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ArticleBMJ open2019

Low-value clinical practices in adult traumatic brain injury: an umbrella review protocol.

Pier-Alexandre Tardif, Lynne Moore, François Lauzier, Imen Farhat, Patrick Archambault, Francois Lamontagne, Michael Chassé, Henry Thomas Stelfox, Belinda J Gabbe, Fiona Lecky and 4 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Pier-Alexandre TardifPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Pier-alexandre.tardif@crchudequebec.ulaval.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-3003-2399
Lynne MoorePopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
François LauzierPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Imen FarhatPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Patrick ArchambaultPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Francois LamontagneDepartment of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Michael ChasséDepartment of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Henry Thomas StelfoxDepartments of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Belinda J GabbeMonash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Fiona LeckySchool of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
John KortbeekDepartment of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Paule Lessard-BonaventurePopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Catherine TruchonInstitut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Alexis F TurgeonPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Université Laval, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5675-8791

Funding

CIHR 353374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to 50 000 deaths, 85 000 disabilities and costs $60 billion each year in the USA. Despite numerous interventions and treatment options, the outcomes of TBI have improved little over the last three decades. In a previous scoping review and expert consultation survey, we identified 13 potentially low-value clinical practices in acute TBI. The objective of this umbrella review is to synthesise the evidence on potentially low-value clinical practices in the care of acute TBI. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Using umbrella review methodology, we will search Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, Epistemonikos, International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) and PubMed to identify systematic reviews evaluating the effect of potential intrahospital low-value practices using tailored population, intervention, comparator, outcome and study design questions based on the results of a previous scoping review. We will present data on the methodological quality of these reviews (Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews-2), reported effect sizes and strength of evidence (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval is not required as original data will not be collected. Knowledge users from five healthcare quality organisations and clinical associations are involved in the design and conduct of the study. Results will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal, at international scientific meetings and to clinical, healthcare quality and patient-partner associations. This work will support the development of metrics to measure the use of low-value practices, inform policy makers on potential targets for deimplementation and in the long term reduce the use of low-value clinical practices in acute TBI care. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42019132428.

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Research DesignAdultBrain Injuries, TraumaticHumansPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality of Health CareReview Literature as Topiclow-value clinical practicestraumatic brain injuryumbrella review

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PMID31601599
PMCPMC6797405

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