PRISMA Statement

The Cochrane Bias Methods Group announces...

The PRISMA Statement has just been published which is the updated QUOROM guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Details of free access to the full text of the Statement and the fuller document of 'explanation and elaboration' of the reporting items are given below:

PRISMA Guidelines:
Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009) Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097 (available here)

Explanation and Elaboration:
Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, Mulrow C, Gøtzsche PC, et al. 2009 The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000100. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000100 (available here)