GUIDES FOR READING AND INTERPRETING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS - I - GETTING STARTED

Authors
KLASSEN TP JADAD AR MOHER D
Citation
Tp. Klassen et al., GUIDES FOR READING AND INTERPRETING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS - I - GETTING STARTED, Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 152(7), 1998, pp. 700-704
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
10724710
Volume
152
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
700 - 704
Database
ISI
SICI code
1072-4710(1998)152:7<700:GFRAIS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
It is almost impossible for any individual to keep up-to-date with the health care literature. There are approximately 17 000 new biomedical books published every year, along with 30 000 biomedical journals, re sulting in annual increase of 7%.(1,2) Physicians attempting to keep a breast of their field would need to read, on average, 19 original arti cles each day.(3) Reviews offer the potential to reach that elusive go al: making life easier.