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Citation impact was highly variable for reporting guidelines of health research: a citation analysis
Caulley L, Cheng W, Catalá-López F, Whelan J, Khoury M, Ferraro J, Husereau D, Altman DG, Moher D. Citation impact was highly variable for reporting guidelines of health research: a citation analysis. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2020, 127: 96-104. PMID: 32712175, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.07.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-arrest and intra-arrest prognostic factors associated with survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis
Fernando SM, Tran A, Cheng W, Rochwerg B, Taljaard M, Vaillancourt C, Rowan KM, Harrison DA, Nolan JP, Kyeremanteng K, McIsaac DI, Guyatt GH, Perry JJ. Pre-arrest and intra-arrest prognostic factors associated with survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis. The BMJ 2019, 367: l6373. PMID: 31801749, PMCID: PMC6891802, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l6373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital cardiac arrestCardiac arrestPrognostic factorsSystematic reviewReduced oddsPrimary analysisInitial shockable rhythmIntra-arrest factorsPre-arrest factorsHigh-certainty evidenceChronic kidney diseaseDuration of resuscitationRisk of biasEnglish-language studiesWeb of ScienceActive malignancyCertainty evidenceCohort studyGRADE approachOdds of survivalCochrane DatabaseMale sexKidney diseaseShockable rhythmRelevant confounders
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Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack
Gocan S, Fitzpatrick T, Wang CQ, Taljaard M, Cheng W, Bourgoin A, Dowlatshahi D, Stotts G, Shamy M. Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack. Stroke 2020, 51: 3371-3374. PMID: 32993462, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.031510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackIschemic attackSex-specific differencesStroke diagnosisTIA/strokeUnilateral sensory lossRetrospective cohort studyStroke prevention clinicComplete patient recordsSex-based differencesStroke manifestationPrevention clinicCohort studySymptom onsetStroke symptomsPatient sexSensory lossFinal diagnosisMultinomial logistic regressionPatient recordsLogistic regressionDiagnosisSymptomsCandidate variablesSex