… this review, we aim to describe the contents and methods used in systematic reviews and
meta… easy to understand for future authors and readers of systematic review and meta-analysis. …

… In view of the increasing number of systematic reviews published, we feel it is important …
systematic review to allow readers to better appreciate and critically appraise systematic reviews …

Objective: Prevalence estimates of delayed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have varied
widely in the literature. This study is the first to establish the prevalence of delayed PTSD in …

… We used a robust search strategy for the systematic review. Studies were shown that
reported cardiovascular events in the full text but not abstract or title in databases. Unpublished …

… process (details of the structured process of Cochrane systematic reviews … systematic
reviews and meta-analyses published in the discipline of nephrology (Figure 1). Of these reviews, …

… reviewed and subjected to meta-analysis. We have conducted a systematic review of published
… The subsequent meta-analysis has concentrated on the impact of bariatric surgery on 4 …

… examining in this review article are in most cases hypothetical, constructed specifically to
illustrate a wide range of situations that occur when working on metaanalytic problems in the …

… of transsexualism as well as performing a meta-analysis using the available data. … which to
perform a systematic review, with only 12 having sufficient data for meta-analysis. The primary …

… Why do we undertake systematic reviews of a given field? The most important reason is …
Systematic reviews can be of several different kinds: traditional reviews, often not very systematic…

When used in tandem, systematic reviews and meta-analysis--two distinct but highly
compatible approaches to research synthesis--form a powerful, scientific approach to analyzing …