1. Do meta-analyses in nephrology change the way we treat patients?
Sumit Mohan, Jai Radhakrishnan 
Kidney International 
Volume 78, Issue 11, Pages (December 2010)
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2. Figure 1
Exponential increase in published meta-analyses in the four leading nephrology journals.
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3. Figure 2
Mean number of meta-analyses referenced in the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) guidelines expressed as a percentage of all references included in guidelines published that year.
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4. Figure 3
NYSN survey respondent characteristics. (a) Distribution of primary workplace of our respondents. (b) Duration in practice as reported by respondents to our survey.
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5. Figure 4
Ranking of different study designs in degrees of relative influence by survey respondents.
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6. Figure 5
Perception of meta-analyses among NYSN survey respondents. (a) Responses when asked if meta-analyses are original research similar to randomized controlled trials. (b) Response to whether respondents considered meta-analyses a source of evidence-based medicine. (c) Responses to whether respondents have had meta-analyses directly influence their patient care.
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