What is in a name? Nonfinancial influences on the outcomes of systematic reviews and guidelines

Lisa Bero¹

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¹ Faculty of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, D17, The Hub, 6th floor, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: lisa.bero@sydney.edu.au.

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Lisa Bero. J Clin Epidemiol. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;67(11):1239-41.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.06.015. Epub 2014 Aug 15.

Lisa Bero¹

¹ Faculty of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, D17, The Hub, 6th floor, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: lisa.bero@sydney.edu.au.

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Considering intellectual, in addition to financial, conflicts of interest proved important in a clinical practice guideline: a descriptive study.
Akl EA, El-Hachem P, Abou-Haidar H, Neumann I, Schünemann HJ, Guyatt GH. Akl EA, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2014 Nov;67(11):1222-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.05.006. Epub 2014 Jun 23. J Clin Epidemiol. 2014. PMID: 24970099
A proposed approach may help systematic reviews retain needed expertise while minimizing bias from nonfinancial conflicts of interest.
Viswanathan M, Carey TS, Belinson SE, Berliner E, Chang SM, Graham E, Guise JM, Ip S, Maglione MA, McCrory DC, McPheeters M, Newberry SJ, Sista P, White CM. Viswanathan M, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2014 Nov;67(11):1229-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.02.023. Epub 2014 Jul 9. J Clin Epidemiol. 2014. PMID: 25022723