An introduction to overviews of reviews: planning a relevant research question and objective for an overview

H Hunt, A Pollock, P Campbell, L Estcourt, G Brunton - Systematic reviews, 2018 - Springer
Background Overviews of systematic reviews are a relatively new approach to synthesising
evidence, and research methods and associated guidance are develo**. Within this paper …

Evaluation of AMSTAR to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews in overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions

M Pollock, RM Fernandes, L Hartling - BMC Medical Research …, 2017 - Springer
Background Overviews of reviews (overviews) compile information from multiple systematic
reviews (SRs) to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for decision-making. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Chapter V: overviews of reviews

M Pollock, RM Fernandes, LA Becker… - Cochrane …, 2020 - training.cochrane.org
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[HTML][HTML] A phase III randomized controlled trial of tiotropium add-on therapy in children with severe symptomatic asthma

SJ Szefler, K Murphy, T Harper III, A Boner, I Laki… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Studies in adults and adolescents have demonstrated that tiotropium is
efficacious as an add-on therapy to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) with or without other …

Addition to inhaled corticosteroids of long‐acting beta2‐agonists versus anti‐leukotrienes for chronic asthma

BF Chauhan, FM Ducharme - Cochrane Database of …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Asthma patients who continue to experience symptoms despite taking regular
inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) represent a management challenge. Long‐acting beta2 …

Interventions for bronchiectasis: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

EJ Welsh, DJ Evans, SJ Fowler… - Cochrane Database of …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease characterised by abnormal
dilatation of the bronchi, and presents typically with a chronic productive cough (or chronic …

Addition of long‐acting beta2‐agonists to inhaled corticosteroids for chronic asthma in children

BF Chauhan, C Chartrand, MN Chroinin… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Long‐acting beta 2‐agonists (LABA) in combination with inhaled
corticosteroids (ICS) are increasingly prescribed for children with asthma. Objectives To …

Long‐acting beta2‐agonists for chronic asthma in adults and children where background therapy contains varied or no inhaled corticosteroid

EH Walters, PG Gibson, TJ Lasserson… - Cochrane Database …, 2007 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Asthma is a common respiratory disease among both adults and children and
short acting inhaled beta‐2 agonists are used widely for'reliever'bronchodilator therapy …

A systematic review of adverse drug events associated with administration of common asthma medications in children

JS Leung, DW Johnson, AJ Sperou, J Crotts, E Saude… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To systematically review the literature and determine frequencies of adverse drug
events (ADE) associated with pediatric asthma medications. Methods Following PRISMA …

[HTML][HTML] Up-to-dateness of reviews is often neglected in overviews: a systematic review

D Pieper, SL Antoine, EAM Neugebauer… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective As systematic reviews may run out of date, it might be
necessary to update them. Out-of-date reviews may jeopardize the comparability when used …