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2023-07-01

The technical paper on efficacy and safety of the medical use of cannabis and cannabis-derived finished products is not a systematic review

El documento técnico de efectividad y seguridad para aplicaciones médicas del cannabis y productos terminados derivados del cannabis no es una revisión sistemática

Palabras clave:

Systematic Reviews as Topic, Review Literature as Topic, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Bias, Epidemiologic (en)
Revisión Sistemática como Asunto, Literatura de revisión como Asunto, Metaanálisis como asunto, Sesgo (Epidemiología) (es)

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I am writing to you regarding the recent publication (December 2022) by the Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud (Institute for Health Technology Assessment - IETS by its acronym in Spanish) of the Documento técnico para el desarrollo de una Revisión Sistemática de Literatura de Efectividad y Seguridad de grupo para aplicaciones médicas de cannabis y productos terminados derivados del cannabis (Technical paper for the development of a group systematic literature review on efficacy and safety of the medical use of cannabis and cannabis-derived finished products).1 Said technical document refers to the development of a systematic review (SR); however, according to what is reported therein, it is evident that it is a search for SRs,1 so it should be better considered as a review of reviews.2,3

Le dirijo la presente carta en relación con la reciente publicación (diciembre de 2022) por parte del Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud (IETS) del “Documento técnico para el desarrollo de una Revisión Sistemática de Literatura de Efectividad y Seguridad de grupo para aplicaciones médicas de cannabis y productos terminados derivados del cannabis”.1 En dicho documento técnico se hace referencia a la realización de una revisión sistemática (RS); sin embargo, según lo informado en el mismo, lo que se evidencia es que es una búsqueda de RS, por lo que debería considerarse mejor como una revisión de revisiones.2,3

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Colombia. Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud (IETS). Documento técnico para el desarrollo de una Revisión Sistemática de Literatura de Efectividad y Seguridad de grupo para aplicaciones médicas de cannabis y productos terminados derivados del cannabis. Bogotá D.C.: IETS; 2022 [cited 2023 Nov 17]. Available from: https://bit.ly/3MOdL2Y.

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