BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Systematic reviews are important knowledge generating tools to help the decision making process in the Critical Care Unit. This narrative aims to describe the important elements used to critically appraise intensive care-related systematic reviews. CONTENTS: When critically assessing systematic reviews, one should pay particular attention to the importance and appropriateness of the research question, the search strategy, the inclusion criteria and methodological quality of the studies included, and the methods of data extraction. In addition, a relevant systematic review must have consistent data (in case of a meta-analysis) or the cause of the heterogeneity must have been adequately explored, and results must be applicable in critical patients. CONCLUSIONS: To apply correctly the available scientific evidence, one should critically assess data quality of systematic reviews, selecting the relevant information to manage the critically ill patient.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Systematic reviews are important knowledge generating tools to help the decision making process in the Critical Care Unit. This narrative aims to describe the important elements used to critically appraise intensive care-related systematic reviews. CONTENTS: When critically assessing systematic reviews, one should pay particular attention to the importance and appropriateness of the research question, the search strategy, the inclusion criteria and methodological quality of the studies included, and the methods of data extraction. In addition, a relevant systematic review must have consistent data (in case of a meta-analysis) or the cause of the heterogeneity must have been adequately explored, and results must be applicable in critical patients. CONCLUSIONS: To apply correctly the available scientific evidence, one should critically assess data quality of systematic reviews, selecting the relevant information to manage the critically ill patient.
Authors: Lívia Carvalho Sette Abrantes; Núbia de Souza de Morais; Vivian Siqueira Santos Gonçalves; Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro; Catarina Maria Nogueira de Oliveira Sediyama; Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini; Paulo Roberto Dos Santos Amorim; Silvia Eloiza Priore Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2021-11-20 Impact factor: 3.440
Authors: Ana Célia Caetano de Souza; José Wicto Pereira Borges; Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira Journal: Rev Saude Publica Date: 2016-12-22 Impact factor: 2.106