An Introduction to Writing Narrative and Systematic Reviews - Tasks, Tips and Traps for Aspiring Authors

Ann T Gregory; A Robert Denniss

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2018.03.027

An Introduction to Writing Narrative and Systematic Reviews - Tasks, Tips and Traps for Aspiring Authors

Heart Lung Circ. 2018 Jul;27(7):893-898. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.03.027.

Authors

Ann T Gregory¹, A Robert Denniss²

Affiliations

¹ Commissioning Editor, Heart Lung and Circulation, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: ann.gregory@hlc-journal.net.au.
² Editor-in-Chief, Heart Lung and Circulation, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Blacktown Hospital, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 29857977
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.03.027

Abstract

Adapting the poet Rudyard Kipling's six honest serving men (what and why, when and how, where and who?), this article aims to give early career authors an introduction to writing reviews, both narrative and systematic. In particular, it offers guidance to aspiring authors in deciding what topic to review and what kind of review to write, and outlines a step-wise process that can be adopted from start to finish.

Keywords: Evidence-based medicine; Journalology; Reviews; Scientific writing; Systematic reviews.

Copyright © 2018 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiology*
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Guidelines as Topic*
Humans
Periodicals as Topic / standards*
Writing / standards*