Large trials or meta-analysis? That is not the question

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 27-35

  Villar, José ^a   Piaggio, Gilda ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agreement between sources of evidence; Large trials; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN;

CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL STRATEGY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS MONITORING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 14744285361     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.10.013     Document Type: Review

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