Systematic Reviews Published in the October 2013 Issue of The Cochrane Library

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly as a DVD and monthly online (http://www.thecochranelibrary.com). The October 2013 issue (fourth DVD for 2013) contains 5737 complete reviews, 2352 protocols for reviews in production, and 26,000 short summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature. In addition, there are citations of 714,000 randomized controlled trials, and 15,700 cited papers in the Cochrane Methodology Register. The Health Technology Assessment database contains some 12,000 citations. One hundred and six new reviews have been published in the previous 3 months, of which seven have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine. The impact factor of the Cochrane Library stands at 5.715. Readers are encouraged to access the full report for any articles of interest, as only a brief commentary is provided. Systematic reviews published in the October 2013 Issue of the Cochrane Library address anticonvulsants for fibromyalgia, naproxen with or without an antiemetic for acute migraine headaches in adults, sumatriptan plus naproxen for acute migraine attacks in adults, pharmacological treatment for pain in Guillain-Barré syndrome, transdermal fentanyl for cancer pain, interventions for the reduction of prescribed opioid use in chronic noncancer pain, and topiramate for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults.