title: A nephrology guide to reading and using systematic reviews of randomized trials.
abstract: Conscientious integration of the best available evidence in the care of an individual patient could be challenging for a busy clinician. A well-conducted systematic review can adequately inform not only the clinicians, but also the policy makers and researchers about the benefits and risks of a particular intervention. In this article, we describe how to critically appraise the methods and interpret the results of a systematic review of interventional trials and apply the findings of a systematic review to the clinical questions.
authors: Department of Nephrology, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Australasian Kidney Trials Network, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors: Sunil V
authors: SV
authors: Badve
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors: Suetonia C
authors: SC
authors: Palmer
authors: Department of Nephrology, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Australasian Kidney Trials Network, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors: David W
authors: DW
authors: Johnson
authors: Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Fondazione Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy Medical-Scientiﬁc Ofﬁce, Diaverum Scientific Office, Lund, Sweden School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
authors: Giovanni F M
authors: GF
authors: Strippoli
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009398:Nephrology / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011932:Reading; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic
keywords: epidemiology; meta-analysis; randomized controlled trial; systematic review