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Ctu2lydlvm8zqm006hjp Anna Erskine
Needed 23 Apr '21
Acknowledgement
Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care
Pain & anaesthesia
Consumer Reviewers required for new review of intravenous ibuprofen for acute postoperative pain
Skills: Consumer Input
We require a Consumer Reviewer to comment on our new Cochrane Review "Single-dose intravenous ibuprofen for acute postoperative pain in adults". We will send the reviewer a copy of the review as well as a checklist of questions. We ideally need...
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Default profile Vikash Dodhia
Needed 17 Apr '21
Acknowledgement
Other
Translation from Arabic to English for article, Mainly methods and Results please
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Arabic to English
We are conducting a systematic review on Biocides in Surgical Site infections. We great appreciate any help in the translation of this article in arabic to English please. Translators will be acknowledged if this goes further for publication. Many...
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Fb9hv2nwh9zdqicuj78u Steven Won
Needed 31 Dec '21
Acknowledgement
Complementary Medicine
Complementary & alternative medicine
Geographical distributions of migraines patient around you
Skills: Consumer Input
I’d like to have some informations about geography odds of migraines happening especially in tropical area. To comparing with data from cold area or warm. This would help to identify the cause of migraine are affected by geological factors and...
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Rsl2nsevyosrp9vmhe1d Leonardo Roever
Needed 02 Jan '24
Authorship
Heart & circulation
Looking for an opportunity to join conducting a cochrane review
Skills: Data Extraction, Clinical Input, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Qualitative Analysis, Question Formulation, Report Writing, Peer Review - Clinical Content, Peer Review - Methods, Risk of Bias Assessment, Screening, Searching, Statistical Analysis, Summary of Findings Tables, Guideline development, GRADE, PICO annotation
I am interested in participating as an author in cochrane reviews in my area of expertize.
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Default profile Patrizia Natale
Needed 22 May '21
Acknowledgement
Renal
translation from chinese to english
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English
Hi everyone, we are updating a cochrane systematic review and we need some translations from chinese to english of methods, results, funding/support and all all table/figures. Introduction, abstract and discussion are not needed for our...
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Default profile Patrizia Natale
Needed 21 May '21
Acknowledgement
Renal
translation from japanese to english
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Japanese to English
Hi everyone, we are updating a cochrane systematic review and we need five translations from japanese to english of methods, results, funding/support and all all table/figures. Introduction, abstract and discussion are not needed for our purpose....
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Default profile Marianna Kaye
Needed 16 Apr '21
Authorship, Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Consumer input for review on melody valve and Sapien 3/XT valves for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in patients
Skills: Consumer Input
We are looking for a patient to provide feedback on a systematic review protocol. Further details on what this involves are available here: https://heart.cochrane.org/resources/consumer-reviewers. The feedback would provide a layperson's...
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Default profile Anair Beverly
Needed 30 Apr '21
Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Translation, Hungarian to English, 1 clinical article (methods, results and tables)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Hungarian to English
We need the methods and results sections of a clinical journal article translated so we can include data in a Cochrane review. If you are able to help, please let me know so I can forward you the PDF of the article.
Thanks.
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Default profile Marianna Kaye
Needed 16 Apr '21
Authorship, Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Consumer input for review on prothrombin complex concentrate in cardiac surgery for the treatment of non-surgical bleeding
Skills: Consumer Input
We are looking for a patient to provide feedback on a systematic review update. Further details on what this involves are available here: https://heart.cochrane.org/resources/consumer-reviewers. The feedback would provide a layperson's perspective...
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Default profile Marlene Stewart
Needed 14 Apr '21
Acknowledgement
Vascular
Heart & circulation
Consumer Reviewer for a protocol investigating treatment of Kawasaki disease in children using intravenous immunoglobulin (a solution of antibodies taken from healthy donors)
Skills: Consumer Input
Kawasaki disease is a disease that primarily affects children under five years old. Its symptoms are persistent fever, red eyes and lips, strawberry tongue, rash and swollen lymph nodes. If not detected and treated immediately, Kawasaki disease...
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Default profile Ellen Dougan
Needed 31 May '21
Acknowledgement
Epilepsy
Neurology
Translation help needed
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from to
We currently have an author team that need a number of papers translated so they can complete their review. We are looking for help with each translation. The languages we need translating are; 
1 x Hungarian paper 
4 x German papers ...
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Default profile Michelle Shirey
Needed 09 Apr '21
Authorship
Pain & anaesthesia
Patient Representative Needed for Guideline Panel on the Use of Pharmacological Interventions for the Management of Acute Dental Pain
Skills: Consumer Input
The American Dental Association Science and Research Institute and the University of Pittsburgh are establishing a Guideline Panel for the 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Acute Dental Pain. This collaboration is made possible...
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Default profile Eithar Mohamed
Needed 31 Mar '21
Authorship
Cancer
Lung cancer biomarkers for early detection
Skills: Risk of Bias Assessment
 
