Systematic review and meta-analysis of anakinra, sarilumab, siltuximab and tocilizumab for COVID-19

FA Khan, I Stewart, L Fabbri, S Moss, K Robinson… - Thorax, 2021 - thorax.bmj.com
Background There is accumulating evidence for an overly activated immune response in
severe COVID-19, with several studies exploring the therapeutic role of immunomodulation …

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality of patients with STEMI: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Rattka, J Dreyhaupt, C Winsauer, L Stuhler… - Heart, 2021 - heart.bmj.com
Aims Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, hospitals reported declining
numbers of patients admitted with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) …

The relationship between 2019-nCoV and psychological distress among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

L Wang, D Li, S Pan, J Zhai, W Xia, C Sun… - Globalization and health, 2021 - Springer
Objectives The psychological distress caused by COVID-19 may be pronounced among the
parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study aimed to investigate …

Pre-admission interventions (prehabilitation) to improve outcome after major elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Perry, G Herbert, C Atkinson, C England… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To determine the benefits and harms of pre-admission interventions
(prehabilitation) on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing major elective surgery …

Robot-assisted radical nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

F Crocerossa, U Carbonara, F Cantiello, M Marchioni… - European urology, 2021 - Elsevier
Context Radical nephrectomy (RN) is the gold standard treatment for large and locally
advanced renal tumors. Although robot-assisted radical nephrectomy (RRN) is being …

Effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors on cardiac remodelling: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Zhang, Y Wang, G Tse… - European journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims To examine the effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) on
cardiac remodelling in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and/or heart failure …

Peripheral immune profile and neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio in Parkinson's disease

L Muñoz‐Delgado, D Macías‐García… - Movement …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in peripheral blood is a well‐
established inflammatory marker, but its role in Parkinson's disease (PD) remains unclear …

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy versus standard laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: an evidence-based analysis of comparative outcomes

U Carbonara, M Srinath, F Crocerossa, M Ferro… - World journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To provide a systematic analysis of the comparative outcomes of robot-assisted
radical prostatectomy (RARP) versus laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) in the …

Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from order statistics and sample size in meta-analysis

S Cai, J Zhou, J Pan - Statistical methods in medical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, a growing number of researchers have attempted to overcome the
constraints of size and scope in different medical studies to find out the overall treatment …

Hemostatic system (Fibrinogen level, D-Dimer, and FDP) in severe and Non-Severe patients With COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-Analysis

R Mehrdad, K Zahra… - Clinical and Applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 triggers abnormalities in coagulation parameters that can
contribute to thrombosis. The goals of this research were to determine the levels of …