How to Read a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis and Apply the Results to Patient Care: Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature

Clinical decisions should be based on the totality of the best evidence and not the results of individual studies. When clinicians apply the results of a systematic review or meta-analysis to patient care, they should start by evaluating the credibility of the methods of the systematic review, ie, t...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2014-07, Vol.312 (2), p.171-179
Main Authors:	Murad, Mohammad Hassan, Montori, Victor M, Ioannidis, John P. A, Jaeschke, Roman, Devereaux, P. J, Prasad, Kameshwar, Neumann, Ignacio, Carrasco-Labra, Alonso, Agoritsas, Thomas, Hatala, Rose, Meade, Maureen O, Wyer, Peter, Cook, Deborah J, Guyatt, Gordon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Bias Biological and medical sciences Confidence Credibility Decision Making Evidence-based medicine Evidence-Based Practice - methods General aspects Health care Humans Medical sciences Meta-analysis Meta-Analysis as Topic Patient Care - standards Reproducibility of Results Systematic review Systematic Reviews as Topic
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