Living systematic review: 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 23-30

  Elliott, Julian H ^a,b,k   Synnot, Anneliese ^a,c,k   Turner, Tari ^a,k   Simmonds, Mark ^d,k   Akl, Elie A ^e,f,k   McDonald, Steve ^a,k   Salanti, Georgia ^g,k   Meerpohl, Joerg ^h,k   MacLehose, Harriet ^i,k   Hilton, John ^i,k   Tovey, David ⁱ   Shemilt, Ian ^j,k   Thomas, James ^j,k   Agoritsas, Thomas ^k   Perron, Caroline ^k   Hodder, Rebecca ^k   Pestridge, Charlotte ^k   Albrecht, Lauren ^k   Horsley, Tanya ^k   Platt, Joanne ^k   Armstrong, Rebecca ^k   Nguyen, Phi Hung ^k   Plovnick, Robert ^k   Arno, Anneliese ^k   Ivers, Noah ^k   Quinn, Gail ^k   Au, Agnes ^k   Johnston, Renea ^k   Rada, Gabriel ^k   Bagg, Matthew ^k   Jones, Arwel ^k   Ravaud, Philippe ^k   Boden, Catherine ^k   Kahale, Lara ^k   Richter, Bernt ^k   Boisvert, Isabelle ^k   Keshavarz, Homa ^k   Ryan, Rebecca ^k   Brandt, Linn ^k   Kolakowsky Hayner, Stephanie A ^k   Salama, Dina ^k   Brazinova, Alexandra ^k   Nagraj, Sumanth Kumbargere ^k   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^k   Lasserson, Toby ^k   Santaguida, Lina ^k   Champion, Chris ^k   Lawrence, Rebecca ^k   Santesso, Nancy ^k   Chandler, Jackie ^k   Les, Zbigniew ^k   Schünemann, Holger J ^k   Charidimou, Andreas ^k   Leucht, Stefan ^k   Chou, Roger ^k   Low, Nicola ^k   Sherifali, Diana ^k   Churchill, Rachel ^k   Maas, Andrew ^k   Siemieniuk, Reed ^k   Cnossen, Maryse C ^k   Cossi, Marie Joelle ^k   Macleod, Malcolm ^k   Skoetz, Nicole ^k   Counotte, Michel ^k   Marshall, Iain ^k   Soares Weiser, Karla ^k   Craigie, Samantha ^k   Marshall, Rachel ^k   Srikanth, Velandai ^k   Dahm, Philipp ^k   Martin, Nicole ^k   Sullivan, Katrina ^k   Danilkewich, Alanna ^k   García, Laura Martínez ^k   Danko, Kristen ^k   Mavergames, Chris ^k   Taylor, Mark ^k   Donoghue, Emma ^k   Maxwell, Lara J ^k   Thayer, Kris ^k   Dressler, Corinna ^k   McAuley, James ^k   Egan, Cathy ^k   Tritton, Roger ^k   McKenzie, Joanne ^k   Tsafnat, Guy ^k   Elliott, Sarah A ^k   Tugwell, Peter ^k   Etxeandia, Itziar ^k   Merner, Bronwen ^k   Turgeon, Alexis ^k   Featherstone, Robin ^k   Mondello, Stefania ^k   Foxlee, Ruth ^k   Morley, Richard ^k   van Valkenhoef, Gert ^k   Garner, Paul ^k   Munafo, Marcus ^k   Vandvik, Per ^k   Gerrity, Martha ^k   Munn, Zachary ^k   Wallace, Byron ^k   Glasziou, Paul ^k   Murano, Melissa ^k   Wallace, Sheila A ^k   Green, Sally ^k   Newman, Kristine ^k   Watts, Chris ^k   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^k   Nieuwlaat, Robby ^k   Weeks, Laura ^k   Gurusamy, Kurinchi ^k   Nikolakopoulou, Adriani ^k   Weigl, Aaron ^k   Haddaway, Neal ^k   Noel Storr, Anna ^k   Wells, George ^k   Hartling, Lisa ^k   O'Connor, Annette ^k   Wiercioch, Wojtek ^k   Hayden, Jill ^k   Page, Matthew ^k   Wolfenden, Luke ^k   Helfand, Mark ^k   Pahwa, Manisha ^k   Yepes Nuñez, Juan José ^k   Higgins, Julian ^k   Pardo, Jordi Pardo ^k   Yost, Jennifer ^k   Hill, Sophie ^k   Pearson, Leslea ^k   more..

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ Cochrane ^*  (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Evidence synthesis; Guidelines; Living guidelines; Living systematic review; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VALIDITY; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME FACTOR;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85028993474     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.010     Document Type: Review

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