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Systematic Review Overview
What is a Systematic Review?
A Systematic Review is a comprehensive collection and appraisal of all evidence on a well-defined topic using standardized methods and tools to synthesize and transparently report conclusions.
- Answer a narrowly-defined question
- Comprehensive collection and appraisal of all evidence, including grey literature
- Documented, transparent and reproducible methods
Evidence Pyramid
![Pyramid hierarchy of evidence from bottom up: background information/expert opinion; case studies; cohort studies; randomized controlled trials; critically-appraised individual articles [article synopses]; critically-appraised topics [evidence syntheses]; systematic reviews](https://lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com/data/imagemanager/35181/ebm_pyramid.gif)
