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Joanne Khabsa

American University of Beirut
Verified email at aub.edu.lb
Cited by 5167

[HTML][HTML] Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta …

DK Chu, EA Akl, S Duda, K Solo, S Yaacoub… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes
COVID-19 and is spread person-to-person through close contact. We aimed to investigate …

Ventilation techniques and risk for transmission of coronavirus disease, including COVID-19: a living systematic review of multiple streams of evidence

HJ Schünemann, J Khabsa, K Solo… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
An update is available for this article. Background: Mechanical ventilation is used to treat
respiratory failure in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Purpose: To review multiple …

A framework for the development of living practice guidelines in health care

IK El Mikati, J Khabsa, T Harb, M Khamis… - Annals of internal …, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Background: Living practice guidelines are increasingly being used to ensure that
recommendations are responsive to rapidly emerging evidence. Objective: To develop a …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for the development of guidance for stakeholder engagement in health and healthcare guideline development and implementation

J Petkovic, A Riddle, EA Akl, J Khabsa, L Lytvyn… - Systematic reviews, 2020 - Springer
Background Stakeholder engagement has become widely accepted as a necessary
component of guideline development and implementation. While frameworks for developing …

[HTML][HTML] Public health effects of travel-related policies on the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods systematic review

L Bou-Karroum, J Khabsa, M Jabbour, N Hilal… - Journal of Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To map travel policies implemented due to COVID-19 during 2020, and conduct
a mixed-methods systematic review of health effects of such policies, and related contextual …

Safe management of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: a rapid systematic review

S Yaacoub, HJ Schünemann, J Khabsa… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Proper strategies to minimise the risk of infection in individuals handling the
bodies of deceased persons infected with 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) are urgently …

Good or best practice statements: proposal for the operationalisation and implementation of GRADE guidance

O Dewidar, T Lotfi, MW Langendam… - BMJ evidence-based …, 2023 - ebm.bmj.com
An evidence-based approach is considered the gold standard for health decision-making.
Sometimes, a guideline panel might judge the certainty that the desirable effects of an …

[HTML][HTML] Key issues for stakeholder engagement in the development of health and healthcare guidelines

J Petkovic, O Magwood, L Lytvyn, J Khabsa… - Research Involvement …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Established in 2015, the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement (MuSE) Consortium is an
international network of over 120 individuals interested in stakeholder engagement in …

[HTML][HTML] Conflict of interest in the peer review process: a survey of peer review reports

A Makarem, R Mroué, H Makarem, L Diab, B Hassan… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To assess the extent to which peer reviewers and journals editors address study
funding and authors' conflicts of interests (COI). Also, we aimed to assess the extent to which …

[HTML][HTML] Methodology for the adolopment of recommendations for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

J Khabsa, S Yaacoub, MA Omair, H Al Rayes… - BMC Medical Research …, 2023 - Springer
Background Currently, there are no guidelines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
tailored to the context of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Adaptation of guidelines …