. Q. I’ve just come across some Forest Plots in a published paper but I can’t see the wood for the trees. Where can I get some help?

A. You can start with some of the basics by reading the following BMJ reference:

Forest plots: trying to see the wood and the trees, the

paper Can you see the wood for the trees?

and the Cochrane UK webpage How to read a forest plot?

You may also find it helpful to consider the illustrations of forest plots in the following publications:

Capnography for procedural sedation in the ED: a systematic review. Dewdney, C., MacDougall, M., Blackburn, R., Lloyd, G. & Gray, A. 26 Aug 2016 In : Emergency Medicine Journal. p. emermed-2015-204944

A systematic review of therapeutic hypothermia for adult patients following traumatic brain injury
Crossley, S., Reid, J., McLatchie, R., Hayton, J., Clark, C., MacDougall, M. & Andrews, P. J. 17 Apr 2014 In : Critical Care. 18, 2, R75

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