systematic review and meta analysis in clinical practice

... stopping walking Since then, many studies have investigated cognitive/ motor interference while walking and its relationship to fall risk in elderly and clinical populations Some of these findings ... this systematic review and meta-analysis, therefore, was to determine whether dual task walking paradigms involving a secondary cognitive task are superior to single walking tasks in predicting ... this meta-analysis indicates that both single and dual task paradigms were equivalent in predicting falls and discriminating fallers from non-fallers based on gait speed measurements This finding

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:09

... of a patient’s life, including physical health, mental health and functioning, social interaction and role func-tioning, and general well-being [5] HRQL can be assessed using generic or condition ... criteria This review followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guide-lines when selecting studies for inclusion [22] Studies were included if 1) ... context on SG and TTO instruments, and yet our results indicate that these instruments may perform differently in HIV/AIDS populations [74] In-deed, one of the papers included in this review showed

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2017, 12:18

... effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for anxiety in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis Ance Kreslins, Ashley E Robertson*and Craig Melville ... that may arise when working with more severely impaired individuals, including difficulties with communication, giving informed consent, attending to tasks and following instructions The exclusion ... the intervention, using highly struc-tured sessions, and having a flexible number and length of sessions [46, 47] Parental involvement in psychosocial interventions aimed at reducing anxiety in

Ngày tải lên: 14/01/2020, 20:35

... conducted in India, 2 each in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal and one in Sri Lanka Table 1 Search strategy used to identify articles to be included in the systematic review and meta-analysis 1 ... repetitive and paired observations, and consequently compromising the reliability of the findings of this meta-analysis In studies where the outcomes were re-ported as median (range), conversion into ... for growth but lacking for neuro-development A recent systematic review incorporating data from 137 developing countries has documented low birth weight, including prematurity and foetal growth

Ngày tải lên: 01/02/2020, 05:26

... during a consensus meet-ing with other reviewers (MWK and MAR) for the final Trang 3selection of studies to be included in the systematic re-view and meta-analysis Inclusion and exclusion criteria ... denoted pooled data in East Africa which uses as a baseline in designing strategies for prevention and control of neonatal hypothermia Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis were aimed ... and associated risk factors in the East African context Review question The review questions of this systematic review and meta-analysis were: What is the prevalence of neonatal hypothermia in

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2020, 19:05

... epithe-lial cells which will increase the likelihood of pulmonary infections including pneumonia [62,63] According to this systematic review and meta-analysis, cooking foods in living rooms was found ... during a consensus meet-ing with other reviewers (MW and MB) for the final Trang 3selection of studies to be included in the systematic re-view and meta-analysis Inclusion and exclusion criteria ... confirmatory laboratories and imaging investigations This systematic review and meta-analysis had also re-vealed using woods as a source of fuel, cooking foods liv-ing rooms, holdliv-ing children on back

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2020, 19:20

... re-views, proceedings papers, meeting abstracts, letters, notes and editorial materials, and (3) studies lacking essential data Two reviewers (D.S and LY.Z.) independently reviewed the titles and abstracts ... which seemed uncon-vincing But considering that 1795 subjects were in-cluded for analysis under the cut-off 37.8 °C, the conclusion was much more convincing According to the findings, ear canal temperature ... der Ploeg T, de Winter JP Accuracy of tympanic and infrared skin thermometers in children Arch Dis Child 2010;95(12):974 –8. 9 Dinarello CA, Wolff SM Principles and practice of infectious diseases

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2020, 19:21

... Writing - Review & Editing; (II) LH:Conceptualization, Writing - Original Draft and Resources; (III) PZ: Resources, Investigation, Writing - Review & Editing; (IV) QMi: Resources and Investigation; ... and moesin, which belong to the ERM (ezrin, radixin, moesin) protein family, could bind with the cytosolic do-main of PDPN, and then rearrange the actin cytoskel-eton, which may involves in lymphangiogenesis, ... Resources and Investigation; (VI) LZ: Resources and Investigation All authors have reviewed and approved the final manuscript. Funding No funding was obtained for this study. Availability of data and

Ngày tải lên: 30/05/2020, 21:45

... seminal vesicle invasion and lymph node metastasis are key findings to define clin-ically significant cancer [ 62 ] In the present analysis however only the GS could be evaluated to define clinically ... E Open AccessDiscrimination between clinical significant and insignificant prostate cancer with systematic review and meta analysis Hans-Jonas Meyer1*† , Andreas Wienke2†and Alexey Surov1† Abstract ... Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement was used for the analysis [ 17 ] In total 26 studies were suitable for the analysis and included into the present

Ngày tải lên: 30/05/2020, 21:47

... expression in solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis Abstract Background: Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the metabolism of tryptophan into kynurenine It ... studies included in meta-analysis regarding OS (c) and TTP (d) The 95% confidence intervals of the regression line ’s y intercept include zero, P values were 0.59 and 0.89, respectively, indicating ... imported into the literature management software for further browsing and screening Inclusion criteria Studies included in this meta-analysis needed to meet the following inclusion criteria: 1) The included

