title: [Meta-analysis: a guide to interpretation].
abstract: The article has as purpose to propose a systematic approach for the reading of meta-analysis. Using a particular example, a literature search is proposed to identify the two types of meta-analyses: those based on individual data of the patients and those performed in systematic reviews of the literature. The proposed approach for the literature reading is evidence-based.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des soins intensifs oncologiques et de cancérologie pulmonaire, Département de Médecine Interne, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sculier
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012107:Research Design