Assessment of methodological quality for included studies is necessary in a systematic review

Ref ID 315
First Author J. G. Zhao
Journal CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Year Of Publishing 2015
URL http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/pages/default.aspx
Keywords Surgery
Risk of bias
Problem(s) No quality assessment undertaken or reported
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Summary of Findings The letter highlighting the conduct of one systematic review of the prevalence of bloodstream infection associated with arterial catheters states that no quality assessment was undertaken in this systematic review.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?