How to perform and write a meta-analysis

P Bramley¹, M D Wiles^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Operating Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
² University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

Editorial

P Bramley et al. Anaesthesia. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;77(11):1299-1303.

doi: 10.1111/anae.15755. Epub 2022 May 28.

P Bramley¹, M D Wiles^{1

2}

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Operating Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
² University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: evidence synthesis; meta-analysis; systematic review.

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