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Methodological and Evidence Synthesis Quality Evaluation of MetaAnalyses Assessing the Effect of Antibacterial Envelopes to Reduce CIEDRelated Infections
Author(s): Hossein Motahari-Nezhad*, Mostafa Miribonjar and Aslan Sadeghdaghighi
Purpose: Antibacterial envelopes have been demonstrated to be therapeutically helpful in patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs). We examined the methodological and evidence synthesis quality of metaanalyses evaluating the effect of envelopes to reduce CIED infections.
Methods: Full-text English systematic reviews published in peer-reviewed journals that described meta-analyses of the therapeutic efficacy of envelope on CIEDrelated infection were explored. A complete literature search was conducted from conception to September 27, 2021, using the electronic databases PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. On the 2nd of January 2022, the search was updated. Two reviewers independently screened the titles/abstracts and full-texts and extracted the data. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the.. Read More»
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