Effect of Palliative Care on Quality of Life and Survival after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Common Mistakes in Reporting of Systematic Reviews

MohammadBagher Shamsi, Maryam Mirzaei, Siavash Vaziri, Hamid Reza Mozaffari

Abstract


Dear Editor,

We have read very carefully the interesting review article in Int J Prev Med 2019. In fact, it seems that this review article, as many other studies published on the topic of systematic reviews and meta‑analyses, has not paid proper attention to the research methods and reporting.


Keywords


Resuscitation; Systematic Reviews; Reporting

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