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ReviewNeuroRehabilitation2021

Narrative review of clinical practice guidelines for treating people with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury.

Lynn H Gerber, Rati Deshpande, Ali Moosvi, Ross Zafonte, Tamara Bushnik, Steven Garfinkel, Cindy Cai

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Review in NeuroRehabilitation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lynn H GerberDepartment of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Rati DeshpandeMedicine Service Line, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA, USA.
Ali MoosviMedicine Service Line, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA, USA.
Ross ZafonteDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Tamara BushnikDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA.
Steven GarfinkelAmerican Institute for Research, Arlington, VA, USA.
Cindy CaiAmerican Institute for Research, Arlington, VA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPractice guidelines (CPGs) provide informed treatment recommendations from systematic reviews and assessment of the benefits and harms that are intended to optimize patient care. Review of CPGs addressing rehabilitation for people with moderate/severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), has not been fully investigated.

objectiveIdentify published, vetted, clinical practice guidelines that address rehabilitation for people with moderate/severe TBI.

methodsSix data bases were accessed using key word search terms: "Traumatic Brain Injury" and "Clinical Practice Guidelines" and "Rehabilitation". Further inclusions included "adult" and "moderate or severe". Exclusions included: "mild" and "concussive injury". Three reviewers read abstracts and manuscripts for final inclusion. The AGREE II template was applied for additional appraisal.

resultsThere were 767 articles retrieved using the search terms, 520 were eliminated because of content irrelevance; and 157 did not specify rehabilitation treatment or did not follow a process for CPGs. A total of 17 CPGs met all criteria and only 4 of these met all AGREE II criteria.

conclusionThere are few CPGs addressing rehabilitation for people with moderate/severe TBI. More interventional trials are needed to determine treatment effectiveness. Timely and methodologically sound vetting of studies are needed to ensure CPG reliability and facilitate access to quality, effective treatment for people with moderate/severe TBI.

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Practice Guidelines as TopicBrain Injuries, TraumaticHumansNeurological RehabilitationClinical practice guidelinesrehabilitationtraumatic brain injury

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PMID34057100
PMCPMC8293642

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