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Systematic reviews and lifelong diseases
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0115426503018001106a
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , randomized controlled trial , systematic review , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , medline , clinical trial , surgery , pathology , political science , law
Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials provide an evidence base for treatment but too often fail to give adequate information on long‐term outcomes. Elphick and colleagues discuss the limitations of the systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials for patients with chronic or lifelong diseases and suggest that long‐term observational studies have a place in the evaluation of the benefits and risks of treatment.