Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials on perioperative outcomes: An urgent need for critical reappraisal

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1104-1107

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Joshi, Girish P ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIA; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941915348     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000687     Document Type: Short Survey

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