The effects of clinical and statistical heterogeneity on the predictive values of results from meta-analyses

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-129

  Melsen, W G ^a   Bootsma, M C J ^a,b   Rovers, M M ^c   Bonten, M J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NULL HYPOTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY;

HETEROGENEITY; I2-STATISTIC; META-ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DECONTAMINATION; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WEANING;

EID: 84892460579     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12494     Document Type: Review

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