Clinical Evaluation: Could another reviewer reproduce your literature search?

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Could another reviewer reproduce your clinical literature search? Document the data sources and why you chose them, the search terms, date limits, and inclusion and exclusion criteria. Explain how you would handle duplicate data and how you will appraise and analyze the evidence. After the search, check its adequacy and record what you actually did. Include any deviations from the plan. This makes the methods open to review and the results easier to verify. Read AP Lyon’s Clinical Evaluation Guide for a selected procedure example.