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Table 3 Summarized quality assessment using the STARD checklist

From: Pleural fluid soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 as a marker of bacterial infection: a meta-analysis

Section

Maximum score for each category

Study

  

Chan et al.

[11]

Kim et al. [16]

Sim et al. [17]

Huang et al. [12]

Bishara et al. [13]

Porcel et al. [14]

Determann et al.

[15]

Title and introduction

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Methods

11

9

8

9

7

10

9

9

Results

11

5

5

5

8

7

6

8

Discussion

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Total

25

17

16

17

18

20

18

20