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. 2021 Apr 15;38(8):1069-1071.
doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4124. Epub 2016 Aug 25.

A New Approach to Evidence Synthesis in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Living Systematic Review

Anneliese Synnot  1   2   3 , Russell L Gruen  4   5 , David Menon  6 , Ewout W Steyerberg  7 , Andras Buki  8 , Wilco C Peul  9 , Julian H Elliott  10 , Andrew Maas  11
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A New Approach to Evidence Synthesis in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Living Systematic Review

Anneliese Synnot et al. J Neurotrauma. .

Abstract

Living systematic reviews (LSRs) are online summaries of health care research that are updated as new research becomes available. This new development in evidence synthesis is being trialled as part of the Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (CENTER-TBI) project. We will develop and sustain an international TBI knowledge community that maintains up-to-date, high quality LSRs of the current state of knowledge in the most important questions in TBI. Automatic search updates will be run three-monthly, and newly identified studies incorporated into the review. Review teams will seek to publish journal updates at regular intervals, with abridged updates available more frequently online. Future project stages include the integration of LSR and other study findings into "living" clinical practice guidance. It is hoped these efforts will go some way to bridging current temporal disconnects between evidence, guidelines, and practice in TBI.

Keywords: knowledge translation; living systematic reviews; traumatic brain injury.

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Conflict of interest statement

For A.S., D.M., E.W.W., A.B., W.C.P., and A.M. no competing financial interests exist. R.L.G. and J.H.E. co-lead the development of a systematic review workflow management tool, Covidence. Covidence has been developed with funding from competitive government grants and is provided as a not-for-profit service to the systematic review community.

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