#statstab #635 Standardization and other approaches to meta-analyze differences in means

Thoughts: A good resource for selecting the standardiser in your SMD & comments for the {metafor} pkg.

#metaanalysis #smd #effectsize #cohend #bias #heterogeneity

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

From the #TransfusionEvidence Round-Up - #WorldPostpartumHaemorrhageDay 2026:

Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network #metaanalysis
by Gallos et al.
Link in the comments.
#MedSky

#JAACAP #metaanalysis finds children with #neurofibromatosis type 1 have more severe #ADHD symptoms than the general population. #FSUCOM #raredisease #EndNF
https://twp.ai/4iwvk8

#statstab #632 Decline effects, statistical artifacts, and a meta-analytic paradox

Thoughts: Plz don't flip/reverse your effects without thinking about the scale!

#metaanalysis #bias #error #effectsize #effects #critique #artifact

raw.githubusercontent.com/richarddmore...

🔗 #TransfusionEvidence Library link to:
The effect of early nipple stimulation on third stage of labour duration and estimated blood loss: A #systematicreview and #metaanalysis
by Zervides et al.
www.transfusionevidencelibrary.com/articles/405...

🩸From the #TransfusionEvidence Round-Up - #WorldPostpartumHaemorrhageDay 2026:

📑The effect of early nipple stimulation on third stage of labour duration and estimated blood loss: A #systematicreview and #metaanalysis
by Zervides et al.

🔗See link in the comments.
#MedSky @isbt.bsky.social

Generative AI can speed up meta-analysis data extraction, but new research shows it still misses key values—and fails confidently. Human #AI #MetaAnalysis #Research #GenerativeAI

https://freegardner.com/synapse/generative-ai-data-extraction-limits-in-meta-analysis.html

📢 Speaking at AMWA 2026

Our CEO, Red will be presenting:

Meta‑Analysis Done Right: Models, Heterogeneity, Bias, and Defensible Conclusions

📅 7 Nov 2026 | ⏰ 9–10 AM | 📍 Washington, DC

#AMWA2026 #MetaAnalysis #MedicalWriting #TheraBusiness

Now available in OA:
Vitamin D Supplementation and Mortality in the Elderly: A Review of a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Using the REB Method
#SFPT #fundamental #clinical #pharmacology #VitaminD #RCT #REB #MetaAnalysis #elderly #mortality
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What is the efficacy & safety of the interleukin-6 receptor inhibitors #tocilizumab and #satralizumab in #MOGAD?

Aasim Ali & colleagues conducted a #SystematicReview and #MetaAnalysis to summarize the evidence:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#statstab #628 Meta-analysis models relaxing the random-effects normality assumption: methodological systematic review and simulation study

Thoughts: Looks interesting, the little I get.

#metaanalysis #methods #statistics #assumptions
#randomeffects

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

12 RCTs (n=665): oral Mg ↓ CIMT and ↑ serum Mg. FMD, PWV and BP overall NS; FMD ↑ only at >400 mg/d (2 trials). Low certainty. #Magnesium #MetaAnalysis link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New arXiv study evaluates three LLM approaches—zero-shot prompting, a staged method, and another—for automating data extraction in intercropping meta-analyses, comparing results against human-labeled ground…

#LLMs #DataExtraction #PromptEngineering #MetaAnalysis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.35089

Prophylactic phenylephrine infusion is superior to bolus dosing in avoiding maternal hypotension in women receiving neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section, although is also associated with more hypertension and bradycardia. #MetaAnalysis… 1/2

Adding lignocaine (1.5mg/kg + 2-4mg/kg/h) to propofol sedation for colonoscopy reduced propofol requirement, postop discomfort, shortened emergence time and increased patient satisfaction. #MetaAnalysis… 1/2