{"id":1087,"date":"2015-04-28T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T19:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2015-04-23T00:01:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T23:01:54","slug":"basics-rapid-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2015\/04\/28\/basics-rapid-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics: Rapid Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Systematic reviews in health care aim to answer\u00a0a specific, highly structured, clinical question by\u00a0extensive searching, careful sifting and appraisal of the studies, a considered synthesis and well tempered conclusions. They can take very many months &#8211; 18 or more &#8211; to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Where we undertake and use systematic reviews to provide the very best estimates of effect, we&#8217;ll also be waiting a long time to get there. What we might be &#8211; practically &#8211; better doing is a &#8216;good enough&#8217; review; still focussed, still symptomatic and still synthetic, but quicker.<\/p>\n<p>This is the realm of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.systematicreviewsjournal.com\/content\/4\/1\/4\">rapid review<\/a>, a not-quite defined type of systematic review that&#8217;s\u00a0quicker, perhaps a little more focussed, sets clearer boundaries and is well prepared to make every piece fall into place one after another. 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