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He is on the Board of Directors for the Intensive Care Foundation and is a First Part Examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine. He is also the Innovation Lead for the Australian Centre for Health Innovation at Alfred Health and Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. He is a co-founder of the Australia and New Zealand Clinician Educator Network (ANZCEN) and is the Lead for the ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator programme. The size of the square – the weight of the studyĬhris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at the Alfred ICU in Melbourne.The position of the square – point estimate of the OR.The horizontal lines – confidence intervals of the OR.positive meta-analysis findings should be confirmed with large RCT.Funnel plot used to identify possible publication bias.graphical displays of OR, CI’s and pooled OR (Forrest Plot – see below).OR used (most commonly) and combined using random effects model.data analysed in terms of quality and heterogeneity.systematic literature search performed and research into possible unpublished trials.publication bias (many negative studies are not published).inclusion and exclusion criteria may not be detailed.use of summary data rather than individual data.selection of studies and data from studies may be biased.heterogeneity of study demographics, methods, results, quality.heterogeneity between study results may be explained.may reduce the probability of false negative results.allows for an objective appraisal of evidence.Resolve uncertainty when studies disagree.Increases statistical power through increased sample size.Meta-analysis avoids Simpson’s paradox, in which a consistent effect in constituent trials is reversed when results are simply pooled.

Systematic reviews may or may not involve meta-analysis.Systematic reviews involve a detailed and comprehensive plan and search strategy derived a priori, with the goal of reducing bias by identifying, appraising, and synthesizing all relevant studies on a particular topic (as opposed to a narrative review).

Meta-analysis is a tool for quantitative systematic review of observational studies and controlled trials that weights available evidence based on the numbers of patients included, the effect size, and often statistical tests of agreement with other trials.