SynthesisComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2022
Effect of Polyethylene Cover for Preventing Corneal Injury in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Retracted: Effect of Polyethylene Cover for Preventing Corneal Injury in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2023Article
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- Retraction · 2023-06-28Concerns/Issues about Data · Concerns/Issues about Referencing/Attributions · Concerns/Issues about Peer Review · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Investigation by Third Party · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions ·
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Abstract
objectivePolyethylene cover has been proved to be an effective method in protecting corneal, but its advantage compared to other conventional methods is still unclear. Our study is aimed at assessing clinical effects of polyethylene cover versus other methods in the prevention of corneal injury for critically ill patients.
methodsWe searched randomized controlled trials comparing polyethylene cover versus other methods for critically ill patients through the databases of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge database. Forest plots and funnel plots were also performed on the included articles. Results were expressed as risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence intervals.
resultsEight studies were eventually identified. The incidence of corneal injury in the polyethylene cover group was lower than that in the eye drops group (RR = 0.24, 95% CI (0.12, 0.45),
conclusionThis study showed that polyethylene cover, eye gel, and eye ointment had an equal effect for preventing corneal injury in critically ill patients, and the effect of eye drops was relatively low. However, there were other intervention methods that had not been compared due to the small number of articles; further studies should be performed to assess which method was the best practice method.
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