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Melissa L McPheeters
Researcher at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Publications - 155
Citations - 8525
Melissa L McPheeters is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Systematic review & Autism. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 153 publications receiving 7411 citations. Previous affiliations of Melissa L McPheeters include Emory University & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A Systematic Review of Early Intensive Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Zachary Warren,Melissa L McPheeters,Melissa L McPheeters,Nila A Sathe,Jennifer H. Foss-Feig,Allison Glasser,Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele +6 more
TL;DR: Studies of Lovaas-based approaches and early intensive behavioral intervention variants and the Early Start Denver Model resulted in some improvements in cognitive performance, language skills, and adaptive behavior skills in some young children with ASDs, although the literature is limited by methodologic concerns.
Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions
Meera Viswanathan,Mohammed T. Ansari,Nancy D Berkman,Stephanie Chang,Lisa Hartling,Melissa L McPheeters,P Lina Santaguida,Tatyana Shamliyan,Kavita Singh,Alexander Tsertsvadze,Jonathan Treadwell +10 more
TL;DR: This Guide presents issues key to the development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult, frequently encountered methodological issues.
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Parental report of health conditions and health care use among children with and without autism: National Survey of Children's Health.
TL;DR: D markedly higher reports of concurrent conditions and health care use associated with childhood autism is found in this study.
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A Systematic Review of Medical Treatments for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Melissa L McPheeters,Zachary Warren,Nila A Sathe,Jennifer L. Bruzek,Shanthi Krishnaswami,Rebecca N Jerome,Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele +6 more
TL;DR: Evidence supports the benefit of risperidone and aripiprazole for challenging and repetitive behaviors in children with ASDs and insufficient strength of evidence is present to evaluate the benefits or adverse effects for any other medical treatments for ASDs, including serotonin-reuptake inhibitors and stimulant medications.
Closing the quality gap: revisiting the state of the science (vol. 3: quality improvement interventions to address health disparities).
Melissa L McPheeters,Sunil Kripalani,Neeraja B. Peterson,Rachel T Idowu,Rebecca N Jerome,Shannon A Potter,Jeffrey C Andrews +6 more
TL;DR: Overall, QI interventions were not shown to reduce disparities, and some increased effect is seen in disadvantaged populations; these studies should be replicated and the interventions studied further as having potential to address disparities.