Antimicrobial locks show early control of cancer catheter infections
A meta-analysis of 37 studies found high early infection-control and short-term catheter-salvage rates with antimicrobial lock therapy in adults with ...
Tag: Meta-analysis
Spatio-temporal trends of the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance markers across sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2024: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A systematic review and meta-analysis found expanding artemisinin-resistance markers in East Africa, declining partner-drug markers in pooled data and pronounced ...
Meta-analysis links climate, motivation and knowledge to manufacturing safety behavior
A manufacturing-focused meta-analysis found that safety climate, motivation and knowledge are linked to employee safety behavior, while safety attitudes do ...
Effects of infection control interventions for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infection in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A meta-analysis of 28 randomized trials found lower odds of catheter-related bloodstream infection with catheter-type and dressing interventions, but not ...
Chronic disease exercise videos show low quality on social media
A meta-analysis of 1,515 social media exercise videos found generally low-to-moderate quality, with engagement measures not distinguishing between quality categories.
Free Healthy Food Access May Reduce Food Insecurity, Not Significantly Improve HbA1c
A living systematic review of seven trials found that free healthy-food programs may reduce food insecurity among people with prediabetes ...
Burden of tuberculosis disease in patients with liver cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A meta-analysis of seven observational studies involving 72,039 patients estimated a pooled tuberculosis disease proportion of 4,000 per 100,000 among ...
Exercise May Ease Student Anxiety and Depression, but Evidence Stays Weak
A three-level meta-analysis of 43 randomized trials found that exercise's apparent mental-health benefits for college students remained uncertain after accounting ...
Early prophylactic hydrocortisone fails to prevent lung disease in extremely preterm infants
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 14 studies in 3,416 extremely preterm infants found that early prophylactic low-dose hydrocortisone did ...
Meta-Analysis Links Keloid Combination Therapy to Better Outcomes
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 studies finds that combining intralesional corticosteroids with other therapies is associated with higher ...
Global review maps serologic exposure among occupationally exposed workers
A systematic review and meta-analysis estimated 18.3% global Leptospira seroprevalence among occupationally exposed workers, with very low certainty and large ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and antibiotic resistance patterns in clinical isolates at health-care settings of South Asia
A meta-analysis of 75 South Asian clinical studies estimated that MRSA represented 44.3% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates, with very high ...
Taurolidine locks associated with fewer pediatric catheter infections, safety remains uncertain
A meta-analysis of nine studies involving 1,200 children found that taurolidine-containing catheter locks were associated with fewer catheter-related bloodstream infections, ...
Meta-analysis links serum TK1 to prostate cancer and tumor grade
A systematic review and meta-analysis of eight studies found elevated serum TK1 in prostate cancer and an association with higher ...
Checkpoint inhibitors improve survival in pMMR metastatic colorectal cancer meta-analysis
A meta-analysis of six randomized trials found that adding PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors to chemotherapy was associated with longer progression-free and overall ...
Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Eases Neck Pain in Meta-Analysis of 11 Trials
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials with 476 participants found that virtual reality-based rehabilitation significantly reduced ...
One in Three Camels Across Africa and Asia Show Signs of Q Fever Exposure
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 35 studies from Africa and Asia estimates that 33.37 percent of camels tested have ...
Combining Liver Artery Therapies With Immunotherapy Shows Survival Gains in Advanced Liver Cancer Review
A meta-analysis of fourteen retrospective cohort studies associates TACE-HAIC combined with targeted therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors with improved survival ...
Telehealth Programs Double Short-Term Quit Rates Among Smokers Living With HIV
A meta-analysis of 15 randomized controlled trials finds telehealth-integrated interventions roughly double short-term smoking abstinence among people living with HIV, ...
More Than Half of Pakistani Women Report Domestic Violence, Review Finds
More than half of women in Pakistan have experienced at least one form of domestic violence, according to a systematic ...
