Journal article
Capture-mark-recapture as a tool for estimating the number of articles available for systematic reviews in critical care medicine
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Systematic reviews are an important knowledge synthesis tool for critical care medicine clinicians and researchers. With new literature available each day, reviewers must balance identifying all relevant literature against timely synthesis. We therefore sought to apply capture-mark-recapture, a novel methodology, to estimate the population of articles available for a systematic review of effective patient rounding practices in …
Authors
Lane D; Dykeman J; Ferri M; Goldsmith CH; Stelfox HT
Journal
Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 469–475
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.10.071
ISSN
0883-9441