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<journal-id>2448-9190</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista alergia México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. alerg. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-9190</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-91902020000100062</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29262/ram.v67i1.733</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La revisión sistemática y el metaanálisis como herramientas de apoyo para la clínica y la investigación]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Systematic review and meta-analysis as a support tools for research and clinical practice]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Villasís-Keever]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Ángel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rendón-Macías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Heladia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miranda-Novales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Guadalupe]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Escamilla-Núñez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Unidad de Investigación en Análisis y Síntesis de la Evidencia Coordinación de Investigación en Salud]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>67</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>62</fpage>
<lpage>72</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-91902020000100062&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-91902020000100062&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-91902020000100062&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las revisiones sistemáticas son investigaciones secundarias que compilan los resultados publicados obtenidos a partir de estudios en seres humanos. El término metaanálisis es utilizado para describir el análisis estadístico de la combinación de los resultados de dos o más estudios originales, los cuales debieron ser seleccionados a partir de una revisión sistemática. De esta forma, no puede haber metaanálisis sin una revisión sistemática. Las revisiones sistemáticas surgen debido al incremento exponencial de la información, para facilitar un estudio que analice críticamente los resultados y discrimine los que puedan ser útiles en la práctica clínica. Las revisiones sistemáticas son una de las herramientas fundamentales en la medicina basada en evidencia, en la cual dos de los pasos principales se refieren a la búsqueda y lectura crítica de los estudios, que apoyarán las decisiones médicas sobre aspectos relacionados principalmente con el diagnóstico, tratamiento o pronóstico. Por otro lado, desde hace tiempo, las revisiones sistemáticas son imprescindibles al elaborar guías de práctica clínica basadas en evidencia y pueden ser utilizadas para tomar decisiones en políticas de salud. En este artículo se describe la metodología para la realización e interpretación de revisiones sistemáticas y metaanálisis.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Systematic reviews are secondary investigations that compile published results that have been obtained from studies involving human subjects. Meta-analysis is the term used to describe the carrying out of statistical analysis of the combination of the results of two or more original studies, which had to be selected from a systematic review. In this way, a meta-analysis cannot exist without a systematic review. Systematic reviews arise due to the exponential increase in the information; to provide all health personnel with a study that critically analyzes the results and discriminates those that may be useful in clinical practice. Systematic reviews are one of the fundamental tools in evidence-based medicine, in which two of the main steps refer to both the search and the critical analysis of the studies, which shall support medical decisions on aspects that are mainly related to diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis. On the other hand, systematic reviews have been essential for some time now when developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and they can be used to make decisions on health policies. The methodology for performing and interpreting systematic reviews and meta-analysis is described in this article.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Evidence-based medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Meta-analysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Systematic review]]></kwd>
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