title: Systematic review as an evidence-based tool for the operating room.
abstract: THIS ARTICLE DETAILS advantages of using systematic reviews (ie, meta-analyses) to determine evidence-based best practices. A NUMBER OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS relevant to the OR and produced under the auspices of the Cochrane Collaboration are explored with the aim of encouraging perioperative nurses to become familiar with, if not part of, the process of systematic review development.
authors.affiliation: School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Glyntaff, Pontypridd, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Allyson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lipp
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic