The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic Study
Introduction Case reports and series are critical to guide initial decision-making in a pandemic, but may have lower rigor because of the need to publish them quickly. This meta-epidemiologic study compares the methodological quality of case series that described the acute coronavirus dis...
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Introduction Case reports and series are critical to guide initial decision-making in a pandemic, but may have lower rigor because of the need to publish them quickly. This meta-epidemiologic study compares the methodological quality of case series that described the acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 versus those that described long-haul cases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a223fc411ca445c84d42ad3ea665c442025-08-20T03:48:10ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Avicenna Journal of Medicine2231-07702249-44642025-01-01150102903310.1055/s-0045-1806762The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic StudyYahya Alsawaf0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1425-0002Mohammed Firwana1Tarek Nayfeh2Mohamed O. Seisa3Reem A. Alsibai4Alzhraa S. Abbas5Elizabeth H. Lees6Ye Zhu7Michael E. Wolf8Greg Vanichkachorn9Moustafa Hegazi10Larry J. Prokop11M. Hassan Murad12Samer Saadi13https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-1197Evidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesEvidence-based Practice Center, Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States Introduction Case reports and series are critical to guide initial decision-making in a pandemic, but may have lower rigor because of the need to publish them quickly. This meta-epidemiologic study compares the methodological quality of case series that described the acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 versus those that described long-haul cases.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1806762methodological qualityrisk of biasmeta-epidemiological researchcase seriescase reports |
| spellingShingle | Yahya Alsawaf Mohammed Firwana Tarek Nayfeh Mohamed O. Seisa Reem A. Alsibai Alzhraa S. Abbas Elizabeth H. Lees Ye Zhu Michael E. Wolf Greg Vanichkachorn Moustafa Hegazi Larry J. Prokop M. Hassan Murad Samer Saadi The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic Study Avicenna Journal of Medicine methodological quality risk of bias meta-epidemiological research case series case reports |
| title | The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic Study |
| title_full | The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic Study |
| title_fullStr | The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic Study |
| title_short | The Methodological Quality of Case Series Published Early vs. Late in the Course of a Pandemic: A Meta-Epidemiologic Study |
| title_sort | methodological quality of case series published early vs late in the course of a pandemic a meta epidemiologic study |
| topic | methodological quality risk of bias meta-epidemiological research case series case reports |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1806762 |
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