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A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] v1 (2019)
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Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. E. (2019). A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] v1. F1000Research, 8, Article 38. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17352.1

We present use of a simple formula to calculate the number of pairwise comparisons of interventions within a single trial or network meta-analyses. We used the data from our previous network meta-analysis to build a study-based register and enumerate... Read More about A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] v1.

Potential diagnostic and prognostic value of serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review (2018)
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Yousefifard, M., Sarveazad, A., Babahajian, A., Baikpour, M., Shokraneh, F., Vaccaro, A. R., …Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2018). Potential diagnostic and prognostic value of serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Journal of Neurochemistry, 149(3), 317-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.14637

It remains unclear whether biomarkers in the serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be used for diagnosis or prognosis of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Therefore, a systematic review was undertaken to evaluate the prognostic or diagnostic value of seru... Read More about Potential diagnostic and prognostic value of serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review.

Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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GBD 2017 SDG Collaborators, Bisanzio, D., & Shokraneh, F. (2018). Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 2091-2138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932281-5

Background: Efforts to establish the 2015 baseline and monitor early implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight both great potential for and threats to improving health by 2030. To fully deliver on the SDG aim of " leavin... Read More about Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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GBD 2017 Population and Fertility Collaborators, & Shokraneh, F. (2018). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1995-2051. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932278-5

Background: Population estimates underpin demographic and epidemiological research and are used to track progress on numerous international indicators of health and development. To date, internationally available estimates of population and fertility... Read More about Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators, Bisanzio, D., & Shokraneh, F. (2018). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1923-1994. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932225-6

Background: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising evidence on risks and risk–o... Read More about Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, Bisanzio, D., Shokraneh, F., & Williams, H. (2018). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1859-1922. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932335-3

Background: How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, and provision of services... Read More about Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, Bisanzio, D., & Shokraneh, F. (2018). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1789-1858. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932279-7

Background: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) for 354 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1990... Read More about Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators, Bisanzio, D., & Shokraneh, F. (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1736-1788. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932203-7

Background: Global development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for benchmarking a nation's progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 estimated global, regional, natio... Read More about Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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Dicker, D., Nguyen, G., Abate, D., Abate, K. H., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., …Murray, C. J. L. (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1684-1735. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2818%2931891-9

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Assessments of age-specifc mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Afairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of previous... Read More about Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2018)
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Cortese, S., Adamo, N., Del Giovane, C., Mohr-Jensen, C., Hayes, A. J., Carucci, S., …Cipriani, A. (2018). Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet Psychiatry, 5(9), 727-738. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2818%2930269-4

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Background: The benefits and safety of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remain controversial, and guidelines ar... Read More about Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Mortality rate and predicting factors of traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
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Azarhomayun, A., Aghasi, M., Mousavi, N., Shokraneh, F., Vaccaro, A. R., Mirzaian, A. H., …Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2018). Mortality rate and predicting factors of traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bulletin of emergency & trauma, 6(3),

Objective: To estimate the summation of mortality rate and the contributing factors in patients with traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries (TLSCI). Methods: A systematic search of observational studies that evaluated the mortality associated... Read More about Mortality rate and predicting factors of traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The fate of neurons after traumatic spinal cord injury in rats: a systematic review (2018)
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Hassannejad, Z., Zadegan, S. A., Shakouri-Motlagh, A., Mokhatab, M., Rezvan, M., Sharif-Alhoseini, M., …Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2018). The fate of neurons after traumatic spinal cord injury in rats: a systematic review. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 21(6), https://doi.org/10.22038/ijbms.2018.24239.6052

Objective(s): To reach an evidence-based knowledge in the context of the temporal-spatial pattern of neuronal death and find appropriate time of intervention in order to preserve spared neurons and promote regeneration after traumatic spinal cord inj... Read More about The fate of neurons after traumatic spinal cord injury in rats: a systematic review.

A bibliometric trend analysis of regenerative medicine research output in Iran: Comparison with the global research output (2018)
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Samadikuchaksaraei, A., Mohammadhassanzadeh, H., Shokraneh, F., & Karkuki Osguei, N. (2018). A bibliometric trend analysis of regenerative medicine research output in Iran: Comparison with the global research output. Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(7, Part 3), 15506-15515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.04.157

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. This report is a bibliometric analysis of the growth rates of publications in the field regenerative medicine in Iran and compares these rates with the rates in other regions of the world. PubMed database was used for extraction... Read More about A bibliometric trend analysis of regenerative medicine research output in Iran: Comparison with the global research output.

Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty for Metastatic Spinal Lesions: A Systematic Review (2018)
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Sadeghi-Naini, M., Aarabi, S., Shokraneh, F., Janani, L., Vaccaro, A. R., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2018). Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty for Metastatic Spinal Lesions: A Systematic Review. Clinical Spine Surgery, 31(5), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000000601

© 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Introduction: The spine is the most common site of bone metastases. Vertebroplasty (VP) and kyphoplasty (KP) have been proposed as potential minimally invasive therapeutic options for metastatic spinal lesion (MSL)... Read More about Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty for Metastatic Spinal Lesions: A Systematic Review.

Estimation and prediction of avoidable health care costs of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes through adequate dairy food consumption: a systematic review and micro simulation modeling study (2018)
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Javanbakht, M., Jamshidi, A. R., Baradaran, H. R., Mohammadi, Z., Mashayekhi, A., Shokraneh, F., …Tehrani, A. (2018). Estimation and prediction of avoidable health care costs of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes through adequate dairy food consumption: a systematic review and micro simulation modeling study. Archives of Iranian medicine, 21(5),

Background: Recent evidence from prospective cohort studies show a relationship between consumption of dairy foods and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This association highlights the importance of dairy foods consu... Read More about Estimation and prediction of avoidable health care costs of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes through adequate dairy food consumption: a systematic review and micro simulation modeling study.

Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine (2018)
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Hongyong, D., Adams, C. E., Shokraneh, F., & Shanghua, L. (2018). Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 38(2), 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcm.2018.04.003

Objective To describe the key systems used for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classification. Methods The TCM classifications used in the International Classification of Diseases-9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) volume 3, the ICD-10 Pr... Read More about Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine.

The diagnostic values of UCH-L1 in traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis (2017)
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Shahjouei, S., Sadeghi-Naini, M., Yang, Z., Kobeissy, F., Rathore, D., Shokraneh, F., …Wang, K. K. (2018). The diagnostic values of UCH-L1 in traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis. Brain Injury, 32(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2017.1382717

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major health concern. The purpose of this study is to identify the diagnostic accuracy of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1)—a protein biomarker—in comparison with CT-sca... Read More about The diagnostic values of UCH-L1 in traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis.

Effectiveness of current policing?related mental health interventions: A systematic review (2017)
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Kane, E., Evans, E., & Shokraneh, F. (2018). Effectiveness of current policing?related mental health interventions: A systematic review. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 28(2), 108-119. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2058

Background There are three commonly used mental health interventions associated with policing: liaison and diversion, street triage and having specialist staff embedded in police contact control rooms. Crisis intervention teams (CITs), already used... Read More about Effectiveness of current policing?related mental health interventions: A systematic review.