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Example Evidence/example-stroke-3-4half-alteplase-vs-no-alteplase-mRS0-2 (JSON)

Clinical Decision Support Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Not linked to any defined compartments

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Effect of Alteplase vs No alteplase on mRS 0-2 at 90 days in Stroke 3-4.5 hours prior

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  "id": "example-stroke-3-4half-alteplase-vs-no-alteplase-mRS0-2",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n      <p>\n        &quot;Effect of Alteplase vs No alteplase on mRS 0-2 at 90 days in Stroke 3-4.5 hours prior&quot; is a comparative effect estimate.\n      </p>\n\t</div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/Evidence/example-stroke-3-4half-alteplase-vs-no-alteplase-mRS0-2",
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
      "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.10.3"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Effect of Alteplase vs No alteplase on mRS 0-2 at 90 days in Stroke 3-4.5 hours prior",
  "status": "draft",
  "relatedArtifact": [
    {
      "type": "citation",
      "label": "Lees 2016",
      "display": "Figure 2 Lees 2016",
      "citation": "Lees KR, Emberson J, Blackwell L, Bluhmki E, Davis SM, Donnan GA, et al; Stroke Thrombolysis Trialists’ Collaborators Group. Effects of alteplase for acute stroke on the distribution of functional outcomes: a pooled analysis of 9 trials. Stroke. 2016;47:2373-2379. PMID 27507856",
      "document": {
        "url": "https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013644"
      }
    }
  ],
  "description": "mRS 0-2 at 90 days Odds Ratio 1.2 for Alteplase vs. No Alteplase in patients with acute ischemic stroke 3-4.5 hours prior",
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      },
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        "reference": "EvidenceVariable/Stroke-Thrombolysis-Trialists-2014-2016-IPD-MA-Cohort",
        "type": "EvidenceVariable",
        "display": "Stroke Thrombolysis Trialists’ 2014-2016 IPD-MA Cohort"
      },
      "intended": {
        "reference": "Group/AcuteIschemicStroke3-4halfHours",
        "type": "Group",
        "display": "stroke at 3-4.5 hours"
      },
      "directnessMatch": {
        "coding": [
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            "code": "moderate",
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          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
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        ]
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      },
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        "reference": "EvidenceVariable/example-alive-independent-90day",
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        "display": "Alive and not functionally dependent at 90 days"
      }
    },
    {
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          }
        ]
      },
      "observed": {
        "reference": "EvidenceVariable/example-alteplase-for-stroke",
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        "display": "Alteplase for Stroke"
      },
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        "display": "Alteplase for Stroke"
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        ]
      },
      "observed": {
        "reference": "EvidenceVariable/example-no-alteplase",
        "type": "EvidenceVariable",
        "display": "no alteplase"
      },
      "intended": {
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        "code": "IPD-MA",
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      }
    ]
  },
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      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/research-study-classifiers",
          "code": "SEVCO:01003",
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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          {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/statistic-type",
            "code": "C16932",
            "display": "Odds Ratio"
          }
        ]
      },
      "quantity": {
        "value": 1.2
      },
      "sampleSize": {
        "numberOfStudies": 9
      },
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        {
          "description": "95% CI 1.06 to 1.3",
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              {
                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/attribute-estimate-type",
                "code": "C53324",
                "display": "Confidence interval"
              }
            ]
          },
          "level": 0.95,
          "range": {
            "low": {
              "value": 1.06
            },
            "high": {
              "value": 1.3
            }
          }
        }
      ]
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  ],
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          "type": {
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              {
                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type",
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                "display": "Publication bias"
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            ]
          },
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                "code": "no-concern",
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            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "note": [
            {
              "text": "IST-3 had inconsistent results and contributed large proportion of data"
            }
          ],
          "type": {
            "coding": [
              {
                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type",
                "code": "Inconsistency",
                "display": "Inconsistency"
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            ]
          },
          "rating": {
            "coding": [
              {
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                "code": "serious-concern",
                "display": "serious concern"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "note": [
            {
              "text": "results derived from figure with limited data reported to support the specific effect estimate; derived odds ratio in figure does not match results from rates of mRS 0-2 reported in Supplementary Figure 3b"
            }
          ],
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              {
                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type",
                "code": "Imprecision",
                "display": "Imprecision"
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            ]
          },
          "rating": {
            "coding": [
              {
                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating",
                "code": "serious-concern",
                "display": "serious concern"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "note": [
            {
              "text": "resuts derived for 3 - 4.5 hours assume data from 0 - 6 hours is informative"
            }
          ],
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              {
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              }
            ]
          },
          "rating": {
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              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "note": [
            {
              "text": "results largely influenced by IST-3 trial which was unblinded and ECASS III which had baseline imbalances"
            }
          ],
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              {
                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type",
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                "display": "Risk of bias"
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          },
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                "display": "serious concern"
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}

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