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Tahira Devji

PhD, McMaster University
Verified email at mcmaster.ca
Cited by 3619

Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

…, G Bravo, DK Chu, R Couban, E Cusano, T Devji… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To compare the effects of treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19).
Design Living systematic review and network meta-analysis. Data sources WHO covid-19 …

Antibody and cellular therapies for treatment of covid-19: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis

…, DK Chu, R Couban, E Cusano, AJ Darzi, T Devji… - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of antiviral antibody therapies and blood products
for the treatment of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19). Design Living systematic …

[HTML][HTML] GRADE guidelines 32: GRADE offers guidance on choosing targets of GRADE certainty of evidence ratings

…, B Sadeghirad, PE Alexander, T Devji… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To provide practical principles and examples to help GRADE users make optimal
choices regarding their ratings of certainty of evidence using a minimally or partially …

Novel coronavirus COVID-19: current evidence and evolving strategies

C Vannabouathong, T Devji, S Ekhtiari, Y Chang… - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
“If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades, it’s most likely to be a highly
infectious virus, rather than a war. Not missiles, but microbes. Now, part of this reason is that …

Prophylaxis against covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

…, A Agarwal, T Agoritsas, DK Chu, R Couban, T Devji… - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Updates This is the second version (first update) of the living systematic review, replacing the
previous version (available as a data supplement). When citing this paper please consider …

Prognosis after surgical replacement with a bioprosthetic aortic valve in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis: systematic review of observational studies

…, M Stein, S Bhagra, D Sit, R Kamran, Y Chang, T Devji… - Bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the frequency of survival, stroke, atrial fibrillation, structural valve
deterioration, and length of hospital stay after surgical replacement of an aortic valve (SAVR) …

Evaluating the credibility of anchor based estimates of minimal important differences for patient reported outcomes: instrument development and reliability study

T Devji, A Carrasco-Labra, A Qasim, M Phillips… - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To develop an instrument to evaluate the credibility of anchor based minimal
important differences (MIDs) for outcome measures reported by patients, and to assess the …

Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis at low and intermediate risk: systematic review and meta-analysis

RA Siemieniuk, T Agoritsas, V Manja, T Devji, Y Chang… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the effect of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) versus surgical
replacement of an aortic valve (SAVR) in patients with severe aortic stenosis at low and …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical benefit of intra-articular saline as a comparator in clinical trials of knee osteoarthritis treatments: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized …

RD Altman, T Devji, M Bhandari, A Fierlinger… - Seminars in Arthritis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives Hyaluronic acid and corticosteroids are common intra-articular (IA) therapies
widely used for the management of mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis (OA). Many trials …

[HTML][HTML] Modified early warning score (MEWS) identifies critical illness among ward patients in a resource restricted setting in Kampala, Uganda: a prospective …

…, I Ssinabulya, J Nalyazi, A Bonner, T Devji… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Providing optimal critical care in developing countries is limited by lack of
recognition of critical illness and lack of essential resources. The Modified Early Warning Score (…