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Systematic Review Resources

What Is a Systematic Review?

"A review of a clearly formulated question that uses systematic and explicit methods to identify, select, and critically appraise relevant research, and to collect and analyse data from the studies that are included in the review. Statistical methods (meta-analysis) may or may not be used to analyse and summarise the results of the included studies." - from the Cochrane Handbook

 

Additional Definitions: 

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Campbell Collaboration

Where Do I Find Systematic Reviews?

  • The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions focusing on education, crime and justice, and social welfare.
  • The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) databases are updated daily and provide decision-makers with access to quality assessed systematic reviews, economic evaluations, summaries of health technology assessments, summaries of all Cochrane reviews and protocols, and summaries of Campbell reviews.
  • The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) includes the full text of regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.
  • The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) covers a broad range of health related interventions and complements the CDSR by quality-assessing and summarizing reviews that have not yet been carried out by the Cochrane Collaboration. Each abstract includes a summary of the review together with a critical commentary about the overall quality.
  • Both PubMed and PubMed Clinical Queries can be used to locate systematic reviews. The Clinical Queries tool retrieves citations identified as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, reviews of clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, consensus development conferences, guidelines, and citations to articles from journals specializing in review studies of value to clinicians.

NOTE: Linking to the Cochrane Databases and PubMed through the Health Sciences Library ensures that you have access to the full text of systematic reviews and articles when available.

Recent Systematic Reviews at NYMC

 

Blauvelt, A., Reich, K., Lebwohl, M., Burge, D., Arendt, C., Peterson, L., . . . Gottlieb, A. B. (2019). Certolizumab pegol for the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis: Pooled analysis of week 16 data from three randomized controlled trials. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 33(3), 546-552. doi:10.1111/jdv.15258 [doi]

  Citrome, L. (2019). Cariprazine for bipolar depression: What is the number needed to treat, number needed to harm and likelihood to be helped or harmed? International Journal of Clinical Practice, , e13397. doi:10.1111/ijcp.13397 [doi]

Malik, A. H., Yandrapalli, S., Aronow, W. S., Panza, J. A., & Cooper, H. A. (2019). Intravascular ultrasound-guided stent implantation reduces cardiovascular mortality - updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Cardiology, doi:S0167-5273(19)30416-4 [pii]

Gachabayov, M., Gogna, S., Latifi, R., & Dong, X. D. (2019). Passive drainage to gravity and closed-suction drainage following pancreatoduodenectomy lead to similar grade B and C postoperative pancreatic fistula rates. A meta-analysis. International Journal of Surgery (London, England), doi:S1743-9191(19)30104-9 [pii]

Gachabayov, M., You, K., Kim, S. H., Yamaguchi, T., Jimenez-Rodriguez, R., Kuo, L. J., . . . Bergamaschi, R. (2019). Meta-analysis of the impact of the learning curve in robotic rectal cancer surgery on histopathologic outcomes. Surgical Technology International, 34, sti34/1141. doi:sti34/1141 [pii]

Grimes, C. L., Schimpf, M. O., Wieslander, C. K., Sleemi, A., Doyle, P., Wu, Y. M., . . . Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS) Systematic Review Group (SRG). (2019). Surgical interventions for posterior compartment prolapse and obstructed defecation symptoms: A systematic review with clinical practice recommendations. International Urogynecology Journal, doi:10.1007/s00192-019-04001-z [doi]

Malik, A. H., Shetty, S., Kar, K., & El Accaoui, R. (2019). Effect of beta-blocker therapy in diabetic patients with stable coronary heart disease: A meta-analysis. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology : JGC, 16(3), 291-297. doi:10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2019.03.008 [doi]

Malik, A. H., Yandrapalli, S., Aronow, W. S., Panza, J. A., & Cooper, H. A. (2019). Meta-analysis of direct-acting oral anticoagulants compared with warfarin in patients >75 years of age. The American Journal of Cardiology, doi:S0002-9149(19)30326-1 [pii]

Marek, T., Spinner, R. J., Syal, A., Wahood, W., & Mahan, M. A. (2019). Surgical treatment of lipomatosis of nerve: A systematic review. World Neurosurgery, doi:S1878-8750(19)31104-0 [pii]

Shah, P., Garris, R., Abboud, R., Vasudev, R., Patel, H., Doshi, R., . . . Bikkina, M. (2019). Meta-analysis comparing usefulness of beta blockers to preserve left ventricular function during anthracycline therapy. The American Journal of Cardiology, doi:S0002-9149(19)30625-3 [pii]

Shoar, S., Shoar, N., Naderan, M., Modukuru, V. R., & Mahmoodzadeh, H. (2019). Comment on long-term outcomes of metabolic and bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity with a follow-up of at least 5 years: A systematic review. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 15(2), 349-350. doi:S1550-7289(18)31247-4 [pii]