From the trenches: A cross-sectional study applying the grade tool in systematic reviews of healthcare interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hartling, Lisa ^a,b   Fernandes, Ricardo M ^c   Seida, Jennifer ^a   Vandermeer, Ben ^a   Dryden, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; SUFENTANIL;

ACCURACY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GRADING OF RECOMMENDATIONS ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION TOOL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPPA STATISTICS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859328259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034697     Document Type: Review

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