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ArticleBMJ open2021

Outcomes of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy in Africa: systematic review study protocol.

Ezekiel Musa, Tawanda Chivese, Mahmoud Werfalli, Mushi Matjila, Shane A Norris, Naomi Levitt

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ezekiel MusaDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9995-8080
Tawanda ChiveseDepartment of Population Medicine, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-6621-6144
Mahmoud WerfalliDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya.
Mushi MatjilaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Shane A NorrisMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Naomi LevittDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa naomi.levitt@uct.ac.za.
University of Cape Town · ZAQatar University · QAUniversity of Benghazi · LYUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe prevalence of diabetes mellitus globally has increased considerably over the past decades with a resultant increase in the incidence of diabetes-complicated pregnancies. Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy is the most common metabolic complication encountered during pregnancy and is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. This systematic review aims to examine maternal, fetal, neonatal, childhood and long-term maternal outcomes of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy in Africa. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A systematic review of all studies that investigated hyperglycaemia in pregnancy outcomes, carried out in Africa from 1998 to 2019. A comprehensive search of all published articles indexed in PubMed-MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Embase and Web of Science databases will be performed. Studies will be screened for eligibility by title, abstract and full text in duplicate by two independent reviewers. For data where meta-analysis is not possible, narrative analysis will be carried out using themes from data. For data where meta-analysis is possible, random effects meta-analysis will be conducted. This systematic review will be reported according to the Meta-analyses of Observational Studies in Epidemiology. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval is not required for this study considering this is a systematic review protocol that uses only published data. The findings of this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020184573.

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Diabetes MellitusHyperglycemiaPregnancy ComplicationsAfricaChildFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMeta-Analysis as TopicPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as Topicdiabetes in pregnancymaternal medicinepaediatrics

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PMID33558348
PMCPMC7871680
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