An overview of conducting systematic reviews with network meta-analysis.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Mind-Body Therapies for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis.Current oncology reports · 2026
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2. Project harmony: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of psychotherapy and pharmacologic trials for comorbid posttraumatic stress, alcohol, and other drug use disorders.Psychological bulletin · 2024
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3. Comparative effectiveness of treatments for recurrentFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024
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4. Interventions for heavy menstrual bleeding; overview of Cochrane reviews and network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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5. Predictors of Health Information-Seeking Behavior: Systematic Literature Review and Network Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021
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6. Comparative Effects Between Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Acute Venous Thromboembolism: Indirect Comparison From Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2020
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7. Relative Efficacy of Different Exercises for Pain, Function, Performance and Quality of Life in Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019
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8. Risk-reducing medications for primary breast cancer: a network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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9. Dressings and topical agents for treating venous leg ulcers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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10. Mapping the characteristics of network meta-analyses on drug therapy: A systematic review.PloS one · 2018
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11. Acupuncture and related therapies used as add-on or alternative to prokinetics for functional dyspepsia: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2017
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12. Dressings and topical agents for treating pressure ulcers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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13. Establishment and validation of a cough prediction model for lung cancer survivors after pulmonary resection based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 cohort studies.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025
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14. Assessing the comparative effects of interventions in COPD: a tutorial on network meta-analysis for clinicians.Respiratory research · 2024
    Review
15. Comparison of the effect of dietary and herbal supplements on anthropometric, metabolic and androgenic profiles of women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol.Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2023
    Article
16. How do network meta-analyses address intransitivity when assessing certainty of evidence: a systematic survey.BMJ open · 2023
    Article
17. Exercise Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023
    Review
18. Decision Curve Analysis for Personalized Treatment Choice between Multiple Options.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2023
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19. BSG 2024 IBD guidelines protocol (standard operating procedures).BMJ open gastroenterology · 2023
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20. Optimal home and hospital laundering of reusable surgical scrubs: Systematic literature review.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023
    Review

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