Contemporary management of acute exacerbations of COPD: a systematic review and metaanalysis

BS Quon, WQ Gan, DD Sin - Chest, 2008 - Elsevier
… A metaanalysis 39 involving 36 trials and 6,922 patients demonstrated a 22% reduction in
mortality with the administration of antibiotic prophylaxis in patients receiving ventilation. The …

Rate vs rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

S de Denus, CA Sanoski, J Carlsson… - Archives of internal …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
… Finally, as is inherent in any meta-analysis, it is important to … of this meta-analysis suggest
that in patients with persistent … control, in combination with anticoagulation in patients at risk of …

Does case management for patients with heart failure based in the community reduce unplanned hospital admissions? A systematic review and meta-analysis

AL Huntley, R Johnson, A King, RW Morris, S Purdy - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The aim of this systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and
controlled trials (non-RCTs, NRCTs) is to investigate the effectiveness and related costs of case …

Meta-analysis of hemodynamic optimization in high-risk patients

JW Kern, WC Shoemaker - Critical care medicine, 2002 - journals.lww.com
… Therefore, to avoid redundancy, the 1995 study was not included in this meta-analysis. In
the … meta-analysis deserve mention. In a study by Takala et al. ( 36 ) of postoperative patients

Effects of self-management on chronic kidney disease: A meta-analysis

MY Lin, MF Liu, LF Hsu, PS Tsai - International journal of nursing studies, 2017 - Elsevier
… In this meta-analysis, only studies on patients aged 18 years or older who had received a
diagnosis … According to the findings of the present meta-analysis, self-management exhibited a …

Meta-analysis: chronic disease self-management programs for older adults

J Chodosh, SC Morton, W Mojica… - Annals of internal …, 2005 - acpjournals.org
… included a self-management education program for patients with asthma, arthritis, diabetes
mellitus, hypertension, and miscellaneous other conditions. Meta-analysis found statistically …

Quality of vitamin K antagonist control and outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

ES Mearns, CM White, CG Kohn, J Hawthorne… - Thrombosis journal, 2014 - Springer
… The primary objective of this systematic review with meta-analyses and meta-regression
analyses was to assess VKA INR control in AF patients and the effect of selected study-level …

Perioperative fluid management strategies in major surgery: a stratified meta-analysis

T Corcoran, JEJ Rhodes, S Clarke… - Anesthesia & …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
meta-analysis to assess whether these 2 approaches of managing perioperative fluid therapy
would have different effects on the outcomes of patients … stratum], in this meta-analysis. The …

A meta-analysis of remote patient monitoring for chronic heart failure patients

N Nakamura, T Koga, H Iseki - Journal of telemedicine and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… In the present meta analysis, RPM was more effective in reducing the risk of mortality in CHF
patients compared to usual care. Inglis et al.[5] extracted 11 articles from 1999 to 2009, and …

Meta-analysis of trials comparing oral anticoagulation and aspirin versus dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary stenting: clues for the management of patients with an …

A Rubboli, M Milandri, C Castelvetri, B Cosmi - Cardiology, 2005 - karger.com
… of OAC and aspirin versus antiplatelet therapy were evaluated in a meta-analysis of four
historical clinical trials. In 2,436 patients, the RR of a 30-day primary composite endpoint of …