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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2016

When and how to update systematic reviews: consensus and checklist.

Paul Garner, Sally Hopewell, Jackie Chandler, Harriet MacLehose, Holger J Schünemann, Elie A Akl, Joseph Beyene, Stephanie Chang, Rachel Churchill, Karin Dearness and 18 more

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 191 papers, 83 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

191 citing papers in PubMed, 83 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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131 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Paul GarnerCochrane Infectious Diseases Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK Paul.Garner@lstmed.ac.uk.
Sally HopewellOxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jackie ChandlerCochrane Editorial Unit, Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
Harriet MacLehoseCochrane Editorial Unit, Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
Holger J SchünemannDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada Cochrane GRADEing Methods Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Elie A AklCochrane GRADEing Methods Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Joseph BeyeneDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University.
Stephanie ChangEvidence-based Practice Center Program, Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality, Rockville, MD, USA.
Rachel ChurchillCentre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK.
Karin DearnessCochrane Upper Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Diseases Group, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Gordon GuyattDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Carol LefebvreLefebvre Associates, Oxford, UK.
Beth LilesKaiser Permanente National Guideline Program, Portland, OR, USA.
Rachel MarshallCochrane Editorial Unit, Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
Laura Martínez GarcíaIberoamerican Cochrane Centre, Barcelona, Spain.
Chris MavergamesCochrane Informatics and Knowledge Management, Cochrane Central Executive, Freiburg, Germany.
Mona NasserPlymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, Plymouth, UK.
Amir QaseemDepartment of Clinical Policy, American College of Physicians,Philadelphia, PA, USA Guidelines International Network, Pitlochry, UK.
Margaret SampsonChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Karla Soares-WeiserCochrane Editorial Unit, Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
Yemisi TakwoingiInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Lehana ThabaneDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Evaluation, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Marialena TrivellaCentre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Peter TugwellUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Emma WelshCochrane Airways Group, Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
Ed C WilsonCambridge Centre for Health Services Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Holger J SchünemannDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada Cochrane GRADEing Methods Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Panel for updating guidance for systematic reviews (PUGs)

Funding

Cancer Research UK 16895
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID27443385
PMCPMC4955793

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