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Cochrane Tutorial Glossary


Evidence-Based Practice – involves integrating clinical expertise with current clinical evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

Protocol – a record type which contains the outline of a review currently in preparation, including the background and methodology.

Systematic Review – a study which tries to identify, appraise, select and synthesize all available high quality research evidence relevant to a single clinical question.

Withdrawn – indicates a review or protocol which has been withdrawn, usually due to lack of updating. The reasons for withdrawal are specified in the article.