Long- versus short-duration systemic corticosteroid regimens for acute exacerbations of COPD: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials and cohort studies

• Zhen Zhao ,

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

  * E-mail: markzhao2@gmail.com

  Affiliation Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2758-6852

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• Owen Lou,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Yiyang Wang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Raymond Yin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Carrie Gong,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bayview Secondary School, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

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• Florence Deng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Ethan C. Wu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Jing Yi Xie,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Jerry Wu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Avery Ma,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Collège Charlemagne, Pierrefonds, Québec, Canada

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• Yongzhi Guo,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Wei Ting Xiong

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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