Browsing by Author "Doi, Suhail A."
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68 Ga-PSMA PET/CT tumour intensity pre-operatively predicts adverse pathological outcomes and progression-free survival in localised prostate cancer
( Springer , 2020 , Article)© 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) improves prostate cancer staging. Intraprostatic PSMA intensity may ... -
Association between response rates and monetary incentives in sample study: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2020 , Article)To investigate the effect of monetary incentive and the dose-response relationship of participants' response rates in surveys. Three databases were searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the ... -
A Biomarker Based Severity Progression Indicator for COVID-19: The Kuwait Prognosis Indicator Score.
( Taylor and Francis , 2020 , Article)COVID-19 is a worldwide pandemic that is mild in most patients but can result in a pneumonia like illness with progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. Predicting the disease severity at time of diagnosis ... -
Can atorvastatin with metformin change the natural history of prostate cancer as characterized by molecular, metabolomic, imaging and pathological variables? A randomized controlled trial protocol
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)Background Atorvastatin and metformin are known energy restricting mimetic agents that act synergistically to produce molecular and metabolic changes in advanced prostate cancer (PCa). This trial seeks to determine whether ... -
Clostridium difficile Infection and Risk of Colectomy in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Bias-adjusted Meta-analysis
( Wolters Kluwer , 2017 , Article)Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common complication of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) and is associated with worse outcome. Variable rates of colectomy have been reported among IBD complicated by CDI. We ... -
Correction to: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT tumour intensity pre-operatively predicts adverse pathological outcomes and progression-free survival in localised prostate cancer
( Springer , 2021 , Article)Figure 2b is incorrect in the original paper, the correct Fig. 2 is shown below: (Figure presented.). -
Demystifying Smoker's Paradox: A Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure.
( Wiley Open Access , 2019 , Article)Background Smoker's paradox has been observed with several vascular disorders, yet there are limited data in patients with acute heart failure (HF). We examined the effects of smoking in patients with acute HF using data ... -
Development and diagnostic validation of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test.
( Taylor & Francis , 2020 , Article)To describe the development and determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test in detecting aphasia. Consecutive acute stroke admissions ( = 100; mean = 66.49y) participated in a single ... -
Differential effect of mass deworming and targeted deworming for soil-transmitted helminth control in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Background Soil-transmitted helminth infections are a major global health issue, causing substantial morbidity in the world's poorest populations. Regular delivery of anthelmintic drugs is the mainstay for global ... -
Effect of Immediate Administration of Antibiotics in Patients With Sepsis in Tertiary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Purpose The goal of this review was to synthesize existing evidence regarding outcomes (mortality) for patients who present to the emergency department, are administered antibiotics immediately (within 1 hour) or later (>1 ... -
Effectiveness of Market-Level Biosecurity at Reducing Exposure of Poultry and Humans to Avian Influenza: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
( Oxford University Press , 2018 , Article)In this study, we aimed to identify the effect of market-level risk factors on avian influenza (AI) infection in poultry and humans and generate evidence that will inform AI prevention and control programs at live bird ... -
Evaluation of Diagnostic Workup and Etiology of Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in a Cohort of 167 551 Patients Over 20 Years.
( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article)Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) has not been studied in a fashion to determine all possible mechanisms of hypercalcemia in any given patient. The 2 objectives were to assess the completeness of evaluation and to determine ... -
Evaluation of Gender Inequity in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Differences by Sex in US Thyroid Cancer Incidence Compared with a Meta-analysis of Subclinical Thyroid Cancer Rates at Autopsy
(2021 , Article)Importance: Thyroid cancer is more common in women than in men, but the associated causes of these differences are not fully understood. Objective: To compare sex-specific thyroid cancer rates in the US to the prevalence ... -
Evolution of gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms after bariatric surgery: A dose–response meta-analysis
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article Review)BackgroundObesity is associated with increased prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease, with recent reports suggesting improvement in gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms and weight loss following bariatric ... -
The Freeman–Tukey double arcsine transformation for the meta-analysis of proportions: Recent criticisms were seriously misleading
( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2021 , Article)Pooling of proportions in meta-analysis are used to get better and more precise estimates of disease frequency, including cumulative incidence or prevalence. Meta-analysis is of course only useful when there are a limited ... -
Frequency of adjustment with comorbidity and illness severity scores and indices in cardiac arrest research
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Background Previous research demonstrates that results from observational research correlate well with results from clinical trials, and if the former are well designed these can guide clinical practice. Observational ... -
The impact of obesity on the gestational diabetes differential between pregnant women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability and internal consistency of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test.
( Taylor & Francis , 2020 , Article)To examine the inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, internal consistency and practice effects associated with a new test, the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test. Reliability estimates were obtained in a ... -
MASTER scale for methodological quality assessment: Reliability assessment and update
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2024 , Article)In evidence synthesis of analytical studies, methodological quality (mQ) assessment is necessary to determine the extent to which internal validity safeguards are implemented in the included studies against a list of ... -
Metabolic changes after nonsurgical fat removal: A dose response meta-analysis
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article Review)BackgroundObesity-induced insulin resistance leads to the metabolic syndrome. Both bariatric surgery and surgical fat removal have been shown to improve metabolic health, but the metabolic benefits of nonsurgical fat removal ...
