2018
Clinical outcomes of current medical approaches for Middle East respiratory syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Morra M, Van Thanh L, Kamel M, Ghazy A, Altibi A, Dat L, Thy T, Vuong N, Mostafa M, Ahmed S, Elabd S, Fathima S, Le Huy Vu T, Omrani A, Memish Z, Hirayama K, Huy N. Clinical outcomes of current medical approaches for Middle East respiratory syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Reviews In Medical Virology 2018, 28: e1977. PMID: 29664167, PMCID: PMC7169085, DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic renal diseaseMiddle East respiratory syndromeRenal diseaseSupportive treatmentEfficacy of antiviral drugsAssociated with worse outcomesAntiviral drugsIFN-treated groupLarge-scale prospective randomized studiesProspective randomized studyMonitoring of adverse eventsRisk of mortalitySystematic literature searchOlder age groupsMiddle east respiratory syndrome patientsIFN groupCase fatality rateRandomized studyClinical outcomesAdverse eventsPreexisting comorbiditiesIFN treatmentWorse outcomesSystematic reviewTherapeutic efficacy
2016
Therapeutic efficacy and safety of Botulinum Toxin A Therapy in Trigeminal Neuralgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Morra M, Elgebaly A, Elmaraezy A, Khalil A, Altibi A, Vu T, Mostafa M, Huy N, Hirayama K. Therapeutic efficacy and safety of Botulinum Toxin A Therapy in Trigeminal Neuralgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. The Journal Of Headache And Pain 2016, 17: 63. PMID: 27377706, PMCID: PMC4932020, DOI: 10.1186/s10194-016-0651-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRandomized controlled trialsTrigeminal neuralgiaBTX-AMeta-analysisSafety of BTX-AEfficacy of botulinum toxin type AMeta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsControlled trialsSystematic reviewRecurrent pain attacksTreatment of TNPublished randomized controlled trialsNo significant heterogeneityBTX-A groupBotulinum toxin type ABotulinum toxin A therapyPain attacksTN patientsToxin type AA therapyClinical outcomesTreatment optionsTherapeutic efficacyQuality of lifeProportion of respondents