title: Systematic Reviews Published in the October 2015 Issue of the Cochrane Library.
abstract: The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly as a DVD and monthly online (http://www.thecochranelibrary.com). The October 2015 issue (fourth DVD for 2015) contains 6622 complete reviews, 2429 protocols for reviews in production, and 36,600 short summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature (this short summary database is no longer being updated). In addition, there are citations of 848,000 randomized controlled trials, and 15,700 cited papers in the Cochrane Methodology Register. The Health Technology Assessment database contains some 15,000 citations. One hundred and nine new reviews have been published in the previous 3 months, of which six have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine. The impact factor of the Cochrane Library stands at 5.939. Readers are encouraged to access the full report for any articles of interest as only a brief commentary is provided.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wiffen
keywords: Adverse events; analgesic; buprenorphine; cancer pain; chronic; clonidine; neuropathic pain; postoperative pain; psychological therapies; tapentadol; venlafaxine