Table 1 Meta-analyses examples
From: Estimating required information size by quantifying diversity in random-effects model meta-analyses
Meta-analysis | Title | Intervention | Outcome measure | Number of trials | Number of participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afshari and others 2007 [16] | Antithrombin III for critically ill patients | Antithrombin III | Mortality | 20 | 3,458 |
Al-Inany and others, 2006 [17] | Cycle cancellations due to poor ovarian response | Gonadotropin releasing hormone for assisted reproductive therapy | Number of cycle cancellations | 13 | 2,543 |
Soll and others, 1997 [18] | Prophylactic surfactant to prevent morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. | Surfactant | Mortality or pneumothorax | 8 | 988 |
Wetterslev and Juhl, 2006 [19] | Effect of perioperative β-blockade on non-fatal perioperative AMI | Perioperative β-blockers for non-cardiac surgery | Perioperative myocardial infarction within 30 days of operation | 11 | 2,211 |
Bury and Tudehope, 2000 [20] | Effect of antibiotics on necrotizing enterocolitis in newborn | Enteral antibiotics in newborn | Necrotizing enterocolitis | 5 | 458 |
Li and others, 2007 [21] | Intravenous magnesium for acute myocardial infarction | Magnesium | Mortality | 23 | 72,472 |
Meyhoff and others, 2008 [22] | Perioperative ventilation with 80% versus 30% oxygen during intestinal surgery | Perioperative ventilation with 80% oxygen | Wound infection within 15 days of surgery | 4 | 989 |