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Evaluation of the quality of prognosis studies in systematic reviews.

Hayden JA, Côté P, Bombardier C.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Mar 21;144(6):427-37.PMID: 16549855 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies.

Deeks JJ, Dinnes J, D'Amico R, Sowden AJ, Sakarovitch C, Song F, Petticrew M, Altman DG; International Stroke Trial Collaborative Group; European Carotid Surgery Trial Collaborative Group.

Health Technol Assess. 2003;7(27):iii-x, 1-173. Review.PMID: 14499048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews.

Moher D, Tetzlaff J, Tricco AC, Sampson M, Altman DG.

PLoS Med. 2007 Mar 27;4(3):e78.PMID: 17388659 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Development and validation of methods for assessing the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies.

Whiting P, Rutjes AW, Dinnes J, Reitsma J, Bossuyt PM, Kleijnen J.

Health Technol Assess. 2004 Jun;8(25):iii, 1-234. Review.PMID: 15193208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cost-effectiveness of using prognostic information to select women with breast cancer for adjuvant systemic therapy.

Williams C, Brunskill S, Altman D, Briggs A, Campbell H, Clarke M, Glanville J, Gray A, Harris A, Johnston K, Lodge M.

Health Technol Assess. 2006 Sep;10(34):iii-iv, ix-xi, 1-204. Review.PMID: 16959170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The quality of nifedipine studies used to assess tocolytic efficacy: a systematic review.

Lamont RF, Khan KS, Beattie B, Cabero Roura L, Di Renzo GC, Dudenhausen JW, Helmer H, Svare J, van Geijn HP; Steering Group of the International Preterm Labour Council.

J Perinat Med. 2005;33(4):287-95. Review.PMID: 16207113 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 8. Synthesis and presentation of evidence.

Oxman AD, Schünemann HJ, Fretheim A.

Health Res Policy Syst. 2006 Dec 5;4:20.PMID: 17147809 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Examining the evidence in anesthesia literature: a critical appraisal of systematic reviews.

Choi PT, Halpern SH, Malik N, Jadad AR, Tramèr MR, Walder B.

Anesth Analg. 2001 Mar;92(3):700-9.PMID: 11226105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Tools for assessing quality and susceptibility to bias in observational studies in epidemiology: a systematic review and annotated bibliography.

Sanderson S, Tatt ID, Higgins JP.

Int J Epidemiol. 2007 Jun;36(3):666-76. Epub 2007 Apr 30. Review.PMID: 17470488 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Quality appraisal of systematic reviews or meta-analysis on traditional Chinese medicine published in Chinese journals]

Liu JP, Xia Y.

Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2007 Apr;27(4):306-11. Chinese. PMID: 17526167 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Few systematic reviews exist documenting the extent of bias: a systematic review.

Tricco AC, Tetzlaff J, Sampson M, Fergusson D, Cogo E, Horsley T, Moher D.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 May;61(5):422-34. Review.PMID: 18394534 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic reviews of diagnostic tests in cancer: review of methods and reporting.

Mallett S, Deeks JJ, Halligan S, Hopewell S, Cornelius V, Altman DG.

BMJ. 2006 Aug 26;333(7565):413. Epub 2006 Jul 18. Review.PMID: 16849365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluating the quality of systematic reviews in the emergency medicine literature.

Kelly KD, Travers A, Dorgan M, Slater L, Rowe BH.

Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Nov;38(5):518-26.PMID: 11679863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews.

Whiting P, Rutjes AW, Reitsma JB, Bossuyt PM, Kleijnen J.

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Systematic reviews of low back pain prognosis had variable methods and results: guidance for future prognosis reviews.

Hayden JA, Chou R, Hogg-Johnson S, Bombardier C.

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A systematic review and quality assessment of systematic reviews of fetal fibronectin and transvaginal length for predicting preterm birth.

Smith V, Devane D, Begley CM, Clarke M, Higgins S.

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A systematic review finds that diagnostic reviews fail to incorporate quality despite available tools.

Whiting P, Rutjes AW, Dinnes J, Reitsma JB, Bossuyt PM, Kleijnen J.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Jan;58(1):1-12. Review.PMID: 15649665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic reviews involving complementary and alternative medicine interventions had higher quality of reporting than conventional medicine reviews.

Lawson ML, Pham B, Klassen TP, Moher D.

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Systematic reviews and meta-analysis: studies of studies.

Engberg S.

J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2008 May-Jun;35(3):258-65. Review.PMID: 18496080 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The quality of reports of critical care meta-analyses in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: an independent appraisal.

Delaney A, Bagshaw SM, Ferland A, Laupland K, Manns B, Doig C.

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