I am working on biomarker for early detection of lung cancer. I performed a systematic review about lung cancer biomarkers for early detection. I ended up 33 studies and want identify candidates for early detection. I want to be in touch...
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Grkwwkx6y1vcdykt5gt5 Sinéad O'Neill
Needed 14 Mar '21
Acknowledgement
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Public health
Locate full text of this paper and translate to english (from Chinese) please
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English, Searching
Hello, if anyone can access a full text version of this paper:  

Large-sample prospective clinical study on the preventive intervention of COVID-19 in the community by the combined use of Huoxiangzhengqi Oral Liquid and Jinhaojiere...

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Fwddkzaqsuudzdttddim Jan Hansel
Needed 17 Mar '21
Acknowledgement
Anaesthesia
Pain & anaesthesia
Translation of article from Turkish to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Turkish to English
We are conducting an update of the Cochrane Review on videolaryngoscopy vs direct laryngoscopy and have identified an article with full text in Turkish, which we would consider including based on the abstract. The full manuscript is 6 pages...
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Kpmajwloowt9lzvigkpb Juan Franco
Needed 31 Mar '21
Acknowledgement
Urology
Urology
Retrieval of a study for a Systematic Review
Skills: Searching
We need to retrieve the following full-text report:
 
1) Gabric V, Miskic H. [Behandlung des benignen prostataadenoms und der chronischen prostatatitis]. Therapiewoche 1987;37:1775-88
2)  Mattei FM, Capone M, Acconcia A. [Medikamentose...
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Default profile Carole Aubert
Needed 01 Jan '22
Acknowledgement, Payment
Primary Care
Heart & circulation
Seeking for patient representative for Data and Safety Monitoring Board for clinical trial to deprescribe statins – January 2022 - September 2025, 5 meetings à 1-2h, CHF 100/h
Skills: Clinical Input
There is uncertainty around the risk/benefit of prescribing statins for primary prevention (i.e., without a previous history of cardiovascular event) in older persons. We therefore received funding to test the safety of deprescribing statins used...
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Uuv2i9okr4hlkkqrqg8m David Marshall
Needed 11 Mar '21
Acknowledgement
Common Mental Disorders
Mental health
Translation, Korean to English, 3 clinical articles (methods and possibly results/tables only)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English
Review: Prevention of self-harm and suicide in education settings 

Thank you for your interest. We are trying to establish whether these papers are randomised controlled trials and if they fit specific inclusion criteria. As such, we would...
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Default profile Anair Beverly
Needed 31 May '21
Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Translation, Korean to English, 1 clinical article (methods, results and tables only)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English
We are trying to establish whether this paper is a randomised controlled trial and if it contains any clinical outcomes, e.g. bleeding, mortality, chest drain output or transfusion, or whether there is purely laboratory and lab test outcome data....
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Gjchgpfcfflkqpbqzdgh Amir Valizadeh
Needed 30 Apr '21
Authorship
Neurology
Looking for an opportunity to join conducting a systematic review
Skills: Data Extraction, Clinical Input, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Question Formulation, Report Writing, Risk of Bias Assessment, Screening, Searching, Statistical Analysis, Summary of Findings Tables, GRADE, PICO annotation
I am an early career researcher. I am a M.D. graduate from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. I have 3 published articles in my CV, 4 articles awaiting publication, and I've submitted two protocols for systematic reviews in PROSPRO. I...
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Xztxlohgrjooqicrefzg Eswar Kandaswamy
Needed 30 Jun '21
Authorship
Dentistry & oral health
Dentistry systematic review
Skills: Data Extraction, Clinical Input, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Qualitative Analysis, Report Writing, Searching
I am an early career researcher from Louisiana State University, School of Dentistry looking to join an existing team to do a systematic review related to Periodontics, Implant dentistry, Oral pathology, Oral diagnosis, Radiology and Oral health...
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Default profile Ita Fitzgerald
Needed 30 Apr '21
Authorship, Acknowledgement, Payment
Mental health
Biostatistician help required
Skills: Statistical Analysis
Hi there,

I am looking for support with whether a quantitative review of systematic review data is possible and am looking for some guidance from a biostatistician. Aim is to go for publication, if quantitative review is possible. If so, am also...
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Default profile Dr Otis Morine
Needed 31 Dec '21
Authorship
Other
Copy of Seeking an author for drafting
Skills: Data Extraction, Report Writing, Screening
We are seeking authors to join our team for meta-analysis review projects in all medical fields. Our team is expert in meta-analysis with high impact publications. If you have time and interest to teamwork aware me. Our team need the researcher...
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Jt4og8t0hogu62fywipj Adrienne Stevens
Needed 01 Jun '21
Acknowledgement
Geographic Groups
Other
Language translators with experience in screening, appraisal, and data extraction for Cochrane Canada and partners' Living Map of COVID-19 Recommendations and Gateway to Contextualization
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from to , Data Extraction, Risk of Bias Assessment, Screening
Join us to make a difference in COVID-19!
 
