How to write a systematic review
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the combination of the best available research evidence with clinical experience and patient needs. The concept of EBM as a part of clinical decision making has become increasingly popular over the last decade. In the hierarchy of studies meta-analysis and systematic reviews occupy the highest levels. A systematic review of a clinical question can be performed by following a relatively standard form. These techniques as described here can be performed without formal training. Systematic reviews conducted in this fashion can be used as a higher form of current concepts or as review articles and replace the traditional expert opinion narrative review.
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- Authors
- Wright, R. W., Brand, R. A., Dunn, W., & Spindler, K. P.
- Affiliations
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital (US)
- Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wright, Rick W
- Venue
- Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- Published
- 2007-02
- Volume
- 455
- Pages
- 23-29
- ISSN
- 0009-921X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1999016960
- Cited by
- 606
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 75 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 34 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 4.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Keywords
- evidence-based medicine, meta-analysis, clinical question formulation, evidence hierarchy, clinical decision-making, orthopaedic literature
- MeSH terms
- Systematic Reviews as Topic, Humans, Writing, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Databases, Bibliographic, Publication Bias, Peer Review, Research, Evidence-Based Medicine
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