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The Role of Systematic Reviews in Clinical...

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The Role of Systematic Reviews in Clinical Research and Practice

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 T; McKnight L; Duku E; Perry L; Thoma A

Journal

Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 207–214

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

April 1, 2008

DOI

10.1016/j.cps.2007.10.003

ISSN

0094-1298

Associated Experts

Achilleas Thoma

Clinical Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

Eric Duku

Associate Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

Labels

Fields of Research (FoR)

4202 Epidemiology 42 Health Sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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

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