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Search terms: </label> <textarea name="saved-search-term" id="saved-search-term" class="saved-search-term" required></textarea> </div> <div class="test-search-term-wrap"> <a href="#" class="try-search-term">Test search terms</a> </div> <div class="choice-group action-panel-extra-margin-top"> <span class="action-panel-label" id="fieldset-label"> Would you like email updates of new search results? </span> <fieldset id="saved-search-alert" aria-describedby="fieldset-label"> <legend class="usa-sr-only">Saved Search Alert Radio Buttons</legend> <ul class="radio-group-items"> <li> <input type="radio" id="saved-search-alert-yes" class="saved-search-alert-yes" name="saved-search-alert" value="yes" checked> <label for="saved-search-alert-yes" class="action-panel-label">Yes</label> </li> <li> <input aria-label="No radio input" type="radio" id="saved-search-alert-no" class="saved-search-alert-no" name="saved-search-alert" value="no"> <label for="saved-search-alert-no" 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Therefore, we aimed to classify publications in the field of pediatric cardiology in the year 2021 based on the level of scientific evidence. </p> <p> <strong class="sub-title"> Materials and methods: </strong> A PubMed search was performed to identify pediatric cardiology articles published in the calendar year 2021. The abstract or manuscript of each study was reviewed. Each study was categorized as high, medium, or low level of evidence based on the study design. Disease investigated, treatment studied, and country of publication were recorded. Randomized control trials (RCTs) in similar fields of neonatology and adult cardiology were identified for comparison. Descriptive statistics were performed on the level of evidence, type of disease, country of publication, and therapeutic intervention. </p> <p> <strong class="sub-title"> Results: </strong> In 2021, 731 studies were identified. A decrease in prevalence for the level of evidence as a function of low, medium, and high was found (50.1%, 44.2%, and 5.8%, respectively). A low level of evidence studies was the majority for all types of cardiac disease identified, including acquired heart disease, arrhythmias, congenital heart disease, and heart failure, and for treatment modalities, including circulatory support, defibrillator, percutaneous intervention, medicine, and surgery. In a subgroup analysis, most high-level evidence studies were from the USA (31%), followed by China (26.2%) and India (14.3%). Comparing RCTs, 21 RCTs were identified in pediatric cardiology compared to 178 in neonatology and 413 in adult ischemic heart disease. </p> <p> <strong class="sub-title"> Conclusions: </strong> There is a great need for the conduct of studies that offer a high level of evidence in the discipline of pediatric cardiology. </p> </div> <p> <strong class="sub-title"> Keywords: </strong> Levels of evidence; pediatric cardiology; randomized control trials; review of literature. </p> </div> <p class="copyright" id="copyright"> Copyright: © 2024 Annals of Pediatric Cardiology. </p> <p class="disclaimer" id="disclaimer"> <a href="/disclaimer/" target="_blank" ga_category="literature_resources" ga_action="disclaimer_link" ga_label="under_abstract">PubMed Disclaimer</a> </p> <div class="conflict-of-interest" id="conflict-of-interest"> <h2 class="title"> Conflict of interest statement </h2> <div class="statement"> <p xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:p1="http://pubmed.gov/pub-one">There are no conflicts of interest.</p> </div> </div> <div class="similar-articles" id="similar"> <h2 class="title"> Similar articles </h2> <ul class="articles-list" id="similar-articles-list"> <li class="full-docsum"> <div class="docsum-content" style="display:inline;"> <a class="docsum-title" href="/36321557/" ref="article_id=36321557&linksrc=similar_articles_link&ordinalpos=1" data-ga-category="similar_article" data-ga-action="36321557" data-ga-label=""> Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas. </a> <div class="docsum-citation full-citation"> <span class="docsum-authors full-authors">Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P.</span> <span class="docsum-authors short-authors">Crider K, et al.</span> <span class="docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation">Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Feb 1;2(2022):CD014217. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217.</span> <span class="docsum-journal-citation short-journal-citation">Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022.</span> <span class="citation-part">PMID: <span class="docsum-pmid">36321557</span></span> <span class="free-resources spaced-citation-item citation-part">Free PMC article.</span> </div> </div> </li> <li class="full-docsum"> <div class="docsum-content" style="display:inline;"> <a class="docsum-title" href="/33036834/" ref="article_id=33036834&linksrc=similar_articles_link&ordinalpos=2" data-ga-category="similar_article" data-ga-action="33036834" data-ga-label=""> The future of Cochrane Neonatal. </a> <div class="docsum-citation full-citation"> <span class="docsum-authors full-authors">Soll RF, Ovelman C, McGuire W.</span> <span class="docsum-authors short-authors">Soll RF, et al.</span> <span class="docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation">Early Hum Dev. 2020 Nov;150:105191. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105191. 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