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Robert Wolff
Researcher at York University
Publications - 56
Citations - 6703
Robert Wolff is an academic researcher from York University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 46 publications receiving 4249 citations.
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Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal
Laure Wynants,Laure Wynants,Ben Van Calster,Ben Van Calster,Gary S. Collins,Gary S. Collins,Richard D Riley,Georg Heinze,Ewoud Schuit,Marc J.M. Bonten,Darren Dahly,Johanna A A G Damen,Thomas P. A. Debray,Valentijn M.T. de Jong,Maarten De Vos,Paula Dhiman,Paula Dhiman,Maria C Haller,Michael O. Harhay,Liesbet Henckaerts,Pauline Heus,Michael Kammer,Nina Kreuzberger,Anna Lohmann,Kim Luijken,Jie Ma,Glen P. Martin,David J. McLernon,Constanza L Andaur Navarro,Johannes B. Reitsma,Jamie C. Sergeant,Chunhu Shi,Nicole Skoetz,Luc J.M. Smits,Kym I E Snell,Matthew Sperrin,René Spijker,René Spijker,Ewout W. Steyerberg,Toshihiko Takada,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Sander M. J. van Kuijk,Bas C T van Bussel,Bas C T van Bussel,Iwan C. C. van der Horst,Florien S. van Royen,Jan Y Verbakel,Jan Y Verbakel,Christine Wallisch,Christine Wallisch,Jack Wilkinson,Robert Wolff,Lotty Hooft,Karel G.M. Moons,Maarten van Smeden +55 more
TL;DR: Proposed models for covid-19 are poorly reported, at high risk of bias, and their reported performance is probably optimistic, according to a review of published and preprint reports.
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Cannabinoids for Medical Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Penny Whiting,Penny Whiting,Robert Wolff,Sohan Deshpande,Marcello Di Nisio,Steven Duffy,Adrian V. Hernandez,Adrian V. Hernandez,J. Christiaan Keurentjes,Shona H. Lang,Kate Misso,Steve Ryder,Simone Schmidlkofer,Marie Westwood,Jos Kleijnen +14 more
TL;DR: There was moderate- quality evidence to support the use of cannabinoids for the treatment of chronic pain and spasticity and low-quality evidence suggesting that cannabinoids were associated with improvements in nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy, weight gain in HIV infection, sleep disorders, and Tourette syndrome.
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PROBAST: A tool to assess the risk of bias and applicability of prediction model studies
Robert Wolff,Karel G.M. Moons,Richard D Riley,Penny Whiting,Marie Westwood,Gary S. Collins,Johannes B. Reitsma,Jos Kleijnen,Susan Mallett +8 more
TL;DR: This work presents PROBAST (Prediction model Risk Of Bias ASsessment Tool), a tool to assess the ROB and concerns regarding the applicability of diagnostic and prognostic prediction model studies, and develops the accompanying explanation and elaboration document.
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PROBAST : A Tool to Assess Risk of Bias and Applicability of Prediction Model Studies: Explanation and Elaboration
Karel G.M. Moons,Robert Wolff,Richard D Riley,Penny Whiting,Marie Westwood,Gary S. Collins,Johannes B. Reitsma,Jos Kleijnen,Susan Mallett +8 more
TL;DR: The rationale behind the domains and signaling questions, how to use them, and how to reach domain-level and overall judgments about ROB and applicability of primary studies to a review question are described.
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Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognosis: rating confidence in estimates of event rates in broad categories of patients.
Alfonso Iorio,Frederick A. Spencer,Maicon Falavigna,C. Alba,Eddie Lang,Bernard Burnand,Tom McGinn,Jill A. Hayden,Katrina Williams,Beverly Shea,Robert Wolff,Ton Kujpers,Pablo Perel,Per Olav Vandvik,Paul Glasziou,Holger J. Schünemann,Gordon H. Guyatt +16 more
TL;DR: This article covers studies answering questions about the prognosis of a typical patient from a broadly defined population and considers how to establish degree of confidence in estimates from such bodies of evidence.