19/n That's a big issue because you can't really combine the effect of coffee with diphenhydramine and expect it to make sense, but that's what the authors did
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Excellent summary. The devil really is in the detail. Frustrating to see so many low quality studies with "optimistic" interpretations as it just polarises debates that seem easy and worthwhile to answer. Did any of the studies seem to be correctly graded as at low risk of bias?
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The only I could find before I gave up was Cohen 2012
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Hello, the unroll you asked for:
@GidMK: A systematic review/meta-analysis of honey vs other cough/cold remedies came out yesterday in BMJ… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1296264707922251776.html … Have a good day.
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Hello, here is your unroll:
@GidMK: A systematic review/meta-analysis of honey vs other cough/cold remedies came out yesterday in BMJ… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1296264707922251776.html … Talk to you soon.
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I'm not a native speaker, but to me "randomized alternatively" sounds as though all the even numbers went into one group and the odd numbers into the other. Could that be?
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Possible. The language leaves it open to interpretation
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This is excellent, your thorough deconstruction has provided an excellent example of appraising meta-analyses so much so that I might set this example as an assessment of critical evaluation on an MRes module.
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Honey will cure it. A week to 10 days and you are as good as new. *jokes
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