Akl, Elie A.

Specific instructions for estimating unclearly reported blinding status in randomized trials were reliable and valid

Akl, E. A., Sun, X., Busse, J. W., Johnston, B. C., Briel, M., Mulla, S., You, J. J., Bassler, D., Lamontagne, F., Vera, C., et al. (2012) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials

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GRADE guidelines 17: assessing the risk of bias associated with missing participant outcome data in a body of evidence

Guyatt, G. H., Ebrahim, S., Alonso-Coello, P., Johnston, B. C., Mathioudakis, A. G., Briel, M., Mustafa, R. A., Sun, X., Walter, S. D., Heels-Ansdell, D., et al. (2017) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods in Epidemiology

Cited by 163

Addressing continuous data for participants excluded from trial analysis: a guide for systematic reviewers

Ebrahim, S., Akl, E. A., Mustafa, R. A., Sun, X., Walter, S. D., Heels-Ansdell, D., Alonso-Coello, P., Johnston, B. C., & Guyatt, G. H. (2013) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference

Cited by 141

GRADE equity guidelines 1: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: introduction and rationale

Welch, V. A., Akl, E. A., Guyatt, G., Pottie, K., Eslava-Schmalbach, J., Ansari, M. T., de Beer, H., Briel, M., Dans, T., Dans, I., et al. (2017) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Clinical practice guidelines implementationMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 131

Improving GRADE evidence tables part 1: a randomized trial shows improved understanding of content in summary of findings tables with a new format

Carrasco-Labra, A., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Santesso, N., Neumann, I., Mustafa, R. A., Mbuagbaw, L., Etxeandia Ikobaltzeta, I., De Stio, C., McCullagh, L. J., Alonso-Coello, P., et al. (2016) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsClinical practice guidelines implementation

Cited by 129

Inconsistent Definitions for Intention-To-Treat in Relation to Missing Outcome Data: Systematic Review of the Methods Literature

Alshurafa, M., Briel, M., Akl, E. A., Haines, T., Moayyedi, P., Gentles, S. J., Rios, L., Tran, C., Bhatnagar, N., Lamontagne, F., et al. (2012) · PLoS ONE

Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 126

Do clinicians understand the size of treatment effects? A randomized survey across 8 countries

Johnston, B. C., Alonso-Coello, P., Friedrich, J. O., Mustafa, R. A., Tikkinen, K. A. O., Neumann, I., Vandvik, P. O., Akl, E. A., da Costa, B. R., Adhikari, N. K., et al. (2016) · Canadian Medical Association Journal

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials

Cited by 109

Extension of the PRISMA 2020 statement for living systematic reviews (PRISMA-LSR): checklist and explanation

Akl, E. A., Khabsa, J., Iannizzi, C., Piechotta, V., Kahale, L. A., Barker, J. M., McKenzie, J. E., Page, M. J., & Skoetz, N. (2024) · BMJ

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsClinical practice guidelines implementation

Cited by 103

Oral Direct Factor Xa Inhibitors Versus Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Neumann, I., Rada, G., Claro, J. C., Carrasco-Labra, A., Thorlund, K., Akl, E. A., Bates, S. M., & Guyatt, G. H. (2012) · Annals of Internal Medicine

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementBlood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms

Cited by 94

GRADE equity guidelines 3: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: rating the certainty of synthesized evidence

Welch, V. A., Akl, E. A., Pottie, K., Ansari, M. T., Briel, M., Christensen, R., Dans, A., Dans, L., Eslava-Schmalbach, J., Guyatt, G., et al. (2017) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Clinical practice guidelines implementationMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 88

GRADE equity guidelines 4: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: evidence to decision process

Pottie, K., Welch, V., Morton, R., Akl, E. A., Eslava-Schmalbach, J. H., Katikireddi, V., Singh, J., Moja, L., Lang, E., Magrini, N., et al. (2017) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Clinical practice guidelines implementationMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 80

GRADE equity guidelines 2: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: equity extension of the guideline development checklist

Akl, E. A., Welch, V., Pottie, K., Eslava-Schmalbach, J., Darzi, A., Sola, I., Katikireddi, S. V., Singh, J., Murad, M. H., Meerpohl, J., et al. (2017) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Clinical practice guidelines implementationCultural Competency in Health Care

Cited by 79

American Society of Hematology living guidelines on the use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19: July 2021 update on postdischarge thromboprophylaxis

