Tannahill, Carol, Tannahill Carol, Jepson, R.G., Stephen Platt, Carol Tannahill, Jepson, Ruth G., Platt, Stephen, Tannahill, C., Platt Stephen   +17 more
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