How to Distinguish Best Evidence from Bias: A Basic Guide to Understanding a Systematic Review

A systematic review is a powerful tool to synthesize and show concise and robust evidence for clinical practice. Thus, the inclusion of biased, low-quality studies should be avoided, for otherwise, the resulting systematic review will not reflect the best medical evidence. Because the methodology of...

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Autores principales: Camargo, Cristina Pires, Gemperli, Rolf, Rohrich, Rod J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7159968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32309077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002625
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description A systematic review is a powerful tool to synthesize and show concise and robust evidence for clinical practice. Thus, the inclusion of biased, low-quality studies should be avoided, for otherwise, the resulting systematic review will not reflect the best medical evidence. Because the methodology of systematic review is relatively new, this review aims to present basic rules to guide the reader’s interpretation of a systematic review.
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spelling pubmed-71599682020-04-17 How to Distinguish Best Evidence from Bias: A Basic Guide to Understanding a Systematic Review Camargo, Cristina Pires Gemperli, Rolf Rohrich, Rod J. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Special Topic A systematic review is a powerful tool to synthesize and show concise and robust evidence for clinical practice. Thus, the inclusion of biased, low-quality studies should be avoided, for otherwise, the resulting systematic review will not reflect the best medical evidence. Because the methodology of systematic review is relatively new, this review aims to present basic rules to guide the reader’s interpretation of a systematic review. Wolters Kluwer Health 2020-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7159968/ /pubmed/32309077 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002625 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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