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Table 2 Risk of bias assessment of the observational studies

From: Prognostic value of gasping for short and long outcomes during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Selection

Comparability

Outcome

Total Score

Exposed Cohort

Nonexposed Cohort

Ascertainment of Exposure

Outcome of Interest

 

Assessment of Outcome

Length of Follow-up

Adequacy of Follow-up

Martens

..

*

*

*

* *

*

*

*

8

Debaty

*

*

*

*

* *

*

*

*

9

Wolfskeil

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

8

Knor

*

*

*

*

* *

*

*

..

9

Fukushima

*

*

..

*

* *

*

*

*

8

  1. Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. A higher overall score corresponds to a lower risk of bias; a score of ≤5 (out of 9) indicates a high risk of bias