Cuker, A., Tseng, E. K., Nieuwlaat, R., Angchaisuksiri, P., Blair, C., Dane, K., Davila, J., DeSancho, M. T., Diuguid, D., Griffin, D. O., et al. (2022) · Blood Advances

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Cited by 78

Addressing continuous data measured with different instruments for participants excluded from trial analysis: a guide for systematic reviewers

Ebrahim, S., Johnston, B. C., Akl, E. A., Mustafa, R. A., Sun, X., Walter, S. D., Heels-Ansdell, D., Alonso-Coello, P., & Guyatt, G. H. (2014) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference

Cited by 72

Systematic reviews experience major limitations in reporting absolute effects

Alonso-Coello, P., Carrasco-Labra, A., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Neumann, I., Akl, E. A., Vernooij, R. W. M., Johnston, B. C., Sun, X., Briel, M., Busse, J. W., et al. (2016) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsClinical practice guidelines implementation

Cited by 70

Handling trial participants with missing outcome data when conducting a meta-analysis: a systematic survey of proposed approaches

Akl, E. A., Kahale, L. A., Agoritsas, T., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Busse, J. W., Carrasco-Labra, A., Ebrahim, S., Johnston, B. C., Neumann, I., Sola, I., et al. (2015) · Systematic Reviews

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference

Cited by 66

Development of ROBUST-RCT: Risk Of Bias instrument for Use in SysTematic reviews-for Randomised Controlled Trials

Wang, Y., Keitz, S., Briel, M., Glasziou, P., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Siemieniuk, R. A. C., Zeraatkar, D., Akl, E. A., Armijo-Olivo, S., Bassler, D., et al. (2025) · BMJ

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDelphi Technique in Research

Cited by 60

Discussing study limitations in reports of biomedical studies- the need for more transparency

Puhan, M. A., Akl, E. A., Bryant, D., Xie, F., Apolone, G., & Riet, G. (2012) · Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Academic Writing and PublishingMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 54

Reporting missing participant data in randomised trials: systematic survey of the methodological literature and a proposed guide

Akl, E. A., Shawwa, K., Kahale, L. A., Agoritsas, T., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Busse, J. W., Carrasco–Labra, A., Ebrahim, S., Johnston, B. C., Neumann, I., et al. (2015) · BMJ Open

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials

Cited by 52

Tailored PRISMA 2020 flow diagrams for living systematic reviews: a methodological survey and a proposal

Kahale, L. A., Elkhoury, R., El Mikati, I., Pardo-Hernandez, H., Khamis, A. M., Schünemann, H. J., Haddaway, N. R., & Akl, E. A. (2022) · F1000Research

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsClinical practice guidelines implementation

Cited by 48

Conflicts of interest disclosure forms and management in critical care clinical practice guidelines

Alhazzani, W., Lewis, K., Jaeschke, R., Rochwerg, B., Møller, M. H., Evans, L., Wilson, K. C., Patel, S., Coopersmith, C. M., Cecconi, M., et al. (2018) · Intensive Care Medicine

Pharmaceutical industry and healthcareClinical practice guidelines implementation

Cited by 42

Developing trustworthy recommendations as part of an urgent response (1–2 weeks): a GRADE concept paper

Akl, E. A., Morgan, R. L., Rooney, A. A., Beverly, B., Katikireddi, S. V., Agarwal, A., Alper, B. S., Alva-Diaz, C., Amato, L., Ansari, M. T., et al. (2021) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Clinical practice guidelines implementationDelphi Technique in Research

Cited by 34

Agreements between Industry and Academia on Publication Rights: A Retrospective Study of Protocols and Publications of Randomized Clinical Trials

Kasenda, B., von Elm, E., You, J. J., Blümle, A., Tomonaga, Y., Saccilotto, R., Amstutz, A., Bengough, T., Meerpohl, J. J., Stegert, M., et al. (2016) · PLOS Medicine

Pharmaceutical industry and healthcareAcademic integrity and plagiarism

Cited by 33

Potential impact of missing outcome data on treatment effects in systematic reviews: imputation study

Kahale, L. A., Khamis, A. M., Diab, B., Chang, Y., Lopes, L. C., Agarwal, A., Li, L., Mustafa, R. A., Koujanian, S., Waziry, R., et al. (2020) · BMJ

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference

Cited by 33