Background The reduction of maternal deaths is a key international development goal.
Evidence-based health policies and programmes aiming to reduce maternal deaths need reliable …

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are a key element of evidence-based healthcare, yet
they remain in some ways mysterious. Why did the authors select certain studies and reject …

Background: Alterations in waveforms in the uterine artery are associated with the development
of pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction. We investigated the predictive …

Objective To evaluate the effects of dietary and lifestyle interventions in pregnancy on maternal
and fetal weight and to quantify the effects of these interventions on obstetric outcomes. …

Objective To examine concordance between treatment effects in animal experiments and
clinical trials. Study design Systematic review. Data sources Medline, Embase, SIGLE, NTIS, …

Objective To evaluate the effects of standalone versus clinically integrated teaching in
evidence based medicine on various outcomes in postgraduates. Design Systematic review of …

Background Health care planning for chronic pelvic pain (CPP), an important cause of
morbidity amongst women is hampered due to lack of clear collated summaries of its basic …

In this document, the framework for carrying out systematic reviews is described in three
stages: planning, reviewing and disseminating. The need for a review should be established …

Introduction: In recent years, the use of portfolios as learning and assessment tools has
become more widespread across the range of health professions. Whilst a growing body of …

Substantial COVID-19 research investment has been allocated to randomized clinical trials (RCTs)
on hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine, which currently face recruitment challenges or …