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View article: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AI APPLICATION IN PREDICTING PRENATAL WEIGHT IN VIET NAM
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AI APPLICATION IN PREDICTING PRENATAL WEIGHT IN VIET NAM Open
Objective: Our research aims to propose the application of AI in improving the accuracy for estimating fetal weight. Method: This is a cross-sectional analytical study combining the development and comparison of predictive models supported…
View article: What interventions are effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants in prevention of mother to child transmission care programmes in low-income and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis
What interventions are effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants in prevention of mother to child transmission care programmes in low-income and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Objective This review was conducted to identify interventions effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive mothers and their infants in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services in low-income and middle-inc…
View article: Recent innovations in long-term care coverage and financing: a rapid scoping review
Recent innovations in long-term care coverage and financing: a rapid scoping review Open
Objectives To identify, chart and analyse the literature on recent initiatives to improve long-term care (LTC) coverage, financial protection and financial sustainability for persons aged 60 and older. Design Rapid scoping review. Data sou…
View article: Open science interventions proposed or implemented to assess researcher impact: a scoping review
Open science interventions proposed or implemented to assess researcher impact: a scoping review Open
Background Several open science-promoting initiatives have been proposed to improve the quality of biomedical research, including initiatives for assessing researchers’ open science behaviour as criteria for promotion or tenure. Yet there …
View article: Prevalence of pain and fear as barriers to vaccination in children – Systematic review and meta-analysis
Prevalence of pain and fear as barriers to vaccination in children – Systematic review and meta-analysis Open
This is the first review to systematically quantify the prevalence and therefore, importance, of pain and needle fear as obstacles to vaccination in children around the world. Pain from injection or fear of needles were demonstrated to be …
View article: Comparative-effectiveness research of COVID-19 treatment: a rapid scoping review
Comparative-effectiveness research of COVID-19 treatment: a rapid scoping review Open
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated growing research on treatment options. We aim to provide an overview of the characteristics of studies evaluating COVID-19 treatment. Design Rapid scoping review Data sources Medline, Embase …
View article: Text mining to support abstract screening for knowledge syntheses: a semi-automated workflow
Text mining to support abstract screening for knowledge syntheses: a semi-automated workflow Open
Background Current text mining tools supporting abstract screening in systematic reviews are not widely used, in part because they lack sensitivity and precision. We set out to develop an accessible, semi-automated “workflow” to conduct ab…
View article: Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps
Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps Open
What is new?Key findings•Guidance is available on the conduct of rapid reviews. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has created several unique challenges.•Challenges to the conduct of rapid reviews include the urgency of the request from decisi…
View article: What interventions are effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants in prevention of mother to child transmission care programmes in low-income and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis
What interventions are effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants in prevention of mother to child transmission care programmes in low-income and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Objective This review was conducted to identify interventions effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive mothers and their infants in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services in low-income and middle-inc…
View article: Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment for retinal conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment for retinal conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Objectives To evaluate the comparative effectiveness and safety of intravitreal bevacizumab, ranibizumab and aflibercept for patients with choroidal neovascular age-related macular degeneration (cn-AMD), diabetic macular oedema (DMO), macu…
View article: Patient safety initiatives in obstetrics: a rapid review
Patient safety initiatives in obstetrics: a rapid review Open
Objectives This review was commissioned by WHO, South Africa-Country office because of an exponential increase in medical litigation claims related to patient safety in obstetrical care in the country. A rapid review was conducted to exami…
View article: Turning High‐Risk Individuals: An Economic Evaluation of Repositioning Frequency in Long‐Term Care
Turning High‐Risk Individuals: An Economic Evaluation of Repositioning Frequency in Long‐Term Care Open
Recent evidence suggests that less frequent repositioning of long‐term care residents at moderate to high risk of developing pressure ulcers (PrUs) is noninferior to current repositioning standards in preventing PrUs, but the long‐term hea…
View article: Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Delirium Following Elective Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Delirium Following Elective Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Though caution must be used in interpreting meta-analyses of non-randomized studies due to the potential influence of unmeasured confounding, we identified potentially modifiable prognostic factors including frailty and psychotropic medica…
View article: Identifying older adults at risk of harm following elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Identifying older adults at risk of harm following elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Geriatric syndromes are important prognostic factors for postoperative complications. We identified potentially modifiable prognostic factors (e.g., frailty, depressive symptoms, and smoking) associated with developing postoperative compli…
View article: Utility of social media and crowd-sourced data for pharmacovigilance: a scoping review protocol
Utility of social media and crowd-sourced data for pharmacovigilance: a scoping review protocol Open
Introduction Adverse events associated with medications are under-reported in postmarketing surveillance systems. A systematic review of published data from 37 studies worldwide (including Canada) found the median under-reporting rate of a…
View article: Evaluation of Two Techniques for Viral Load Monitoring Using Dried Blood Spot in Routine Practice in Vietnam (French National Agency for AIDS and Hepatitis Research 12338)
Evaluation of Two Techniques for Viral Load Monitoring Using Dried Blood Spot in Routine Practice in Vietnam (French National Agency for AIDS and Hepatitis Research 12338) Open
Background. Although it is the best method to detect early therapeutic failure, viral load (VL) monitoring is still not widely available in many resource-limited settings because of difficulties in specimen transfer, personnel shortage, an…
View article: COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION AND CALIBRATION ANALYSIS OF DECISION-ANALYTIC MODELS
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION AND CALIBRATION ANALYSIS OF DECISION-ANALYTIC MODELS Open
Pressure ulcers are common in the very ill, the elderly, and immobile or neurologically compromised individuals. In Ontario, the estimated prevalence is approximately 15% among hospital patients. Affected patients experience pain and reduc…