Iron metabolism-related indicators as predictors of the incidence of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis by Limei Zhao, Xiaoyu Yang, Shengchao Zhang, Xiaoshuang Zhou

“…However, whether iron metabolism-related indicators can be used as predictors of the incidence of AKI after cardiac surgery remains unclear.Objectives We aimed to systematically evaluate whether iron metabolism-related indicators can be used as predictors of the incidence of AKI after cardiac surgery via meta-analysis.Search methods: The PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched from January 1971 to February 2023 to identify prospective observational and retrospective observational studies examining iron metabolism-related indicators and the incidence of AKI after cardiac surgery among adults.Data Extraction and Synthesis: The following data were extracted by two independent authors (ZLM and YXY): date of publication, first author, country, age, sex, number of included patients, iron metabolism-related indicators, outcomes of patients, patient types, study types, sample, and specimen sampling time. …”
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Sustaining Rural Access to Emergency Care through Collaborative Emergency Centres in Nova Scotia by Alison M Coates

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Requirements for Additional Strength Biowaivers for Modified Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms in International Pharmaceutical Regulators Programme Participating Regulators and Organ... by Matthias Shona Roost, Henrike Potthast, Chantal Walther, Alfredo García-Arieta, Ivana Abalos, Eduardo Agostinho Freitas Fernandes, Gustavo Mendes Lima Santos, Zulema Rodríguez Martínez, Andrew Tam, Clare Rodrigues, Diego Alejandro Gutierrez Triana, Erwin Guzmán Aurela, Nayive Rodríguez Rodríguez, Sang Aeh Park, Jayoung Kim, Rami Kariv, Milly Divinsky, Ben Jones, Ryosuke Kuribayashi, Aya Myoenzono, Miho Kasuga, Joy van Oudtshoorn, Jo-Feng Chi, Wen-Yi Hung, Li-Feng Hsu, Christopher Crane, Tony Jarman, April Braddy

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Bariatric Surgery Increases the Risk of Fracture: a Meta-analysis by YUAN Lijun, WEI Wenjing, ZHANG Xia, FU Ruiyuan, CHEN Qiu

“…The Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) and Jadad scale were used to evaluate the methodological quality of the studies. …”
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Complex interactions between malaria and malnutrition: a systematic literature review by Das, D, Grais, R, Okiro, E, Stepniewska, K, Mansoor, R, Van Der Kam, S, Terlouw, D, Tarning, J, Barnes, K, Guerin, P

“…The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and the risk of bias across studies was assessed using the GRADE approach. …”

Risk Factors of In-hospital Death in COVID-19 Patients: a Meta-analysis by ZHANG Weizong, YUAN Hong, SUN Jindong, YU Huamin, SHI Mingjuan, HU Haiqiang, HE Haiying, YE Li, ZHANG Huihui, BAI Xinghua, SHEN Chaofeng, TU Sijia, WANG Yang, WANG Gang, ZHAO Xiaofeng, YU Tao, LI Cairong, ZHANG Zhi, ZHOU Donglai, CAI Mengyang, NING Le

“…Background The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a global catastrophic public health crisis, and the conclusion about the risk factors of hospital death in COVID-19 patients is not uniform. …”
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Influence of type 2 diabetes microangiopathy on bone mineral density and bone metabolism: A meta-analysis by Jinlong Zhao, Guihong Liang, Miaohui Luo, Weiyi Yang, Nanjun Xu, Minghui Luo, Jianke Pan, Jun Liu, Lingfeng Zeng

“…Stata 14.0 was used to quantitatively evaluate the publication bias of the outcome indicators. Results: In total, 12 observational studies were included, including 7 cohort studies, 4 case–control studies and 1 cross-sectional study. …”
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