The Role of Systematic Reviews in Clinical Research and Practice Journal Articles

abstract

• Well-conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses provide the best quality evidence for clinical decision-making. This article presents the key role of systematic reviews in clinical decision-making, discussing the steps and pitfalls to avoid in conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

authors

• Haines, Ted
• McKnight, Leslie
• Duku, Eric
• Perry, Lenora
• Thoma, Achilleas

status

• published 

publication date

• April 2008

has subject area

• Biomedical Research (MeSH)
• Data Collection (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Information Storage and Retrieval (MeSH)
• Meta-Analysis as Topic (MeSH)
• Review Literature as Topic (MeSH)
• Surgery (Science Metrix)

published in

• Clinics in Plastic Surgery  Journal

keywords

• Biomedical Research
• Data Collection
• Humans
• Information Storage and Retrieval
• Meta-Analysis as Topic
• Review Literature as Topic

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cps.2007.10.003

PubMed ID

• 18298993

start page

• 207

end page

• 214

volume

• 35

issue

• 2