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Farid Foroutan

Ted Rogers Center for Heart Research / Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence …
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Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

RAC Siemieniuk, JJ Bartoszko, D Zeraatkar, E Kum… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To compare the effects of treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19).
Design Living systematic review and network meta-analysis. Data sources WHO covid-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review

A Izcovich, MA Ragusa, F Tortosa, MA Lavena Marzio… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background and purpose The objective of our systematic review is to identify prognostic
factors that may be used in decision-making related to the care of patients infected with …

GRADE Guidelines 28: Use of GRADE for the assessment of evidence about prognostic factors: rating certainty in identification of groups of patients with different …

F Foroutan, G Guyatt, V Zuk, PO Vandvik… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to provide guidance on the use of the Grading of
Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to …

Antibody and cellular therapies for treatment of covid-19: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis

RAC Siemieniuk, JJ Bartoszko, JPD Martinez, E Kum… - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of antiviral antibody therapies and blood
products for the treatment of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19). Design Living …

Clinical practice guidelines from the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB): COVID-19 convalescent plasma

LJ Estcourt, CS Cohn, MB Pagano… - Annals of internal …, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Description: Coronavirus disease 2019 convalescent plasma (CCP) has emerged as a
potential treatment of COVID-19. However, meta-analysis data and recommendations are …

Probiotics reduce mortality and morbidity in preterm, low-birth-weight infants: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials

RL Morgan, GA Preidis, PC Kashyap, AV Weizman… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We aimed to compare the effectiveness of single-vs multiple-strain
probiotics in a network meta-analysis of randomized trials. Methods We searched MEDLINE …

Prophylaxis against covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

JJ Bartoszko, RAC Siemieniuk, E Kum, A Qasim… - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Updates This is the second version (first update) of the living systematic review, replacing
the previous version (available as a data supplement). When citing this paper please …

Prognosis after surgical replacement with a bioprosthetic aortic valve in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis: systematic review of observational studies

F Foroutan, GH Guyatt, K O'Brien, E Bain, M Stein… - Bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the frequency of survival, stroke, atrial fibrillation, structural valve
deterioration, and length of hospital stay after surgical replacement of an aortic valve (SAVR) …

Real-time computer-aided detection of colorectal neoplasia during colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Hassan, M Spadaccini, Y Mori… - Annals of Internal …, 2023 - acpjournals.org
Background: Artificial intelligence computer-aided detection (CADe) of colorectal neoplasia
during colonoscopy may increase adenoma detection rates (ADRs) and reduce adenoma …

SGLT-2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists for adults with type 2 diabetes: a clinical practice guideline

S Li, PO Vandvik, L Lytvyn, GH Guyatt, SC Palmer… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Clinical question What are the benefits and harms of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-
2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists when added to usual …