title: Systematic Reviews Published in the January 2016 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 January 2016 issue (first DVD for 2016) contains 6746 complete reviews, 2445 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short summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature (this short summary database is no longer being updated).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 921,000 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 twenty-four new reviews have been published in the previous 3 months, of which just two 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.affiliation: a Philip J. Wiffen, BPharm, MSc, is a member of the Oxford Regional Pain Relief Unit, an editor of the Cochrane Collaboration Pain Palliative and Supportive Care Collaborative Review Group, and formerly Director of Operations and Training at the UK Cochrane Center. He is a visiting professor at the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath, UK. He now runs a consultancy firm that provides training and support for those undertaking systematic reviews.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wiffen
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012693:Serial Publications
keywords: cannabinoid; chemotherapy; nausea; post-operative pain; vomiting