Table 2 Exclusion of manuscripts from the PubMed MEDLINE and CIG Trials Registry groups of manuscripts Manuscripts inappropriately identified by the PubMed MEDLINE search and the CIG trials registry were removed from review during a screening process performed by one of the authors of the current communication (CY).
reason for exclusion | PubMed MEDLINE search | CIG Trials Registry group |
|---|---|---|
INITIALLY IDENTIFIED | 139 | 312 |
libraries unable to locate | 0 | 15 |
unrelated to brain injury | 2 | 3 |
duplicate publications | 2 | 8 |
inaccurately claimed to be a controlled trial | 22 | 47 |
inaccurately claimed to use randomization | 11 | 30 |
abstracts / letters-to-the-editor | 1 | 31 |
protocol descriptions | 3 | 0 |
incomplete / preliminary reports | 0 | 4 |
non-human subjects | 0 | 1 |
TOTAL NUMBER DISCARDED | 41 | 139 |
REMAINING | 98 (70% of initially identified) | 173 (55% of initially identified) |