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
Number of systematic reviews included 1
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.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?