Reply to "Limitations of Conclusions of Systematic Review & Meta-analysis Due to Exclusion of Groups Most at Risk"

Karin J Neufeld¹, Jirong Yue², Thomas N Robinson³, Sharon K Inouye^{4

5}, Dale M Needham^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, China.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Institute for Aging Research Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Comment

Karin J Neufeld et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;65(3):661-663.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.14727. Epub 2017 Jan 31.

Karin J Neufeld¹, Jirong Yue², Thomas N Robinson³, Sharon K Inouye^{4

5}, Dale M Needham^{6

7}

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, China.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Institute for Aging Research Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Comment on

Antipsychotic Medication for Prevention and Treatment of Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Neufeld KJ, Yue J, Robinson TN, Inouye SK, Needham DM. Neufeld KJ, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Apr;64(4):705-14. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14076. Epub 2016 Mar 23. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016. PMID: 27004732 Free PMC article.
Limitations of Conclusions of Systematic Review and MetA-Analysis Because of Exclusion of Groups Most at Risk.
Dissevelt AC. Dissevelt AC. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Mar;65(3):661. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14656. Epub 2017 Jan 31. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017. PMID: 28140450 No abstract available.