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Intensive care unit acquired weakness: A protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Zheng Li1, Yitong Cai2, Qian Zhang2
1Graduate College, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu.
Background:
Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is an acquired neuromuscular lesion and a common occurrence in patients who are critically ill. There are already systematic reviews on ICU-AW. Therefore, we provide a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews to improve the effectiveness of the construction of an evidence-based practice for prevention of ICU-AW.
Methods:
We will search the PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library for the relevant systematic review or meta-analyses about ICU-AW. Study selection, data extraction, and the quality assessment of the included studies will be performed independently by 2 reviewers. And the methodological quality, report quality and evidence quality will be evaluated by Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews-2 tool, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses Statement checklist and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation system, respectively.
Results:
This overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis will collect the evidence published about the ICU-AW.
Conclusion:
We hope that our research will contribute to clinicians and public decision making about the ICU-AW.
Registration Number:
INPLASY202070067.
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