Systematic Reviews to Support Evidence-Based Medicine: How to appraise, conduct and publish reviews

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Additional contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Steps of a systematic review
	Step 1: Framing questions for a review
	Step 2: Identifying relevant literature
	Step 3: Assessing the quality of the literature
	Step 4: Summarizing the evidence
	Step 5: Interpreting the findings
Case studies
	Case study 1: Review of systematic reviews
	Case study 2: Reviewing the safety of a public health intervention
	Case study 3: Reviewing the effectiveness of therapy
	Case study 4: Reviewing the accuracy of a test
	Case study 5: Reviewing qualitative evidence to evaluate patient experience
	Case study 6: Reviewing the effects of educational interventions
	Case study 7: To use or not to use a therapy? Incorporating evidence on harmful outcomes
	Case study 8: Review of clinical practice guidelines
	Case study 9: Systematic reviews to assess a prognostic factor
	Case study 10: Publishing systematic reviews: Tips and tricks for convincing journal editors and peer reviewers
Glossary
Suggested reading
Index