Systematic Reviews in Health Care Meta-Analysis in Context, Second Edition

Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context, Second Edition By
2001 | 493 Pages | ISBN: 072791488X | PDF | 6 MB
The second edition of this best-selling book has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the significant changes and advances made in systematic reviewing. New features include discussion on the rationale, meta-analyses of prognostic and diagnostic studies and software, and the use of systematic reviews in practice.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Rationale, Potentials, and Promise of Systematic Reviews (pages 1-19): Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith and Keith O’RourkeChapter 2 Principles of and Procedures for Systematic Reviews (pages 23-42): Matthias Egger and George Davey SmithChapter 3 Problems and Limitations in Conducting Systematic Reviews (pages 43-68): Matthias Egger, Kay Dickersin and George Davey SmithChapter 4 Identifying Randomised Trials (pages 69-86): Carol Lefebvre and Michael J ClarkeChapter 5 Assessing the Quality of Randomised Controlled Trials (pages 87-108): Peter Juni, Douglas G Altman and Matthias EggerChapter 6 Obtaining Individual Patient Data from Randomised Controlled Trials (pages 109-121): Michael J Clarke and Lesley A StewartChapter 7 Assessing the Quality of Reports of Systematic Reviews: The QUOROM Statement Compared to Other Tools (pages 122-139): Beverley Shea, Catherine Dube and David MoherChapter 8 Going Beyond the Grand Mean: Subgroup Analysis in Meta?Analysis of Randomised Trials (pages 143-156): George Davey Smith and Matthias EggerChapter 9 Why and how Sources of Heterogeneity Should be Investigated (pages 157-175): Simon G ThompsonChapter 10 Analysing the Relationship Between Treatment Benefit and Underlying Risk: Precautions and Recommendations (pages 176-188): Stephen J SharpChapter 11 Investigating and Dealing with Publication and Other Biases (pages 189-208): Jonathan A C Sterne, Matthias Egger and George Davey SmithChapter 12 Systematic Reviews of Observational Studies (pages 211-227): Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith and Martin SchneiderChapter 13 Systematic Reviews of Evaluations of Prognostic Variables (pages 228-247): Douglas G AltmanChapter 14 Systematic Reviews of Evaluations of Diagnostic and Screening Tests (pages 248-282): Jonathan J DeeksChapter 15 Statistical Methods for Examining Heterogeneity and Combining Results from Several Studies in Meta?Analysis (pages 285-312): Jonathan J Deeks, Douglas G Altman and Michael J BradburnChapter 16 Effect Measures for Meta?Analysis of Trials with Binary Outcomes (pages 313-335): Jonathan J Deeks and Douglas G AltmanChapter 17 Meta?Analysis Software (pages 336-346): Jonathan A C Sterne, Matthias Egger and Alexander J SuttonChapter 18 Meta?Analysis in Stata™ (pages 347-369): Jonathan A C Sterne, Michael J Bradburn and Matthias EggerChapter 19 Applying the Results of Systematic Reviews at the Bedside (pages 373-385): Finlay A McAlisterChapter 20 Numbers Needed to Treat Derived from Meta?Analyses: Pitfalls and Cautions (pages 386-399): Shah EbrahimChapter 21 Using Systematic Reviews in Clinical Guideline Development (pages 400-409): Martin Eccles, Nick Freemantle and James MasonChapter 22 Using Systematic Reviews for Evidence Based Policy Making (pages 410-418): J A Muir GrayChapter 23 Using Systematic Reviews for Economic Evaluation (pages 419-428): Miranda MugfordChapter 24 Using Systematic Reviews and Registers of Ongoing Trials for Scientific and Ethical Trial Design, Monitoring, and Reporting (pages 429-443): Iain ChalmersChapter 25 The Cochrane Collaboration in the 20th Century (pages 447-458): Gerd Antes and Andrew D OxmanChapter 26 The Cochrane Collaboration in the 21st Century: Ten Challenges and One Reason Why They Must Be Met (pages 459-473): Andrew D Oxman