The number of published systematic reviews of studies of healthcare interventions has
increased rapidly and these are used extensively for clinical and policy decisions …

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Updating of systematic reviews is generally more efficient than starting all over again when
new evidence emerges, but to date there has been no clear guidance on how to do this. This …

The importance of adequate intervention descriptions in minimising research waste and
improving research usability and reproducibility has gained attention in the past few years …

One of the key elements in evidence-based medicine (EBM) is reliable information from
research on the benefits and harms of specific interventions, actions or strategies. This is …

Many randomised controlled trials compare treatments that will produce only moderate
differences in outcome, but these differences can be clinically important. However, they are …

Systematic reviews of healthcare interventions, which are aimed at informing health policy,
increasingly include economic evaluations in addition to evaluations of clinical …

Preparing a review entails many judgments. The focus of the review must be decided.
Studies that are relevant to the focus of the review must be identified, selected for inclusion …

Systematic reviews of clinical trials aim to include all relevant studies conducted on a
particular topic and to provide an unbiased summary of their results, producing the best …

The recent publication by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination of the second
edition of the guidance on undertaking systematic reviews of research on effectiveness …