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Gabriel Rada

Director, Epistemonikos Foundation
Verified email at epistemonikos.org
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Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

RAC Siemieniuk, JJ Bartoszko, D Zeraatkar, E Kum… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To compare the effects of treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19).
Design Living systematic review and network meta-analysis. Data sources WHO covid-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review

A Izcovich, MA Ragusa, F Tortosa, MA Lavena Marzio… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background and purpose The objective of our systematic review is to identify prognostic
factors that may be used in decision-making related to the care of patients infected with …

Interleukin‐6 blocking agents for treating COVID‐19: a living systematic review

L Ghosn, R Assi, T Evrenoglou… - Cochrane database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background It has been reported that people with COVID‐19 and pre‐existing
autoantibodies against type I interferons are likely to develop an inflammatory cytokine storm …

GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a systematic and transparent approach to making well informed healthcare choices. 1: Introduction

P Alonso-Coello, HJ Schünemann, J Moberg… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Healthcare decision making is complex. Decision-making processes and the factors
(criteria) that decision makers should consider vary for different types of decisions, including …

Living systematic review: 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how

JH Elliott, A Synnot, T Turner, M Simmonds… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in
review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic …

Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews

S Lewin, JN Lavis, AD Oxman, G Bastías, M Chopra… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Strengthening health systems is a key challenge to improving the delivery of cost-effective
interventions in primary health care and achieving the vision of the Alma-Ata Declaration …

[HTML][HTML] Living systematic reviews: 2. Combining human and machine effort

J Thomas, A Noel-Storr, I Marshall, B Wallace… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
New approaches to evidence synthesis, which use human effort and machine automation in
mutually reinforcing ways, can enhance the feasibility and sustainability of living systematic …

[HTML][HTML] The GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework for health system and public health decisions

J Moberg, AD Oxman, S Rosenbaum… - Health research policy …, 2018 - Springer
Objective To describe a framework for people making and using evidence-informed health
system and public health recommendations and decisions. Background We developed the …

Implementation strategies for health systems in low‐income countries: an overview of systematic reviews

T Pantoja, N Opiyo, S Lewin, E Paulsen… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A key function of health systems is implementing interventions to improve
health, but coverage of essential health interventions remains low in low‐income countries …

Non‐hormonal interventions for hot flushes in women with a history of breast cancer

G Rada, D Capurro, T Pantoja… - Cochrane Database …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Hot flushes are common in women with a history of breast cancer. Hormonal
therapies are known to reduce these symptoms but are not recommended in women with a …