Table 2

Source of publication of reports of meta-analyses that address critical care issues

Source of publication
Number of reports
Percentage

Cochrane database of systematic reviews
37
26.6%
Critical care journals
36
25.9%
Specialty medicine journals
29
20.9%
General medicine journals
15
10.8%
Anaesthesia journals
5
3.6%
General surgery journals
5
3.6%
Nursing journals
3
2.2%
Specialty surgery journals
1
0.7%
Other journals
8
5.8%

Delaney et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R575   doi:10.1186/cc3803