A brief overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
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A brief overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Systematic reviews (SRs) are performed to acquire all evidence to address a specific clinical question and involve a reproducible and thorough search of the literature and critical appraisal of eligible studies. When combined with a meta-analysis (quantitatively pooling of results of individual studies), a rigorously conducted SR provides the best available evidence for informing clinical pract...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0019-5049
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.190628