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Long-term treatment with antidepressants – evidence and gap map

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has mapped existing research on long-term treatment with antidepressants.

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COVID-19 and risk factors for severe disease – a rapid review, 2nd update

This is an update of a version published 14th of April, 2020. We excluded studies that only reported results from univariate analyses, and studies with small small sample sizes (<400 participants).

Systematic review

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Patients’ and healthcare personnel’s experiences with opioid maintenance treatment (OMT)

NIPH was commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Health to carry out a qualitative systematic review of patients’ and healthcare providers’ experiences with OMT.

Mapping review

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Effectiveness of treatment for pancreatic cancer

We were asked to find and summarize key findings from systematic reviews about the effectiveness of active observation treatment compared to surgery for patients with pancreatic cancer.

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Saliva sample for testing SARS-CoV-2 infection

The aim of this rapid report is to investigate if there are studies supporting the use of salivary samples for detection of SARS-CoV-2.

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Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via contact and droplets, 1st update

The findings in this memo are based on rapid PubMed searches. One researcher went through all search records, selected and summarised the findings.

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Immunity after SARS-CoV-2 infection, 1st update

This memo is an update of an earlier version, and the findings are based on rapid searches in PubMed, EMBASE, and supplementary searches for pre-prints.

Systematic review

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Effects of opioid maintenance treatment versus no drug therapies for opioid dependence

The objective of this systematic review was to update the evidence base for effects of OMT compared to no drug therapy.

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Case fatality rate and infection fatality rate for serious COVID-19, 1st update

The findings here are based on rapid searches in PubMed, LitCovid and MedRxiv, as well as manual searches on websites. Two researchers shared tasks related to study selection and synthesis of results.

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The role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), 1st update

The findings in this memo are based on rapid searches. One researcher has screened all records from the search, selected and summarised the study findings.

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Coronavirus – Advice for risk groups

Advice for risk groups and their relatives. Downloadable PDF file.

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Treatment options for inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis: rapid review for a patient decision aid

We were commissioned to summarize the evidence for inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis, i.e. patients who are ineligible for surgical aortic valve replacement.

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