Umbrella Review of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Pediatric Adenoid Hypertrophy

An umbrella review evaluating 10 systematic reviews and meta-analyses on traditional Chinese medicine for pediatric adenoid hypertrophy. The included reviews encompass 122 randomized controlled trials and 9,772 participants. The review was authored by Xiaolan Shen and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing methodological quality of systematic reviews based on AMSTAR-2 criteria mentioned in the description
• Evaluating reporting completeness of meta-analyses based on PRISMA 2020 standards described
• Analyzing the certainty of evidence for clinical outcomes based on GRADE assessments detailed in the methods
• Identifying research gaps in pediatric adenoid hypertrophy treatment based on the limitations of included reviews

Strengths

• Includes a defined scope of 10 systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Aggregates data from 122 underlying randomized controlled trials and 9,772 participants
• Uses established quality assessment tools (AMSTAR-2, PRISMA 2020, GRADE) as described in the methods

Limitations

• The dataset is a 31.1 KB document, indicating a very limited scope of contained data
• Row and column-level data are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download to understand structure
• The description notes the included reviews were rated as having low or critically low methodological quality

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Xiaolan Shen

Collection Method

Systematic search in PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang databases from inception to March 2026

Time Range

Reviews from database inception to March 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 06:19:37