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Table 3 Summary of risk of bias and applicability concerns for included studies

From: Utility of thromboelastography and/or thromboelastometry in adults with sepsis: a systematic review

Study

Risk of bias

Applicability concerns

Patient selection

Conduction and interpretation of TEG/ROTEM

Use and interpretation of reference standard

Patient flow

Patient selection

Reference standard

Gonano et al.[40]

-

?

-

?

-

-

Raineri et al. [39]

?

?

-

-

-

-

Collins et al.[43]

?

?

-

?

-

-

Chiari et al.[47]

-

?

-

?

-

-

Daudel et al.[44]

-

-

-

?

-

-

Schmittinger et al.[46]

-

-

NA

-

-

NA

Sivula et al.[41]

-

?

?

?

-

-

Adamzik et al.[50]

-

?

?

-

-

-

Altmann et al.[48]

-

?

NA

NA

-

NA

Durila et al.[49]

-

+

-

-

-

-

Adamzik et al.[9]

-

-

-

+

-

-

Cortegiani et al.[51]

?

?

NA

-

-

NA

Brenner et al.[54]

-

-

-

-

-

-

Durila et al.[53]

-

?

?

+

-

-

Massion et al.[52]

-

?

-

-

-

-

Ostrowski et al.[10]

-

-

-

+

-

-

Viljoen et al.[42]

+

?

?

?

+

+

Umgelter et al.[45]

+

+

NA

?

+

NA

  1. -, low risk; +, high risk; ?, unclear risk; NA, not applicable.