TY - JOUR
T1 - Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (Part II)
T2 - Guidelines for Performing the Systematic Review
AU - D'Souza, Ryan S.
AU - Barrington, Michael J.
AU - Sen, Ananda
AU - Mascha, Edward J.
AU - Kelley, George A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/2/1
Y1 - 2024/2/1
N2 - In Part I of this series, we provide guidance for preparing a systematic review protocol. In this article, we highlight important steps and supplement with exemplars on conducting and reporting the results of a systematic review. We suggest how authors can manage protocol violations, multiplicity of outcomes and analyses, and heterogeneity. The quality (certainty) of the evidence and strength of recommendations should follow the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. It is our goal that Part II of this series provides valid guidance to authors and peer reviewers who conduct systematic reviews to adhere to important constructs of transparency, structure, reproducibility, and accountability. This will likely result in more rigorous systematic reviews being submitted for publication to the journals like Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine and Anesthesia & Analgesia.
AB - In Part I of this series, we provide guidance for preparing a systematic review protocol. In this article, we highlight important steps and supplement with exemplars on conducting and reporting the results of a systematic review. We suggest how authors can manage protocol violations, multiplicity of outcomes and analyses, and heterogeneity. The quality (certainty) of the evidence and strength of recommendations should follow the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. It is our goal that Part II of this series provides valid guidance to authors and peer reviewers who conduct systematic reviews to adhere to important constructs of transparency, structure, reproducibility, and accountability. This will likely result in more rigorous systematic reviews being submitted for publication to the journals like Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine and Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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U2 - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006607
DO - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006607
M3 - Article
C2 - 37942964
AN - SCOPUS:85182295046
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 138
SP - 395
EP - 419
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 2
ER -