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Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences
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Evidence-Based Medicine: A Guide
Books, journals, databases, websites, guidelines, rating scales and humor concerning evidence based medicine.
"Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients"
Full text PDF - Ried K. Interpreting and understanding meta-analysis graphs: a practical guide. Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Aug;35(8):635-8. PubMed PMID: 16894442.
Free series describing how to interpret results from a variety of study designs. Originally published in the British Medical Journal by Trisha Greenhalgh, 1997.
Systematic reviews definition
A systematic review is an overview of primary studies that used explicit and reproducible methods
A meta-analysis is a mathematical synthesis of the results of two or more primary studies that addressed the same hypothesis in the same way
Although meta-analysis can increase the precision of a result, it is important to ensure that the methods used for the review were valid and reliable