Choosing the Right Medical Review Type: An Objective-Driven Guide for Clinicians

What it is. A narrative review by Eduardo Mayorga, MD, that maps the main evidence-synthesis methods—narrative, systematic, meta-analysis, scoping, rapid, and umbrella reviews—and shows how to choose the right one. It offers a decision matrix, a six-question checklist, and the safeguards that make a review trustworthy.

Why doctors should read it. Picking the wrong method wastes effort and delays decisions. This guide turns method selection into a quick, structured choice—so you can commission, write, or appraise a review with confidence that the evidence holds up.‍ ‍

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