Anesthesia and Intensive Care research provides a large body of precious but potentially biased observational data.
Integrating these data with evidence from randomized controlled trials in a meta-analysis represents a methodological challenge, because of inherent differences between the two types of design.
We focus on the methods used by the authors of these meta-analyses to highlight their limitations and suggest improvements according to the recommendations.
Research interests
- Observational studies and randomized controlled trials
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Intensive Care/ Anaesthesia and comparative effectiveness research
Key publications
- Empirical evaluation of the methods used in systematic reviews including observational studies and randomized trials. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023
- Synthesis methods used to combine observational studies and randomized trials in published meta-analyses. Systematic Reviews. 2023
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Contribution of observational studies to network Meta-Analysis: the example of anaesthesiology
Cherifa Cheurfa
Promotion : 2018 - 2023
Supervisor.s : Isabelle Boutron, Anna Chaimani
