A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews can be used to assess the methodological quality of a systematic review and as a guide to performing a systematic review.
From the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, information on the different types of biases and their potential impact on interpretation and use of evidence in healthcare decision making.
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses; can be useful for critical appraisal of published systematic reviews.
Cochrane is a non-profit organization that summarizes the best evidence from research. Database contains abstracts and summaries of Cochrane systematic reviews.
Developed in response to the shut down the National Guideline Clearinghouse, provides a web-based repository of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Requires setting up a free ECRI account.
Clinical search engine that searches across multiple Internet sites for evidence-based content. It covers key medical journals, Cochrane Systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, and other highly relevant websites.
Contains information on interventional clinical trials on medicines dating from 1 May 2004 when national medicine regulatory authorities began populating the EudraCT database. Includes protocol and results information on interventional clinical trials that are conducted in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) and clinical trials conducted outside the EU / EEA that are linked to European paediatric-medicine development.
"The North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics is responsible for data collection, health-related research, production of reports and maintenance of a comprehensive collection of health statistics."
Weekly digest published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that contains data and reports on specific health and safety topics as reported by state and territorial health departments. Includes reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries.
Advocacy organization for patients and family with rare diseases; advocates for supportive policies, advancing medical research, and providing patient and family services. Site includes information for both patients and clinicians.
Provides historical resources including an illustrated timeline of PA history (both national and international), oral histories and biographies from pioneers in the field, and historic photos.
