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Table 3 Characteristics of the rapid reviews

From: Combining abbreviated literature searches with single-reviewer screening: three case studies of rapid reviews

 

Case study 1: Nivolumab for adult individuals with Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Case study 2: Early versus deferred androgen suppression for treating advanced prostate cancer

Case study 3: Unconditional cash transfers for reducing poverty and vulnerabilities

Reviewer

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

Search date

May 24, 2017

December 08, 2017 (update search)

July 19, 2017

July 10, 2017

Publications identified from abbreviated electronic searches

98

195

385

Additional publications identified from searches of reference lists

1

0

2

2

1

9

49

2

9

Abstracts screened

99

98

100

197

196

204

434

387

394

Excluded abstracts

94

84

88

182

183

190

337

342

331

Full texts screened

5

14

12

15

13

14

97

45

63

Excluded full texts

2

11

7

4

5

4

54

22

37

Publications included

3

3

4

7

6

7

15

9

12

Studies included

3

3

3

6

4

5

10

8

9

Studies included and identified through reference list checking

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

3

3

Studies identified through abbreviated electronic searches but missed by single-reviewer screening

0

0

0

3

5

4

1

2

1

Studies included in meta-analyses

0

0

0

6

4

5

6

4

6