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Use cases

For teams that read more PDFs than they have time for

If you copy the same values out of paper after paper, PDFSifter’s AI can do the copying, and show you the source for every value so checking takes minutes.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Data extraction for hundreds of trials, with every value traceable

Pull sample sizes, arms, outcomes and follow-up out of every included study. Each value comes with the sentence and page it came from, so a second reviewer can check it without opening the PDF.

EXAMPLE FIELDS

Sample sizeInterventionPrimary outcomeFollow-up

WHAT HELPS

  • Quote and page next to every value
  • “Not in this paper” for values that aren’t reported
  • Excel export with types kept, for your analysis
Clinical case reports and forms

Turn a pile of filled-in case sheets into one table

Case report forms often keep their answers in PDF form fields that copy-paste can’t see. PDFSifter reads the typed answers, ticked boxes and chosen options, and gives you one row per case.

EXAMPLE FIELDS

AgeDiagnosisTreatmentOutcome

WHAT HELPS

  • Form fields, checkboxes and radio buttons read directly
  • Scanned pages read with OCR
  • Source PDFs deleted after your retention period
Lab and technical reports

Measurements out of tables, many rows per report

When one report holds a whole table of samples or visits, PDFSifter returns one row for each. Numbers, percents and dates keep their types all the way into your spreadsheet.

EXAMPLE FIELDS

Sample IDCollected onResultUnit

WHAT HELPS

  • One PDF can produce many rows
  • Typed number, percent and date fields
  • Search across values and the full text of every PDF
Recurring batches and pipelines

New PDFs every month? Run them from your own code

Upload with any tus client, start a job with the API, and get a signed webhook when it finishes. The same trained template runs every time, so results stay comparable.

WHAT HELPS

  • API keys, including read-only keys
  • job.finished webhooks signed with HMAC-SHA256
  • Versioned templates with History
  • Available on the Lab and Research plans

Don’t see your kind of PDF?

If it has the same values in paper after paper, it’s probably a good fit. Try it free, or tell us what you’re working with.

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