Umbrella Reviews Evidence Synthesis with Overviews of Reviews and Meta-Epidemiologic Studies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nursing.; Epidemiology.; Biostatistics.; Statistics.; Clinical psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Clinical Psychology.

This book is an ideal guide to umbrella reviews, overviews of reviews, and meta-epidemiologic studies for evidence synthesis. Research is conducted at different levels: primary research consists of original studies while secondary research comprises qualitative reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Evidence hierarchy
• 2 From qualitative reviews to umbrella reviews
• 3 Umbrella reviews, overviews of reviews, meta-epidemiologic studies: similarities and differences
• 4 Designing the review
• 5 Registering the review
• 6 Searching evidence
• 7 Abstracting evidence
• 8 Appraising evidence
• 9 Synthesizing evidence
• 10 Appraising moderators and confounders
• 11 State of the art reporting
• 12 Case study in anesthesiology and intensive care
• 13 Case study in basic research
• 14 Case study in cardiovascular disease
• 15 Case study in dermatology
• 16 Case study in oncology
• 17 Case study in radiology
• 18 Case study in surgery
• 19 Moving from evidence to action
• 20 Avenues for further research
• 21 Conclusion.