| Description |
xviii, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Rationale, potentials, and promise of systematic reviews / Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith and Keith O'Rourke -- 2. Principles of and procedures for systematic reviews / Matthias Egger and George Davey Smith -- 3. Problems and limitations in conducting systematic reviews / Matthias Egger, Kay Dickersin and George Davey Smith -- 4. Identifying randomised trials / Carol Lefebvre and Michael J. Clarke -- 5. Assessing the quality of randomised controlled trials / Peter Juni, Douglas G. Altman and Matthias Egger -- 6. Obtaining individual patient data from randomised controlled trials / Michael J. Clarke and Lesley A. Stewart -- 7. Assessing the quality of reports of systematic reviews: the QUOROM statement compared to other tools / Beverley Shea, Catherine Dube and David Moher -- 8. Going beyond the grand mean: subgroup analysis in meta-analysis of randomised trials / George Davey Smith and Matthias Egger -- 9. Why and how sources of heterogeneity should be investigated / Simon G. Thompson -- 10. Analysing the relationship between treatment benefit and underlying risk: precautions and recommendations / Stephen J. Sharp -- 11. Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases / Jonathan A. C. Sterne, Matthias Egger and George Davey Smith -- 12. Systematic reviews of observational studies / Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith and Martin Schneider -- 13. Systematic reviews of evaluations of prognostic variables / Douglas G. Altman -- 14. Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests / Jonathan J. Deeks -- 15. Statistical methods for examining heterogeneity and combining results from several studies in meta-analysis / Jonthan J. Deeks, Douglas G. Altman and Michael J. Bradburn -- 16. Effect measures for meta-analysis of trials with binary outcomes / Jonathan J. Deeks and Douglas G. Altman -- 17. Meta-analysis software / Jonathan A. C. Sterne, Matthias Egger and Alexander J. Sutton -- 18. Meta-analysis of Stata / Jonathan A. C. Sterne, Michael J. Bradburn and Mathias Egger -- 19. Applying the results of systematic reviews at the bedside / Finlay A. McAlister -- 20. Numbers needed to treat derived from meta-analyses: pitfalls and cautions / Shah Ebrahim -- 21. Using systematic reviews in clinical guideline development / Martin Eccles, Nick Freemantle and James Mason -- 22. Using systematic reviews for evidence based policy making / J. A. Muir Gray -- 23. Using systematic reviews for economic evaluation / Miranda Mugford -- 24. Using systematic reviews and registers of ongoing trials for scientific and ethical trial design, monitoring, and reporting / Iain Chalmers -- 25. The Cochrane Collaboration in the 20th century / Gerd Antes and Andrew D. Oxman -- 26. The Cochrane Collaboration in the 21st century: ten challenges and one reason why they must be met / Andrew D. Oxman |
| Summary |
The second edition of this best-selling book has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the significant changes and advances made in systematic reviewing. New features include discussion on the rationale, meta-analyses of prognostic and diagnostic studies and software, and the use of systematic reviews in practice |
| Analysis |
Engineering graphics and technical drawing |
| Notes |
Earlier edition "Systematic reviews" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Stata datasets and other additional information can be found on the book's web site |
| Subject |
Evidence-based medicine.
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Medical care -- Research -- Evaluation.
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Medical care -- Statistical methods.
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Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation.
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Meta-analysis.
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Systematic reviews (Medical research)
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Meta-Analysis as Topic.
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Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic.
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Evaluation Studies as Topic.
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Evidence-Based Medicine.
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Research Design.
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Meta-Analysis as Topic.
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| Genre/Form |
Evaluation Studies.
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Meta-Analysis.
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| Author |
Altman, Douglas G.
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Egger, Matthias.
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Smith, George Davey.
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| ISBN |
072791488X |
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0727915401 |
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