ArticleInterventional pain medicine2022
Interpretation of meta-analyses.
Article in Interventional pain medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Meta-Analysis of Whole Blood Cholinesterase Activity in Healthy Ruminants Using a Modified Electrometric Measurement Method.Acta medica academica · 2026Pooled it
- Does Inquiry-Based Learning Improve Students' Critical Thinking? A Meta-Analysis Accounting for Control Group Variations.F1000Research · 2026Pooled it
- Mechanisms, injury patterns, and kinematic features of hamstring strain injuries in football (soccer): a systematic review and meta-analysis of video-analysis studies.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention bundle in reducing post-caesarean delivery surgical site infections: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Predictive Modeling of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using Machine Learning: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Translating pooled estimates into clinical practice: A traffic-light framework for interpreting meta-analyses in diverse clinical settings.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
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Abstract
Our article provides guidance on how to interpret a meta-analysis and introduces the reader to the basics of the underlying statistical analysis. The multiple steps of a meta-analysis including systematic literature search, risk of bias assessment, data extraction and data aggregation are addressed. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach allows to score the quality of the evidence of the results revealed by a meta-analysis. Trial sequential analysis has been suggested in recent years as a method to assess the power of a meta-analysis and the risks of false positive or false negative conclusions. We also provide information on other more complex meta-analytical approaches including network meta-analysis for the comparison of several treatments as well as recent developments such as individual patient data meta-analysis and living meta-analysis.
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