The Review process
The Cochrane Collaboration is an organisation committed
to improving health care practice through the production of systematic reviews.
If you think that you may be interested in undertaking a review for the
Cochrane Renal Group, the first thing to do is to approach the Editorial Base in Sydney.
Enquiries about the Cochrane Renal Group review process
are most welcome and will not be viewed as a commitment to undertake a review.
A Cochrane review is submitted in four stages:
- The title
- The protocol
- The review
- The update to the review
How long should a review take?
A Cochrane review is never 'finished'. There are, however,
steps along the way that we can roughly estimate.
Title to protocol: approx. 3 months
Protocol to review: approx. 6-12 months
Updates: at least every 2 years (an annual literature
search is made by the Trials Search Coordinator to locate any new trials
for you)
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New reviews in
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
as of Issue 2 February 2010
Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) versus other fluid therapies: effects on kidney function
Interleukin 2 receptor antagonists for kidney transplant recipients
Interventions for bone disease in children with chronic kidney disease
Interventions for preventing infectious complications in haemodialysis patients with central venous catheters
Nutritional support for acute kidney injury
Systematic Review Workshops
Sydney workshops 2010
[Details]
Are you interested in writing a review?
Contact us for potential review titles!
Help us with our Renal Trials Register
Do you have conference proceedings [books or cd-roms] that you no
longer need or could lend to us for hadsearching? If so, email
Ruth Mitchell for details
Handsearching
Are you interested in helping us handsearch journals or conference proceedings.
To find out more about our handsearching activities, email
Ruth Mitchell
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