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Published in final edited form as: ASAIO J. 2018 May-Jun;64(3):287–294. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000684

Table 4.

Quality Assessments and Risk of Biasa

Study Risk of Selection Bias Risk of Performance Bias Risk of Detection Bias Risk of Attrition Bias Risk of Reporting Bias
Miller et al, 200746 Low Low Low Low Low
Schulman et al, 200724 Low Low Unclear Low Low
Struber et al, 200816 Low Low Low Low High
Morshuis et al, 200947 Low Low Low Low Unclear
Lahpor et al, 201048 Low Low Low Low Unclear
Topkara et al, 201032 Low Low Low Low Low
Wieselthaler et al, 201049 Low Low Unclear Low Low
Bogaev et al, 201139 Low Low Low Low Unclear
Garbade et al, 201150 Low Low Low Low Low
John et al, 201125 Low Low Low Low Low
John et al, 201151 Low Low Low Low Low
Schaffer et al, 201115 Low Low Low Low Low
Starling et al, 201125 Low Low Low Low Low
Aggarwal et al, 201220 Low Low Low Low Low
Brewer et al, 201252 Low Low Low Low Low
Bomholt et al, 201153 Low Low Low Low High
Chamogeorgakis et al, 201227 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear
Donahey et al, 201231 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear
Eleuteri et al, 201254 Low Low Low Low Low
Fleissner et al, 201229 Low Low Unclear Low Low
Goldstein et al, 201230 Low Low Low Unclear Unclear
Guerrero-Miranda et al, 201255 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear High
Hozayen et al, 201256 Low Low Low Low Low
Kamdar et al, 201557 Low Low Unclear Unclear Unclear
Krabatsch et al, 201258 Low Low Low Unclear High
Maiani et al, 201259 Low Unclear Unclear Unclear High
Mano et al, 201260 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear
Menon et al, 201261 Low Low Low Low Unclear
Park et al, 201262 Low Low Low Low Unclear
Popov et al, 201263 Low Low Low Low Unclear
Schibilsky et al, 201264 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear
Tarzia et al, 201265 Unclear Low High Low High
Aldeiri et al, 201321 Low Unclear Unclear High Unclear
Choudhary et al, 201328 Low Low Low High Unclear
Forest et al, 201323 Low Low Low Low High
Haj-Yahia et al, 200766 Low Low Low Low Low
Lalonde et al, 201367 Low Low Low Low Low
Nienaber et al, 201336 Low Low Low Low Low
Slaughter et al, 201368 Low Low Unclear Unclear Unclear
Smedira et al, 201317 Low Low Low Low Low
Stulak et al, 201369 Low Low Low High High
Tong et al, 201326 Low Low Low Low Low
Wu et al, 201370 Low Low Unclear Low Low
Baronetto et al, 201440 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear
Cagliostro et al, 201441 Unclear Low High Low Unclear
Chan et al, 201471 High High High Low Low
Cogswell et al, 201472 High Unclear Unclear Low Unclear
Dean et al, 201473 Low Low Low Low Low
Hieda et al, 201474 Low Unclear Unclear Low Low
Jennings et al, 201475 Low Low Low Low Low
John et al, 201476 Low Low Low Low Low
Jorde et al, 201477 Low Low Low Low High
Kimura et al, 201433 Low Low Low Low Low
Koval et al, 201478 High High Unclear Unclear Unclear
Kretlow et al, 201414 Low Low Unclear Unclear High
Masood et al, 201437 Low Low Low Low Low
Moazami et al, 201479 Low Low Low Low Low
Nelson et al, 201480 Low Low Unclear Unclear High
Nishi et al, 201481 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear
Raymer et al, 201482 Low Low Low Low High
Sabashnikov et al, 20148 Low Low Low Low Unclear
Singh et al, 201483 Low Low Low Low High
Subbotina et al, 201484 Low Low Unclear Unclear Unclear
Takeda et al, 201485 Low Unclear Unclear Unclear High
Abou el ela et al, 201586 Low Low Low Low Low
Akhter et al, 201534 Low Low Unclear Unclear High
Birks et al, 201587 Low Low Unclear High Unclear
Fried et al, 201511 Low Low Unclear Low High
Fudim et al, 201588 Low Low Unclear Low Low
Haeck et al, 201589 Low Low High Low High
Haglund et al, 201545 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear
Harvey et al, 201590 Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Henderson et al, 201591 High Low Low Low Low
Imamura et al, 201513 Low Unclear Unclear Low High
Krishna-moorthy et al, 201492 Low Low Low Low Low
Lushaj et al, 201593 Low Low High Low High
Majure et al, 20159 Unclear Low Unclear Low Unclear
Maltais et al, 201594 Low Low Unclear Unclear Unclear
Matsumoto et al, 201510 Low Low Unclear Unclear Unclear
McCandless et al, 201595 High High Unclear Low Low
McMenamy et al, 201596 Low Low Low Unclear High
Nishinaka et al, 201518 Low Low High Low High
Ono et al, 201597 Low Low Unclear Low Low
Potapov et al, 201598 Low Low Low Low Low
Trachtenberg et al, 201422 Low Low Unclear Low Unclear
Tsiouris et al, 201599 Unclear Low Low Unclear High
Van Meeteren et al, 201512 Unclear Low Low Unclear Unclear
Wus et al, 2015100 Low Low Low Low Low
Yoshioka et al, 2014101 Low Low Low Low Low
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Risk of bias was assessed using the tool in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews7.