Latest publications for May 2024 from Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

30 May 2024

During May 2024, the CIDG contributed to two new Cochrane protocols in Issue 5, 2024 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

New Cochrane protocols

  • Olbrich L, Kay AW, Bjerrum S, Yang B, Åhsberg J, Nathavitharana RR, Lundh A, Shah M, Jaganath D. Parallel use of low‐complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests on respiratory samples and stool with or without lateral flow lipoarabinomannan assays to detect pulmonary tuberculosis disease in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD016071. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD016071 
  • Bjerrum S, Yang B, Åhsberg J, Nathavitharana RR, Olbrich L, Jaganath D, Kay AW, Lundh A, Shah M. Parallel use of low‐complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests and lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assays to detect tuberculosis disease in adults and adolescents living with HIV. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD016070. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD016070  

Other publications 

  • Chaplin M, Dwan K. Intention-to-treat analyses and missing outcome data: a tutorial. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods (2024): 2(5): e12075. DOI: 10.1002/cesm.12075
     
  • Hunt BJ, Kuehn R, Fox T, Carson A, Scandrett K, Davey Smith G, Garner P (2024). Challenging the current hypothesis that thrombosis is responsible for the post-COVID-19 condition. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haematology. 8(4): 102442. DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2024.102442

Other items

  • CIDG Research Associate Dr Rebecca Kuehn recently attended an Advanced GRADE Methodology workshop. Read more about it here.

 

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