Table 3 Example of the table with study characteristics automatically produced by the Excel file using data from the systematic review of prognostic models for mortality after cardiac surgery in patients with infective endocarditis [8]
Author, Year | Source of data | Enrolment period | Study setting | Study region | Participant characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age of participants | Native valve endocarditis | Valve affected | |||||
Gaca, 2011 [10] | Existing registry | 2002—2008 | Cardiac surgery centers | North America | 55 (46;66) | No information | All |
De Feo, 2012 [11] | Retrospective cohort | 1980—2009 | Cardiac surgery center | Italy | 49 (16) | 440 (100) | All |
Martínez-Sellés, 2014 [12] | Existing registry | 2008—2010 | Cardiac surgery centers | Spain | 61.4 (15.5) | 267 (61.1) | All |
Madeira, 2016 [13] | Retrospective cohort | 2007—2014 | Cardiac surgery center | Portugal | 60 (47;70) | 94 (73.4) | All |
Gatti (a), 2017 [14] | Other (specify) | 2000—2015 (Italy) 2008 (France) | Cardiac surgery centers | Italy and France | 59.1 (15.4) | 285 (78.9) | All |
Gatti (b), 2017 [14] | Other (specify) | 2000—2015 (Italy) 2008 (France) | Cardiac surgery centers | Italy and France | 59.1 (15.4) | 285 (78.9) | All |
Di Mauro, 2017 [15] | Retrospective cohort | 2000—2015 | Cardiac surgery centers | Italy | 59.6 (15.1) | 2.221 (82) | All |
Gatti (c), 2017 [16] | Retrospective cohort | 1999—2015 | Cardiac surgery center | Italy | 60.6 (8.5) | 103 (74.6) | All |
Olmos, 2017 [17] | Retrospective cohort | 1996—2014 | Cardiac surgery centers | Spain | 62 (14) | 259 (61.1) | Aortic / Mitral |
Fernández-Hidalgo (a), 2018 [18] | Retrospective cohort | 2000—2011 | Cardiac surgery centers | Spain | 58 (15.1) | No information | All |
Fernández-Hidalgo (b), 2018 [18] | Retrospective cohort | 2000—2011 | Cardiac surgery centers | Spain | 58 (15.1) | No information | All |