Cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Quality of included studies

Study (ref)	Design^a	Data collection^b	Recruit^c	Exclusion^d	Prior treatment^e	TB^f	Blinded^g	Reliability^h	Total score
Abro[37]	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	5
Kleine[59]	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	6
Schwarz[58]	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	6
Uduman[57]	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	8
Cameron[38]	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4
Genton[39]	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Shaltout[40]	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	5
Donald[41]	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Nelson[42]	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	8
Low[43]	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3
Ruuskanen[12]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lester[44]	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	8
Vanprapar[45]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mandal[46]	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	6
Pönkä[47]	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
Briem[48]	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5
Berg[49]	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	8
Eross[50]	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	8
Knight[51]	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
Curtis[52]	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	6
Lannigan[53]	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	6
Gästrin[11]	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4
Lauwers[54]	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	5
Controni[55]	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	5
Bland[56]	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	5

^aStudy design (cross-sectional or case-control);^bData collection (prospective or retrospective);^crecruitment of the patient (consecutive or random);^dexclusion criteria;^eprior antibiotic treatment;^ftuberculous meningitis;^gblinded interpretation of lactate measurement;^hreliability of the method (stabilizer for lactate sample or immediate measurement).

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