Evidence-based practice: How to perform and use systematic reviews for clinical decision-making

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 763-772

  Kranke, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Evidence based medicine; Health economics; Meta analysis; Review articles; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PALONOSETRON; REMIFENTANIL;

ANESTHESIA; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956866219     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833a560a     Document Type: Review

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