Introduction: Rationale, Potentials, and Promise of Systematic Reviews

Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, Keith O’Rourke

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Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Health Sciences Research and Education Clinical practice guidelines implementation

Abstract

This chapter contains section titled: Summary Points Systematic Review, Overview or Meta—Analysis? The Scope of Meta—Analysis Historical Notes Why do we need Systematic Reviews? A Patient with Myocardial Infarction in 1981 Narrative Reviews Limitations of a Single Study A more Transparent Appraisal The Epidemiology of Results What was the Evidence in 1981? Cumulative Metaanalysis Conclusions Acknowledgements

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