Pediatric literature shift: Growth of meta-analyses was 23 times greater than growth of randomized trials

• Published in: Journal of clinical epidemiology Vol. 121; pp. 112 - 114
• Main Authors: Niforatos, Joshua D., Chaitoff, Alexander, Weaver, Matt, Feinstein, Max M., Johansen, Michael E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Authoring; Bibliometrics; Boolean algebra; Cardiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Clinical trials; Editing; Gastroenterology; Gynecology; Humans; Infant; Infants; Internal Medicine; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Neurology; Obstetrics; Pediatrics; Pediatrics - statistics & numerical data; Pediatrics - trends; Psychiatry; Publishing - statistics & numerical data; Publishing - trends; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data; Systematic Reviews as Topic; Trends; Writing

To identify pediatric age groups, medical subject headings (MeSH) categories for “Child”, “Infant”, and “Adolescent” were used with Boolean operators (Fig. 1). Across clinical topic areas for “Infant” RCTs, gastroenterology/hepatology, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, neurology, and obstetrics/gyneco...