Deduplicating records in systematic reviews: there are free, accurate automated ways to do so

Guimarães, Nathália Sernizon; Ferreira, Andrêa Jacqueline Fortes; Silva, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro; Paula, Adelzon Assis de; Lisboa, Cinthia Soares; Magno, Laio; Ichiara, Maria Yury; Barreto, Maurício Lima

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.10.009

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“…Reports were selected in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol using the Rayyan tool [ 61 , 62 , 63 ]. The convergence of blind assessments of two judges (M.C.…”

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Intra-Articular Injections into the Inferior versus Superior Compartment of the Temporomandibular Joint: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chęciński¹,

Chęcińska

Turosz

et al. 2023

JCM

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This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to validate the hypothesis that intra-articular injections into the inferior temporomandibular joint compartment are more efficient than analogous superior compartment interventions. Publications reporting differences between the above-mentioned techniques in the domains of revealing articular pain, decreasing the Helkimo index, and abolishing mandibular mobility limitation were included. Medical databases covered by the Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, Google Scholar, PubMed, ResearchGate, and Scopus engines were searched. The risk of bias was assessed using dedicated Cochrane tools (RoB2, ROBINS-I). The results were visualized with tables, charts, and a funnel plot. Six reports describing five studies with a total of 342 patients were identified. Of these, four trials on a total of 337 patients were qualified for quantitative synthesis. Each eligible report was at moderate risk of bias. From 19% to 51% improvement in articular pain, 12–20% lower Helkimo index, and 5–17% higher maximum mouth opening were observed. The evidence was limited by the small number of eligible studies, discrepancies regarding the substances used, possible biases, and the differences in observation times and scheduled follow-up visits. Despite the above, the advantage of inferior over superior compartment temporomandibular joint intra-articular injections is unequivocal and encourages further research in this direction.

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Intra-Articular Injections into the Inferior versus Superior Compartment of the Temporomandibular Joint: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chęciński¹,

Chęcińska

Turosz

et al. 2023

JCM

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“…Therefore, careful consideration must be given to the merging process, and the use of automated tools can help improve the accuracy and efficiency of the process. Nevertheless, human intervention may still be required to resolve any inconsistencies or errors in the data [13].…”

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CRUISE-Screening: Living Literature Reviews Toolbox

Kusa,

Knoth,

Hanbury

2023

Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management

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Keeping up with research and finding related work is still a timeconsuming task for academics. Researchers sift through thousands of studies to identify a few relevant ones. Automation techniques can help by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of this task. To this end, we developed CRUISE-Screening, a web-based application for conducting living literature reviews -a type of literature review that is continuously updated to reflect the latest research in a particular field. CRUISE-Screening is connected to several search engines via an API, which allows for updating the search results periodically. Moreover, it can facilitate the process of screening for relevant publications by using text classification and question answering models. CRUISE-Screening can be used both by researchers conducting literature reviews and by those working on automating the citation screening process to validate their algorithms. The application is open-source, 1 and a demo is available under this URL: https://citation-screening.ec.tuwien.ac.at. We discuss the limitations of our tool in Appendix A.

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“…Despite its limitations, the current study has several positive features: a rigorous methodology was used based on the PRISMA guidelines 27 ; a thorough literature search using multiple independent databases; two researchers independently and in duplicate searched, selected, and extracted data from the selected studies; to resolve disputes, a third party was consulted 28,29 . Furthermore, the present study likely included the largest effect size for each outcome assessed at glucose metabolism and liver enzymes.…”

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Effects of NAD+ precursors on blood pressure, C‐reactive protein concentration and carotid intima‐media thickness: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

Lei,

Zhang,

Lin

et al. 2023

Eur J Clin Investigation

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BackgroundThere are contradictory effects regarding the effect of NAD+ precursor on blood pressure and inflammation. In order to obtain a better viewpoint from them, this study aimed to comprehensively investigate the effects of NAD+ precursor supplementation on blood pressure, C‐reactive protein (CRP) and carotid intima‐media thickness (CIMT).MethodsPubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, SCOPUS and Embase databases were searched using standard keywords to identify all controlled trials investigating the effects of NAD+ precursor on blood pressure, CRP and CIMT. Pooled weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were achieved by random‐effects model analysis for the best estimation of outcomes.ResultsTwenty‐nine articles (with 8664 participants) were included in this article. Results from meta‐analyses of RCTs from random‐effects models indicated a significant reduction in systolic (SBP) (weighted mean difference (WMD): −2.54 mmHg, p < .001) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (WMD: −2.15 mmHg, p < .001), as well as in CRP (WMD: −.93 mg/L, 95% CI −1.47 to −.40, p < .001) concentrations and CIMT (WMD: −.01 mm, 95% CI −.02 to −.00, p = .005) with the NAD+ precursors supplementation compared with the control group. In addition, a greater effect of supplementation with NAD+ precursors in reducing blood pressure (BP) were observed with the highest dose (≥2 g) and duration of the intervention (>12 weeks), as well as with NA supplementation when compared to NE.ConclusionsOverall, these findings suggest that NAD+ precursor supplementation might have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular risk factors such as BP, CRP concentration and CIMT.

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Deduplicating records in systematic reviews: there are free, accurate automated ways to do so

Cited by 29 publications

References 14 publications

Intra-Articular Injections into the Inferior versus Superior Compartment of the Temporomandibular Joint: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Intra-Articular Injections into the Inferior versus Superior Compartment of the Temporomandibular Joint: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

CRUISE-Screening: Living Literature Reviews Toolbox

Effects of NAD+ precursors on blood pressure, C‐reactive protein concentration and carotid intima‐media thickness: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

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