Upon further full-text review of 12 studies, 3 studies were eliminated due to inadequate data for meta-analysis.
Upon further review, one article was eliminated on the basis of language of publication and another nine articles were eliminated due to inadequate data for meta-analysis.
Where there were inadequate data for the month due to sensor failure, data from that sensor were not used.
We excluded 32 general hospitals from analysis for one of three reasons: no or insufficient participation in the Hospital Discharge Register (for example, start of participation after 2009), inadequate data (for example, no registration of comorbidities), or no permission to publish.
For the last category, Data Rejected (colored in grey), the required data were inadequate for analysis due to poor instrument practice, exhibited extremely poor S/N or contained indiscernible artefacts or impurities, etc.
Within families with low EAS scores, we found a significant between-group effect in favour of VIPI when the PPD score was 4. For families with higher emotional availability, we had inadequate data to perform the analysis.
Only two had lumbar punctures, which is an inadequate number for analysis.
Therefore, grey relational analysis (GRA) was proposed [14] for accommodating inadequate data systems and solving decision-making problems in which there are multiple interrelated criteria [15].
While a number of trials individually reported statistically significant benefits of using qingdiyou medication, wheatgrass extract cream, and sucralfate cream for reducing RISR, we were unable to conduct analysis due to inadequate data despite attempts of contacting the trial authors.
After studies based on catheters placed in the epidural space, or comparing the infratentorial and supratentorial spaces, or with inadequate data reporting were excluded, 10 articles were left for accuracy analysis (Fig. 1).
