Meta-analysis: Its strengths and limitations

被引：385

作者：

Walker, Esteban ^{[1
]}

Hernandez, Adrian V. ^{[1
]}

Kattan, Michael W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cleveland Clin, Dept Quantitat Hlth Sci, Cleveland, OH 44195 USA

来源：

CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 2008年 / 75卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.3949/ccjm.75.6.431

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Nowadays, doctors face an overwhelming amount of information, even in narrow areas of interest. In response, reviews designed to summarize the large volumes of information are frequently published. When a review is done systematically, following certain criteria, and the results are pooled and analyzed quantitatively, it is called a meta-analysis. A well-designed meta-analysis can provide valuable information for researchers, policy-makers, and clinicians. However, there are many critical caveats in performing and interpreting them, and thus many ways in which meta-analyses can yield misleading information.

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页码：431 / 439

页数：9

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