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Comment
. 2017 Sep 15;21(1):241.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1804-0.

Accounting for single center effects in systematic reviews cannot be overlooked

Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen  1   2 , Marcelo Park  3 , Antonio Paulo Nassar Jr  3   4
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Accounting for single center effects in systematic reviews cannot be overlooked

Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen et al. Crit Care. .
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Forest plot, stratified according to the number of centers of the original studies. Studies not fulfilling inclusion criteria of the systematic review’s study question [1] were not included in this analysis. RRT renal replacement therapy, RR risk ratio, CI confidence interval
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