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Protocol-Driven Searches for Medical and Health-Sciences Systematic Reviews

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Bouamrane M, Macdonald C, Ounis I & Mair F (2011) Protocol-Driven Searches for Medical and Health-Sciences Systematic Reviews. In: Amati G & Crestani F (eds.) Advances in Information Retrieval Theory. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), 6931. Third International Conference, ICTIR 2011, Bertinoro, Italy, 12.09.2011-14.09.2011. Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 188-200. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23318-0_18

Abstract
Systematic reviews are instances of a critically important search task in medicine and health services research. Along with large and well conducted randomised control trials, they provide the highest levels of clinical evidence. We provide a brief overview of the methodologies used to conduct systematic reviews, and report on our recent experience of conducting a meta-review – i.e. a systematic review of reviews – of preoperative assessment. We discuss issues associated with the large manual effort currently necessary to conduct systematic reviews when using available search engines. We then suggest ways in which more dedicated and sophisticated information retrieval tools may enhance the efficiency of systematic searches and increase the recall of results. Finally, we discuss the development of tests collections for systematic reviews, to permit the development of enhanced search engines for this task.

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Protocol-Driven Searches; Medical and Health-Sciences Systematic Reviews; Faceted searches and information retrieval

StatusPublished
FundersChief Scientist Office
Title of seriesLecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Number in series6931
Publication date12/09/2011
Publication date online12/09/2011
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Place of publicationBerlin
ISSN of series1611-3349
ISBN9783642233173;
eISBN9783642233180
ConferenceThird International Conference, ICTIR 2011
Conference locationBertinoro, Italy
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Professor Matt-Mouley Bouamrane

Professor Matt-Mouley Bouamrane

Professor in Health/Social Informatics, Computing Science

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