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Rapid reviews methods series: Guidance on literature search

This paper is part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group. Rapid reviews (RR) use modified systematic review methods to accelerate the review process ...
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Efficacy of smartphone apps used alone or with traditional interventions for smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To assess the efficacy of smartphone apps for smoking cessation (SC) used alone or combined with traditional interventions, and to determine whether apps based on psychological-behavioural ...
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Catalogue of bias: observer bias

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Thrombolysis with alteplase 3–4.5 hours after acute ischaemic stroke: trial reanalysis adjusted for baseline imbalances

Objectives Alteplase is commonly recommended for acute ischaemic stroke within 4.5 hours after stroke onset. The Third European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS III) is the only trial reporting ...
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Correspondence on ‘Less is more for patients, practitioners, public and planet: a taxonomy for the harms of too much medicine’ ...
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The effect of publication bias magnitude and direction on the certainty in evidence

Correspondence to Dr Mohammad Hassan Murad, Evidence-based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; murad.mohammad{at}mayo.edu When decision makers make a recommendation based on ...
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Review: avulsion with phenol prevents recurrence of ingrown toenails

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Using individual participant data to improve network meta-analysis projects

A network meta-analysis combines the evidence from existing randomised trials about the comparative efficacy of multiple treatments. It allows direct and indirect evidence about each comparison to be ...
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Perspectives on the production, and use, of rapid evidence in decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Objectives To describe perceptions of providing, and using rapid evidence, to support decision making by two national bodies (one public health policy and one front-line clinical practice) during the ...
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Evaluating data extraction error by a large language model from randomised controlled trials: a large-scale empirical study

Objective To examine the potential errors of a general large language model (LLM) (ie, Claude 3.5 Sonnet) on data extraction from randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Design and setting An empirical ...
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Advancing shared decision-making towards social justice: insights into an intersectional and decolonial approach from a Brazil–Canada partnership

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Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t

Correspondence to Professor John Brodersen, Centre of Research & Education in General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen 1014, ...