Tips and tricks for understanding and using SR results-no 12: Outcomes-don't be misled by results in which you are not interested

This twelfth article for ‘Tips and tricks for understanding and using SR results’ in Evidence Based Child Health is, like the previous ones, aimed at helping readers to understand the results of systematic reviews and to use the results in clinical practice. This time, we focus on outcomes. The information in this article is based on earlier papers, the Cochrane Handbook, and the experience of the author in teaching evidence-based medicine. Copyright © 2008 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The Cochrane Collaboration