Background Immunization rates for children and adults are rising, but coverage levels have
not reached optimal goals. As a result, vaccine‐preventable diseases still occur. In an era of …

Background Improving upper limb function is a core element of stroke rehabilitation needed
to maximise patient outcomes and reduce disability. Evidence about effects of individual …

Background This umbrella review comprehensively appraised evidence for silver diamine
fluoride (SDF) to arrest and prevent root and coronal caries by summarizing systematic …

Julian Elliott and colleagues discuss how the current inability to keep systematic reviews up-
to-date hampers the translation of knowledge into action. They propose living systematic …

Title: Systematic reviews in health research: meta-analysis in context/edited by Matthias
Egger, Julian PT Higgins, George Davey Smith. Other titles: Systematic reviews in health …

Policy Points: Currently, there is massive production of unnecessary, misleading, and
conflicted systematic reviews and meta‐analyses. Instead of promoting evidence‐based …

OBJECTIVE: To describe and discuss the process used to write a narrative review of the
literature for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Publication of narrative overviews of the …

Background Policy makers and others often require synthesis of knowledge in an area
within six months or less. Traditional systematic reviews typically take at least 12 months to …

Publication and selection biases in meta-analysis are more likely to affect small studies,
which also tend to be of lower methodological quality. This may lead to “small-study effects,” …

PURPOSE: To review the effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients
with coronary heart disease. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis of …