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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW GROUP (SRG)
 

Aims & Missions

The ESICM Systematic Review Unit established in 2010, to provide an international collaboration focused on critical care systematic reviews. The primary goal is to highlight the role of systematic reviews (SR) and meta-analyses (MA) in clinical research, to facilitate access of high quality SRs and MAs to practising clinicians thereby promoting the use of evidence based medicine. It is the first society of intensive or critical care medicine to provide its members, patients, public health authorities and general public with an organised database of interventions pertaining to intensive care.

 


The Board

Chair:   Djillali Annane, France

Deputy: Mark Hamilton, UK

 

Managing editor: Gihan Abuella, UK

Editors:

  • David Noble, UK           
  • Duncan Young, UK
  • George Dimopoulos, Greece
  • John Carlisle, Uk
  • Jordi Rello, Spain
  • Leopold Eberhart, Germany
  • Nicola Petrucci, Italy
  • Stephan Kettner, Austria

 


Database

The web platform for the database of the systematic reviews is currently under construction. However this project will take longer then initially expected but we will keep you informed of progress.
Access will be freely available to all ESICM members.
The web platform will provide facilities for anyone interested to submit a SR. Submitted reviews will be accessed by one of the editors to confirm eligibility before inclusion into the database.
In the interest of maintaining the evidence up-to-date, the database will have separate sections for current reviews, which can only be up to two years old; and previous reviews.

 


ESICM Systematic Reviews

The SRG aims to identify areas in critical care medicine where reviews are lacking or out-of date and invite authors to undertake these reviews. Currently there are 14 systematic reviews in progress. Authors do not have to be ESICM members, however, at least one author must be a primary author of a clinical trial relative to the topic or expert.

It is hoped that following peer review, these will be published in ‘Intensive Care Medicine’ and added to the database.

 


Clinical Evidence Handbook

The Systematic Reviews Group, in collaboration with ESICM, has published its first handbook entitled “Clinical Evidence in Intensive Care”. It contains summaries of 60 systematic reviews arranged into 14 different chapters largely corresponding to the ESICM sections. Most of the summaries include an expert opinion from world renowned editors to guide clinical practice, while 40 include forest plots of primary or other important outcomes.

The Clinical Evidence Handbook is available online (exclusive for ESICM members).