At Cochrane Canada, we are developing a platform that collects and organizes the best available guidelines and recommendations for COVID-19 to inform decision making, then allowing users to include...
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Jt4og8t0hogu62fywipj Adrienne Stevens
Needed 01 Jun '21
Acknowledgement
Geographic Groups
Other
Language translators for Cochrane Canada and partners' Living Map of COVID-19 Recommendations and Gateway to Contextualization
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from to
Join us to make a difference in COVID-19!
 
At Cochrane Canada, we are developing a platform that collects and organizes the best available guidelines and recommendations for COVID-19 to inform decision making, then allowing users to include...
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Un8cftfbowik7tnqhfee Karen Gainey
Needed 02 May '21
Acknowledgement
Consumer Network
Consumer & communication strategies
What do consumers want from lay summaries of research articles?
Skills: Consumer Input
This study aims to find out what people with health conditions think is important in a lay summary; what would be an ideal lay summary (content, structure, etc) from a consumer perspective? Researchers at The Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University...
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Default profile Sami Almustanyir
Needed 17 Mar '23
Acknowledgement
Methodology
International Group for Biostatistics
Skills: Statistical Analysis
Hello everyone Here I am posting an International Learning group for biostatistics. The account is on Twitter, which has a link for application for free membership to be included in discussions on whatsapp. The Twitter account is @BiostatsG...
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Kpmajwloowt9lzvigkpb Juan Franco
Needed 31 Dec '21
Authorship, Acknowledgement
Methodology
Cochrane Argentina (IUHIBA) International Mobility Programme (virtual)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from to , Data Extraction, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Qualitative Analysis, Question Formulation, Report Writing, Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to , Risk of Bias Assessment, Screening, Searching, Statistical Analysis, Summary of Findings Tables, GRADE
The host
Our Associate Centre was founded in 2015, and we had gathered experience in the production of Cochrane reviews. We have published so far nine Cochrane reviews. We are currently conducting several Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews....
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Vvqgxzdw4bj2flezdivm Muhammad Zarar Mughal
Needed 30 Jun '21
Acknowledgement
Infectious Diseases
Effective practice & health systems
Making COVID-19 Inactive by Heat Treatment, HF High Intensity Electromagnetic Waves & Ultra-Violet Radiation Procedures.
Skills: Protocol Development
The sensitivity of COVID-19 to temperature is described as under:- 4 D Celsius: Remain active for indefinite time. 22 D Celsius: Survive for 14 days. 37 D Celsius: Survive for 2 days. 56 D Celsius: Survive for 30 minutes. 70 D Celsius: Survive for...
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Uzvflrk35iql8kqjjav8 Claire Allen
Needed 19 Mar '21
Acknowledgement
Other
Summary writers needed
Skills: Report Writing, Review - Language and Copyedit
Evidence Aid has been awarded a small amount of funding from a body called H2H (funded by DfID) to curate an ‘evidence collection’ for COVID-19. It is a collection of summarised evidence from systematic reviews (both Cochrane and non-Cochrane)...
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Default profile Sami Almustanyir
Needed 27 Oct '22
Payment
Public health
Biostatistician needed!
Skills: Statistical Analysis
Hello I am a master student in Biostatistics. I need a biostatistician as a private tutor. We will meet on Zoom.us and discuss concepts in Biostatistics. The reward will be payments per hour (hourly payments). I can only afford 30 USD per hour....
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Hihynhezqfncvbdpz8r0 Marta Roqué-Figuls
Needed 20 Sep '21
Authorship
Geographic Groups
Other
Cochrane Iberoamerica International Mobility Programme
Skills: Data Extraction, Protocol Development, Question Formulation, Report Writing, Risk of Bias Assessment
Host Cochrane Group: Cochrane Iberoamerica (located in Barcelona, Spain= Primary contact for host Group: Marta Roqué (mroque@santpau.cat) Panel considering applications: Marta Roqué, trainer ; Xavier Bonfill, director ; Gerard Urrútia,...
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Default profile Taylor King
Needed 28 Mar '21
Authorship
Fertility Regulation
Gynaecology
Author for Cochrane Fertility Regulation group priory review on: Contraception use in complex patients: Mental health and libido
Skills: Data Extraction, Clinical Input, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Question Formulation, Report Writing, Risk of Bias Assessment, Screening, Statistical Analysis, Summary of Findings Tables, GRADE
The Cochrane Fertility Regulation group is looking for an author to write a review on: Contraception use in complex patients: Mental health and libido. This topic was identified as a high priority topic area. We are looking for a team member to...
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