Darnall Medical Library offers a Systematic Review service to WRNMMC clinicians in writing a systematic review. A systematic review is a synthesis of the literature based on research questions aimed to enhance health care. Writing a high-quality review requires a comprehensive literature analysis and uses systematic methods, guidelines, and standards.
Darnall Medical Library librarians collaborate with WRNMMC researchers and clinicians in writing a systematic review.
Darnall Medical Library (DML) librarians collaborate with WRNMMC scientists on writing a systematic review (SR).
SR collaboration requirements:
Other SR collaboration requirements:
SR requests from other military universities are not accepted
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If you have questions about the Systematic Review collaboration and need guidance with conducting a systematic review, please contact the Systematic Review Coordinator, Dr. Tmanova.
A systematic review attempts to collate all empirical evidence that fits pre-specified eligibility criteria in order to answer a specific research question. It uses explicit, systematic methods that are selected with a view to minimizing bias, thus providing more reliable findings from which conclusions can be drawn and decisions made.
Antman 1992, Oxman 1993.
Systematic Review Protocol is required before you submit a request for collaboration with DML librarians in writing systematic review.
What is a systematic review protocol and how to write the systematic review protocol?
A systematic review protocol describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods of the review. It should be prepared before a review is started and used as a guide to carry out the review. PRISMA
Information about writing systematic review protocol at PRISMA.
There are many guides on the process of writing systematic reviews, so it is imperative that researchers use standards and guidelines for writing a systematic review. The two most-widely guides are the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and Finding What Works in Health Care (IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews).
There are also guides on writing specific types of reviews such as the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Review of Diagnostic Test Accuracy and Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness.
The evaluation and assessment of published literature is an important step in the systematic review preparation process. The standards and checklists are used to assess the quality of different types of published literature.
Systematic Review Collaboration, WRNMMC and other collaborative organizations, 2016-2019. Published systematic reviews and meta-analyses: 4-6, 3, 2, 1. |
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Systematic Review Authorship Collaboration. (1-2 authorship), WRNMMC and other collaborative organizations, 2016-2019. Published systematic reviews and meta-analyses:1, 2, 3. |
Peer-reviewed systematic review and meta-analysis:
Wheatley, B. M., Nappo, K. E., Christensen, D. L., Holman, A. M., Brooks, D. I., & Potter, B. K. (2019). Effect of NSAIDs on bone healing rates: a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 27(7), e330-e336.
Williams, L., Tmanova, L., Mydlarz, W. K., Page, B., Richmon, J. D., Quon, H., & Schmitt, N. C. (2018). Radiation-Associated Sarcoma of the Neck: Case Series and Systematic Review. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 127(10), 735-740.
Moawad, F. J., Molina-Infante, J., Lucendo, A. J., Cantrell, S. E., Tmanova, L., & Douglas, K. M. (2017). Systematic review with meta-analysis: endoscopic dilation is highly effective and safe in children and adults with eosinophilic oesophagitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 46(2), 96-105. (Highly Cited: 16)
Peer-reviewed systematic review posters:
Smith, A., Ghraib, M., Tmanova, L., Jamal, N., & Orestes, M. (2017). Vocal Fold Medialization in Dysphagia - Systematic Review. Paper presented at the American Academy of Otolaryncology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, Chicago, IL.
Williams, L., Schmitt, N., Mydlarz, W., Page, B., Richmon, J., Tmanova, L., Quon, H. 2017. Systematic review of radiation-induced soft tissue sarcoma of the neck: a comparison of interventions and the effect on prognosis. San-Diego, CA. Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings.
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