Estimating the causal effect of dexamethasone versus hydrocortisone on the neutrophil- lymphocyte ratio in critically ill COVID-19 patients from Tygerberg Hospital ICU using TMLE method

Abstract Background Causal inference from observational studies is an area of interest to researchers, advancing rapidly over the years and with it, the methods for causal effect estimation. Among them, Targeted Maximum Likelihood estimation (TMLE) possesses arguably the most outstanding statistical...

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Main Authors: Ivan Nicholas Nkuhairwe, Tonya Marianne Esterhuizen, Lovemore Nyasha Sigwadhi, Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi, Rhoderick Machekano, Peter S. Nyasulu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10112-w
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