Meta-analysis: A practical decision making tool for surgeons

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Darzi, Ara ^c   Athanasiou, Thanos ^c  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Meta analysis; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIXED EFFECT MODEL; GENDER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; ON PUMP CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM EFFECT MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 69049097019     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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