2024
Restrictive versus liberal red blood cell transfusion strategies for people with haematological malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without haematopoietic stem cell support
Radford M, Estcourt L, Sirotich E, Pitre T, Britto J, Watson M, Brunskill S, Fergusson D, Dorée C, Arnold D. Restrictive versus liberal red blood cell transfusion strategies for people with haematological malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without haematopoietic stem cell support. 2024, 2024: cd011305. PMID: 38780066, PMCID: PMC11112982, DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011305.pub3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cell transfusion strategyHaematopoietic stem cell transplantationLiberal transfusion strategyClinically significant bleedingRestrictive transfusion strategyNon-randomised studiesTransfusion strategyIntensive chemotherapyRandomised controlled trialsRed blood cellsSignificant bleedingAll-cause mortalityLength of hospital admissionAcute leukemiaHaematological malignanciesRisk of clinically significant bleedingHaematopoietic stem cell supportProspective non-randomised studyRisk ratioControlled trialsQuality of lifeStem cell supportStem cell transplantationMalignant haematological disordersCochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
2017
Longitudinal studies that use data collected as part of usual care risk reporting biased results: a systematic review
Farzanfar D, Abumuamar A, Kim J, Sirotich E, Wang Y, Pullenayegum E. Longitudinal studies that use data collected as part of usual care risk reporting biased results: a systematic review. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2017, 17: 133. PMID: 28877680, PMCID: PMC5588621, DOI: 10.1186/s12874-017-0418-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUsual careVisit timeSystematic reviewLongitudinal studyCare risksPart of patientsOutcomes of interestTotal followEmbase databasesNumber of visitsEligible articlesLack of needLack of awarenessPatientsImportant predictorVisitsLack of useCareLower proportionRiskPredictorsReviewMEDLINEFollowStudy