Journal article
A systematic review of the quality of publications reporting coronary artery bypass grafting trials.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Several studies have shown that the quality of reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in medicine is variable and often poor, whereas the quality of those in surgery is unknown. We aimed to assess the quality of reports of RCTs in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery when comparing off- and on-pump techniques.
METHODS: From electronic searches of MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, HealthSTAR and EMBASE, we …
Authors
Farrokhyar F; Chu R; Whitlock R; Thabane L
Journal
Canadian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 266–277
Publication Date
8 2007
ISSN
0008-428X