Janus kinase inhibitors improve disease activity and patient-reported outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 24,135 patients

L Tóth, MF Juhász, L Szabó, A Abada, F Kiss… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pain, fatigue, and physical activity are major determinants of life quality in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have emerged as effective medications in RA …

Improvement of composite kidney outcomes by AKI care bundles: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CY See, HC Pan, JY Chen, CY Wu, HW Liao… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Various approaches have been suggested to identify acute kidney injury (AKI)
early and to initiate kidney-protective measures in patients at risk or with AKI. The objective …

Dual antiplatelet therapy duration after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with indication to oral anticoagulant therapy. A systematic review and meta …

C Montalto, F Costa, S Leonardi, A Micari… - European Heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients with concomitant
indication to oral anticoagulation (OAC) is still debated. Methods and results A systematic …

Trial sequential analysis of efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists against left ventricular thrombus

T Kitano, Y Nabeshima, M Kataoka, M Takeuchi - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Meta-analysis may increase the risk of random errors. Trial sequential analysis (TSA) has
been developed to adjust for these random errors. We conducted TSA on the efficacy and …

Carotid endarterectomy with patch angioplasty versus primary closure in patients with symptomatic and significant stenosis: a systematic review with meta-analyses …

MS Marsman, J Wetterslev, AK Jahrome, C Gluud… - Systematic reviews, 2021 - Springer
Background Patch angioplasty in conventional carotid endarterectomy is suggested to
reduce the risk of restenosis and recurrent ipsilateral stroke compared with primary closure …

Effectiveness of offering tailored text message, self‐help smoking cessation support to pregnant women who want information on stopping smoking: MiQuit3 …

T Coleman, M Clark, C Welch, R Whitemore… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To test the efficacy of 'MiQuit', a tailored, self‐help, text message stop smoking
programme for pregnancy, as an adjunct to usual care (UC) for smoking cessation in …

Therapeutic hypothermia in patients after cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

PY Chiu, CC Chung, YK Tu, CH Tseng… - The American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Targeted temperature management (TTM) with therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has
been used to improve neurological outcomes in patients after cardiac arrest; however …

Major mistakes or errors in the use of trial sequential analysis in systematic reviews or meta-analyses–the METSA systematic review

CG Riberholt, MH Olsen, JB Milan… - BMC Medical Research …, 2024 - Springer
Background Systematic reviews and data synthesis of randomised clinical trials play a
crucial role in clinical practice, research, and health policy. Trial sequential analysis can be …

Systematic review with trial sequential analysis of prophylactic antibiotics for acute pancreatitis

G Poropat, K Goričanec, A Lacković, A Kresović… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: Prophylactic antibiotics (PAB) are being still widely used for
treatment of acute pancreatitis (AP) despite trials showing no firm evidence of efficacy. We …

The effectiveness of parenting programs in preventing abusive head trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HY Chang, YC Chang, YT Chang… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Parenting programs are the most common intervention for preventing the lethal form of child
maltreatment, abusive head trauma (AHT). However, certain results of the effects of these …