Locating and Appraising Systematic Reviews
Authors: Aldemar Araujo Castro
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1998)

Letters15 February 1998Locating and Appraising Systematic ReviewsAldemar Araujo Castro, MD, Alvaro Nagib Atallah, MD, PhD, and Otavio Augusto Camara Clark, MDAldemar Araujo Castro, MDFederal University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo, BrazilState University of Campinas; Campinas, BrazilSearch for more papers by this author, Alvaro Nagib Atallah, MD, PhDFederal University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo, BrazilState University of Campinas; Campinas, BrazilSearch for more papers by this author, and Otavio Augusto Camara Clark, MDFederal University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo, BrazilState University of Campinas; Campinas, BrazilSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00026 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:In their recent article, Hunt and McKibbon [1] described the strengths and weaknesses of several methods of locating systematic reviews, including the use of such electronic databases as MEDLINE, EMBASE, Best Evidence, and the Cochrane Library.One electronic database that was not mentioned was Latin America's and the Caribbean's LILACS [2], which indexes regional literature from more than 670 journals. This database contains 168 904 citations of literature published since 1982 and abstracts in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. The U.S. National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary is used to index each LILACS citation. LILACS ...References1. Hunt DL, McKibbon KA. Locating and appraising systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med. 1997; 126:532-8. Google Scholar2. Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informacoes em Ciencias da Saude. Periodicos Latino-Americanos: caracteristicas formais e procedimentos para avaliacao de trabalhos. Sao Paulo: BIREME. 1996. http://www.bireme.br. Google Scholar3. Mulrow CD, Oxman AD, eds. Locating and Selecting Studies. Cochrane Collaboration Handbook [updated 9 December 1996]; Section 5. The Cochrane Collaboration; Issue 1. Oxford: Update Software; 1997. Google Scholar4. Castro AA, Clark OA, Atallah AN. Optimal search strategy for clinical trials in the Latin-American and Caribbean health sciences literature. Sao Paulo Med J. 1997; 115:1423-6. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Federal University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo, BrazilState University of Campinas; Campinas, Brazil PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIndexing of clinical trials in LILACS: Assessment of 721 articles published in cardiology journalsComparison of carbamazepine and lithium in treatment of bipolar disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trialsMedicina basada en la evidencia “electrónica” (e-MBE): metodología, ventajas y limitacionesOptimal search strategy for clinical trials in the Latin American and Caribbean Health Science Literature Database (LILACS database): update 15 February 1998Volume 128, Issue 4Page: 322-323KeywordsDatabasesHealth information technologyInformation storage and retrievalLibrariesSystematic reviews ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 February 1998 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1998 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...