From: The art and science of study identification: a comparative analysis of two systematic reviews
1. This study provides empirical support for recommendations by recent systematic review guidelines, which state that two reviewers should independently identify studies. |
2. Reviewers should search pubmed with free-text terms to identify recent studies, in addition to searching medline, due to the lag-time between article publication and entry to medline. |
3. When using a study design as part of the search strategy, validated search filters are preferable |