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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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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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A shared latent space matrix factorisation method for recommending new trial evidence for systematic review updates

, 2018
Clinical trial registries can be used to monitor the production of trial evidence and signal when systematic reviews become out of date. However, this use has been limited to date due to the extensive manual review required to search for and screen ...
Bashir, Rabia, Bourgeois, Florence T., Coiera, Enrico, Dunn, Adam G., Orenstein, Liat, Surian, Didi   +5 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

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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Methological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on acupuncture for stroke: a review of review [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding acupuncture intervention for stroke and the primary studies within them.
Chen, Xin-Lin, Gao, Ri-Yang, Hu, Yue, Li, Xian-Tao, Lu, Li-ya, Mo, Chuan-Wei, Wu, Min-Feng, Xu, Qian, Zhou, Qian-Yi, Zhou, Xuan   +9 more
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
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KardiaMobile 6L for measuring QT interval in people having antipsychotic medication to inform early value assessment: a systematic review

Health Technology Assessment
Background The indication for this assessment is the use of the KardiaMobile six-lead electrocardiogram device for the assessment of QT interval-based cardiac risk in service users prior to the initiation of, or for the monitoring of, antipsychotic ...
Marie Westwood, Nigel Armstrong, Pawel Posadzki, Caro Noake   +3 more
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Prioritization approaches in the development of health practice guidelines: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Given the considerable efforts and resources required to develop practice guidelines, developers need to prioritize what topics and questions to address.
Amena El-Harakeh, Rami Z. Morsi, Racha Fadlallah, Lama Bou-Karroum, Tamara Lotfi, Elie A. Akl   +5 more
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A review of studies mapping (or cross walking) from non-preference based measures of health to generic preference-based measures [PDF]

, 2008
This paper presents a systematic review of current practice in mapping between nonpreference based measures and generic preference-based measures.
Brazier, J.E., Tsuchiya, A., Yang, Y.
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