Importance of excluded duplicates reporting in a systematic review

Ref ID 805
First Author H.X. Zhang
Journal WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Year Of Publishing 2021
URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12519-021-00480-7
Keywords • Error
• COVID
• Radiology
• Non-Cochrane reviews
Problem(s) • Data extraction errors and double counting
Article Type Editorial
Article Subtype Comment/letter
First Author Country China
Aim A letter highlighting concerns with the conduct of one systematic review of chest computed tomography in infants with confirmed COVID-19 published in 2021.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings The letter highlights concerns with the conduct of one systematic review of chest computed tomography in infants with confirmed COVID-19 published in 2021 in which there was likely to be a degree of double counting in the included studies as the hospitals and regions of included cases were not extracted by the review authors and the included studies are noted to contain overlapping cases.
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 1
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description