N-acetylcysteine use among patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

• José Eduardo G. Pereira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Anesthesiology, EsSEx, Hospital Central do Exército, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Anesthesiology, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Barra Mansa, Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2320-4607

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• Regina El Dib ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: el.dib@unesp.br

  Affiliations Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Canada, Institute of Science and Technology, Univ Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Brazil, McMaster Institute of Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Leandro G. Braz,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Janaina Escudero,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Science and Technology, Univ Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Brazil

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• Jason Hayes,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Bradley C. Johnston

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Canada

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