Ngày tải lên: 30/05/2020, 21:52

... tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis Abstract Background: The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis ... systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted following the requirements of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement [ 11 ]. Search strategy and ... breast cancer contains a variety of cell types, including tumor-infiltrating lympho-cytes (TILs) Accumulating evidence indicates that TILs play essential roles in carcinogenesis and cancer progres-sion

Ngày tải lên: 17/06/2020, 03:27

... these clinico-pathological findings were independent risk factors in this meta-analysis Besieds, all the results were reliable and robust via the subgroup and sensitivity analyses. Interestingly, ... lead to more informative prognostic information in patient monitoring [ 9 ].Therefore, we aimed to pro-vide a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of previous studies to investigate ... Open AccessClinicopathological factors in bladder cancer for cancer-specific survival outcomes following radical cystectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lijin Zhang1*, Bin Wu1, Zhenlei

Ngày tải lên: 17/06/2020, 16:52

... The present systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted and reported according to the standards of quality detailed in the Preferred Reporting Items for Sys-tematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses ... AccessEfficacy and safety of HER2 inhibitors in combination with or without pertuzumab for HER2-positive breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis Shanshan Chen, Yu Liang, Zhangying Feng and Mingxia ... the included studies The systematic review process yielded 1469 studies lim-ited to clinical trials from PubMed, COCHRANE, Sci-ence Direct, EMBASE, and Clinical Trials.gov, and the screening

Ngày tải lên: 17/06/2020, 18:10

... ordinal and interval scales is inadequate in relation to meta- analysis Ann Rheum Dis 2001, 60:349-352 Barden J: Meta- analysis to investigate methodological issues in clinical trials using pain ... anti-inflammatory drug Clinical ulcers and bleeds Clinical ulcers and bleeds in the company clinical trial reports were as reported by investigators, and were not subjected to independent, blinded ... extraction, analysis, and preparing the manuscript; SD with data extraction, analysis, and writing; GTM with planning, data extraction, analysis, and writing the manuscript; HJM with planning, analysis, ...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... systemic review and meta- analysis to determine IGRA test performance in persons with suspected or confirmed active pulmonary tuberculosis living in low- and middle-income settings modeling, which ... standard guidelines and methods for systematic reviews and meta- analyses of diagnostic tests [18–21] Search Methods We previously published systematic and narrative reviews on the accuracy and ... was performed with blinding to IGRA results Industry involvement was unknown in studies (19%) and acknowledged in (30%), including donation of IGRA kits (6 studies) and work and/ or financial relationships...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... regimens including pyrazinamide, 31% received drug regimens including a fluoroquinolone, and 17% received drug regimens including streptomycin Induction drug regimens consisted of drugs in 5% of ... fluoroquinolone in 52%, pyrazinamide in 18%, and streptomycin in 14% Most maintenance regimens consisted of 2-drug (46%) or 3-drug (29%) regimens No patients received single-drug MTB therapy during induction ... Tuberculosis Risk Factors and Treatment for LTBI Our review identified 82 cases in which active MTB infection developed in transplanted patients and sufficient accompanying clinical information was available...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... the original idea for the paper and vouches for the integrity of the analysis DW, UM and MVG extracted and analysed the data All authors collaborated in interpreting the data and writing the ... manufacturing, insulation and cladding work, shipyard, asbestos industries, asbestos cement factory, ceiling tiles and wallboards, railway, ironworker, sheet metal, construction carpenters and millwrights) ... importance of included former workers These biases are probably present in the studies included in our systematic review, since most of them had a cross-sectional design not accounting for changes in lung...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... Results of an influence analysis in which the metaanalysis is re-estimated omitting each study in turn Rerunning the analysis without the study by Mathias and Kent [32] increased the standardised ... synthesis Meta- analyses were carried out using Stata V 9.1 (Stata, College Station, TX, USA) using the user-contributed commands for meta- analyses: ‘metan’ [19], ‘metainf’ [20], ‘metabias’ [21] and ‘metatrim’ ... overall meta- analysis summary The influence of individual studies on the estimated overall effect size (removing each study and recalculating overall effect) was minor Rerunning the meta- analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... homogeneity tests in meta- analyses in pain using simulations of individual patient data Pain 2000, 85:415-424 33 L'Abbe KA, Detsky AS, O'Rourke K: Meta- analysis in clinical research Ann Intern Med 1987, ... treatment as defined by the original authors (mainly urine protein excretion, serum creatinine or creatinine clearance, or a combination of these) and subsequent relapse Adverse events sought included ... of clinical or biochemical improvement Reduced protein excretion was mentioned in 10, reduced corticosteroid dose in 7, with each mentioning reduced serum creatinine and disease severity or increased...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... ethically inappropriate considering the documented symptomatic and functional benefits of many treatments in PAH This illustrates the role of a meta- analysis in determining the improvement in mortality ... This analysis was based on 1404 patients from eleven studies that evaluated prostacyclin or prostacyclin analogues, including intravenous epoprostenol and treprostinil, subcutaneous treprostinil, ... compared trepostinil to placebo [18] The study of intravenous treprostinil and one study of inhaled treprostinil were published in abstract form only, but provided sufficient information for analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:20