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GRADE guidelines: 13. Preparing Summary of Findings tables and evidence profiles—continuous outcomes
Gordon H. Guyatt,Kristian Thorlund,Andrew D Oxman,Stephen D. Walter,Donald L. Patrick,Toshi A. Furukawa,Bradley C. Johnston,Paul J. Karanicolas,Elie A. Akl,Gunn Elisabeth Vist,Regina Kunz,Jan Brozek,Lawrence L. Kupper,Sandra L. Martin,Joerg J Meerpohl,Pablo Alonso-Coello,Robin Christensen,Holger J. Schünemann +17 more
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Alternatives include presenting results in the units of the most popular or interpretable measure, converting to dichotomous measures and presenting relative and absolute effects, presenting the ratio of the means of intervention and control groups, and presenting the results in minimally important difference units.About:
This article is published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 461 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Units of measurement.read more
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Benefits and harms of aspirin desensitization for aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Derek K. Chu,Daniel D. Lee,Keith M. Lee,Holger J. Schünemann,Wojciech Szczeklik,Wojciech Szczeklik,John M. Lee +6 more
TL;DR: The objective of this study is to systematically review the efficacy and safety of aspirin desensitization in patients with AERD.
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ضدویروسها با عملکرد مستقیم برای هپاتیت مزمن c
Janus Christian Jakobsen,Emil Eik Nielsen,Joshua Feinberg,Kiran Kumar Katakam,Kristina Fobian,Goran Hauser,Goran Poropat,Snezana Djurisic,Karl Heinz Weiss,M. Bjelakovic,Goran Bjelakovic,Sarah Louise Klingenberg,Jianping Liu,Dimitrinka Nikolova,Ronald L. Koretz,Christian Gluud +15 more
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Management of penetrating intraperitoneal colon injuries: A meta-analysis and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
Daniel C. Cullinane,Randeep S. Jawa,John J. Como,Ashlee E. Moore,David S. Morris,Jerry Cheriyan,Oscar D. Guillamondegui,Stephanie Goldberg,Laura B. Petrey,Gregory Schaefer,Kosar Khwaja,Susan E. Rowell,Ronald R. Barbosa,Gary A. Bass,George Kasotakis,Bryce R.H. Robinson +15 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of the current treatment regimens available for penetrating colon injuries and the role of anastomosis in damage control surgery to develop a practice management guideline for surgeons recommends that colon repair or R&A be performed rather than routine colostomy.
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The Use of Bowel Protocols in Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
TL;DR: The use of a bowel protocol was associated with a trend toward a reduction in constipation, and large, rigorous, randomized control trials are needed to determine whether bowel protocols impact patient-important outcomes in critically ill adults.
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Laparoscopic‐endoscopic rendezvous versus preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy in people undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for stones in the gallbladder and bile duct
Nereo Vettoretto,Alberto Arezzo,Federico Famiglietti,Roberto Cirocchi,Lorenzo Moja,Mario Morino +5 more
TL;DR: The overall morbidity (surgical morbidity plus general morbidity) may be lower with laparoscopic-endoscopic rendezvous, while the effects of either approach on clinical post-operative pancreatitis were unclear.
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GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables
Gordon H. Guyatt,Andrew D Oxman,Elie A. Akl,Regina Kunz,Gunn Elisabeth Vist,Jan Brozek,Susan L Norris,Yngve Falck-Ytter,Paul Glasziou,Hans deBeer,Roman Jaeschke,David Rind,Joerg J Meerpohl,Philipp Dahm,Holger J. Schünemann +14 more
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