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Antibiotic Administration for Meconium Aspiration Syndrome in Neonates: A Systematic Review
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Campbell Sandy, Kumar Manoj, Pongmee Pharuhad, Nagar Gaurav
Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the clinical trials evaluating the role of antibiotics for prevention or treatment of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Methods: We searched several electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, SCOPUS (until September 2013), and CENTRAL...
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Applying the risk of bias tool in a systematic review of combination long-acting beta-agonists and inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthma.
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Seida, J., Vandermeer, B., Hartling, L., Dryden, D. M., Rowe, B. H., Bond, K.
Background The Risk of Bias (RoB) tool is used to assess internal validity of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Our objectives were to: 1) evaluate inter-rater agreement of the RoB tool; 2) determine the time to access supplemental study information; 3) compare the RoB tool with the Jadad...
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2012
Introduction: A well thought out, comprehensive search is the foundation for all systematic review research. Consequently, working on a first systematic review search can be intimidating. Articles and workshops, being less intensive than one-on-one training, are unlikely to instil enough...
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2012-10-13
Johnson, Jeffrey A., Rees, Sandra E., Storie, Dale A., Lau, Darren, Hu, Jia, Majumdar, Sumit R.
Categories of quality improvement interventions used in Lau D, Hu J, Majumdar SR, Storie DA, Rees SE, Johnson JA. Interventions to Improve Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Among Community-Dwelling Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Annals of Family Medicine 2012 (Accepted...
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Chapter 5 Supplement A: Included and Excluded Studies
2012-08-17
Chapter 5, Supplement A of a doctoral dissertation (Lau, D. Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Fall 2012). This supplement contains certain methodological details, as well as...
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Chapter 5 Supplement D: Sub-Stratified Quality Improvement Interventions and Numbers Needed to Treat
Chapter 5 Supplement D: Sub-Stratified Quality Improvement Interventions and Numbers Needed to Treat
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Chapter 5, Supplement D of a doctoral dissertation (Lau, D. Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Fall 2012). This supplement contains additional figures and tables from data...
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Children are not just small adults: the urgent need for high-quality trial evidence in children.
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Offringa, M., Hartling, L., Craig, J. C., Klassen, T. P.
Children are often touted as being very important members of society because they represent our future. Optimizing their health outcomes has the potential for a huge impact on public health because children are at an early stage in the life trajectory. But it is often unclear how society...
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Spring 2015
Introduction Systematic reviews (SRs) synthesize published and sometimes unpublished data and are often based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, RCTs are known to be poor at identifying and reporting harms. The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and...
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Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makerschallenge.
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Jackson, M. K., Richter, M. S., Burns, K. K.
Issues relating to confidentiality and consent for physical and mental health treatment with minor clients can pose challenges health care providers. Decisions need to be made regarding these issues despite the absence of clear, direct, or comprehensive policies and legislation. In order to fully...
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Controlled trials in children: quantity, methodological quality and descriptive characteristics of pediatric controlled trials published 1948-2006.
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Tjosvold, L., Thomson, D., Vandermeer, B., Klassen, T. P., Cohen, E., Hartling, L.
Background The objective of this study was to describe randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials (CCTs) in child health published between 1948 and 2006, in terms of quantity, methodological quality, and publication and trial characteristics. We used the Trials Register...