Cochrane Renal Group

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:

  1. The title
  2. The protocol
  3. The review
  4. 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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Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections


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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


Colloquium
Joint Colloquium
of the Cochrane & Campbell Collaborations
18-22 October 2010
Keystone Resort, Colorado, USA

 

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XXIIIth International Congress
of The Transplantation Society
15 - 19 August 2010
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

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