2019
Pharmacologic and surgical therapies for patients with Meniere’s disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ahmadzai N, Cheng W, Wolfe D, Bonaparte J, Schramm D, Fitzpatrick E, Lin V, Skidmore B, Esmaeilisaraji L, Kilty S, Hutton B. Pharmacologic and surgical therapies for patients with Meniere’s disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews 2019, 8: 341. PMID: 31888735, PMCID: PMC6937806, DOI: 10.1186/s13643-019-1195-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensorineural hearing lossMeniere's diseaseQuality of lifeSystematic reviewHearing-related disabilitySeverity of vertigoAttacks of vertigoIntractable Meniere's diseaseKey clinical trialsIntensity of tinnitusPre-specified eligibility criteriaCause of disabilityClinical treatment strategiesPlanned systematic reviewElectronic search strategyOptimal clinical treatment strategiesMedical information specialistBackgroundHearing lossVertigo attacksCochrane riskSurgical therapyBias toolSurgical interventionCochrane LibraryFuture trials
2018
A protocol for a network meta-analysis of interventions to treat patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Ahmadzai N, Kilty S, Wolfe D, Bonaparte J, Schramm D, Fitzpatrick E, Lin V, Cheng W, Skidmore B, Moher D, Hutton B. A protocol for a network meta-analysis of interventions to treat patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Systematic Reviews 2018, 7: 74. PMID: 29769117, PMCID: PMC5956787, DOI: 10.1186/s13643-018-0736-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden sensorineural hearing lossIdiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing lossSensorineural hearing lossQuality of lifeHearing lossSystematic reviewExperienced medical information specialistPoor functional statusClinical Trials RegistryPre-specified eligibility criteriaIncidence of harmsCause of disabilityMeasurable hearing lossRisk of anxietyClinical treatment strategiesPlanned systematic reviewOptimal clinical treatment strategiesMajority of casesMedical information specialistBackgroundHearing lossCochrane riskHearing recoveryBias toolTrials RegistryTherapeutic options