[PDF] Top 20 Systematic review and meta-analysis for the use of ultrasound versus radiology in diagnosing of pneumonia

... The study did not aim to investigate clinical end-point to prove/disprove LUS as a useful diagnostic strategy. That requires another SR of preferably RCT to elicit potential benefits of using the strategy of ... See full document

... including meta- analysis reports show promising results for LUS in diagnosing ...Two meta-analysis studies showed ultrasound to be superior to portable chest radiographs [5, ...a ... See full document

... Our meta-analysis has some shortcomings of its ...the use of LUS in non-expert physicians who underwent a short training session, precluding our ability to recom- mend its use in general ... See full document

... provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. Open access This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) ... See full document

... literature review was conducted to identify articles published between January 1995 and September 2016 using the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and China Biology Medicine data- ...the use of RFA on a ... See full document

... diagnosing colon cancer. Current screening methods such as FOBT and iFOBT have a lower documented sensitivity, specificity rates as well as a lower positive predictive value [19]. Bleeding from the bowel due to ... See full document

... Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed. open access This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) ... See full document

... All available clinicial documentation, radiological in- vestigations, invasive investigations and pathological results relevant to the same provision of care were reviewed and recorded. All additional invasive investiga- ... See full document

... Two reviewers independently selected studies by examining titles and abstracts to determine those potentially relevant to our study question. Reported results of these identified stud- ies were further analyzed for ... See full document

... Revisional surgery after LAGB is a prominent issue [3]. Typical causes for revision are insufficient weight loss, pouch dilatation, band slippage and dysphagia [5]. In contrast to band implantations, band revisions are ... See full document

... for systematic reviews and primary research from 1990 in August 2011 using several sources, including specialist registers [Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), The Campbell Library, Database of ... See full document

... Higher baseline IOP was confirmed to be a strong predictor of treatment success at 12 months after either univariate or multivariate analysis. For every 4 mmHg elevation of baseline IOP, the odds of treatment ... See full document

... the meta-analysis of these data revealed a trend for a decrease of time to first flatus for laparoscopic gastrectomy (MD ...fluence analysis indicated a strong effect of the trial reported by Shi et ... See full document

... performed meta-analysis with the bivariate random effects model to calculate the sensitivity and spe- ci fi city of the combined diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and EUS performance from diagnostic test ... See full document

... the use of the following keywords: (‘diaphragm’ or ‘diaphragm dysfunction’) and (‘ultrasonography’ or ‘ultrasound’ or ‘echography’) and (‘weaning MV’ or ‘extubation’) and (‘factor’ or ‘predict’), as ... See full document

... Design/methods: Studies examining long-acting versus intermediate-acting insulin or placebo preparations for adult T1DM patients will be included. The primary outcome is glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C), and ... See full document

... The systematic review identified 10,625 citations, and after a review of 2450 full-text papers, there were 29 and 14 eligible studies for the combination and monotherapy meta-analyses, ... See full document

... all meta-analysis involved the inverse variance approach ( fi xed effects model); otherwise, the inverse variance corrected by the inter- study variability was used (random effects ... See full document

... of ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization but no experience of ultrasound- guided arterial catheterization; while in another three studies [3,5,7], the operators had varying degrees of ex- ... See full document

... 2) review articles, editorials, letters, comments, and conference proceed- ings; 3) studies on topics other than using CT to diagnose cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thy- roid cancer; 4) ... See full document