Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians

Grey but important Grey days, grey food, grey water. Moving to grey is usually miserableness and boredom. It was the centrepoint of satire for a UK prime minister in the last millennium. Systematic reviewers though—they can absolutely love a bit of grey. The ‘grey’ literature is a term used to describe stuff that is a bit in the shadows. Reports and studies which are not entirely unpublished (those are the ‘file drawer’ papers), but have not been given the shiny acknowledgement of presentation in an academic conference or Learned Journal. The grey papers might be detailed reports or technical papers from a charitable organisation or government departments. They may be submitted theses for research degrees. Or papers in preprint ... an optimistic phrase for some of those articles ... or even clinical study reports. These have not usually had the same sort of peer review as academic studies, not...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: ADC Archimedes Source Type: research