Bench-to-bedside review Avoiding pitfalls in critical care meta-analysis – funnel plots, risk estimates, types of heterogeneity, baseline risk and the ecologic fallacy.docVIP

Available online /content/12/4/220 Review Bench-to-bedside review: Avoiding pitfalls in critical care meta-analysis — funnel plots, risk estimates, types of heterogeneity, baseline risk and the ecologic fallacy Michael C Reade1,2, Anthony Delaney3, Michael J Bailey4 and Derek C Angus1 1CRISMA Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA 2Current address: Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Australia 3Royal North Shore Hospital and Northern Clinical School, University of Sy