Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Review Services Bern

Enhancing Decision-Making in Medicine and Health - Receive expert support for your evidence synthesis and systematic review project, from developing your research question to publishing your study.

Who for?

Researchers, doctors, and organizations.

Our services

Evidence synthesis and systematic review services
Service Description

Research question

 We work with you to find and define a precise research question suited to various research formats.

Scoping searches

 We explore your research topic in different tools, platforms and databases. This will help you better define inclusion and exclusion criteria for your study.

Decision on review type

 We support the selection of an appropriate review type based on your research question, considering the variety of available approaches.

Protocol development and registration

 We contribute to the development of your protocols by offering advice, templates, and guidance on where to register them – helping increase the visibility of your work to other researchers.

Data management

 We compile your research data in one central location.

Systematic literature searches

 We develop search strategies for bibliographic databases, meta platforms, and study registers. This is our specialty.

Data deduplication

 We remove duplicate records and clean them up, so you have less work to do.

Access to screening tools

 We can provide you with access to Covidence or suggest other excellent screening tools.

(AI) Tools support

 We are familiar with many tools for evidence synthesis, systematic reviews, and scientific working, and we would be happy to recommend a sensible selection for your project.

Consulting on data extraction

 We will show you which tools and templates support data extraction.

Consulting on quality and risk of bias assessment

 We provide decision-making aids and tools to help you evaluate the quality of studies for inclusion.

Meta-analysis

 We will help you find reliable partners for your meta-analysis.

Scientific writing

 We will connect you with our colleagues who are experts in scientific writing.

Journal selection

 We will refer you to the appropriate tools and colleagues to help you choose a journal in which to publish your review.

Courses and talks

 We would love to share our knowledge with you! You can book us for short presentations (Coffee Lectures on Demand) or entire courses.

Conditions

Plans and Conditions
Who Pricing
Employees of Inselspital Bern free of charge*
Members of University of Bern CHF 120.00/hour
Externals CHF 150.00/hour

* see our policy and price list for detailed information.

Co-authorship

The International Commitee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) defines who can be considered an author of a scientific paper. Information specialists' contributions usually qualify them as co-authors.
Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors

Funding

Research funding may include costs for project partners, including information specialists. It is therefore advisable to allocate a corresponding budget in your application.
Please note that we cannot guarantee our service will always be free of charge for Inselspital employees.

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Would you like to collaborate with us? We look forward to your inquiry. Please use the request form to get in touch.

A systematic review step-by-step

About us

 

Research support services team: ✉️ support_med.ub@unibe.ch

Information Specialists Medicine and Pharmacy

Publications to which we have contributed

2025

  • Vidal A, Geiger J, Vinayahalingam V, Pape J, Gulz M, Karrer T, Mueller MD, von Wolff M. High live birth rates after laparoscopic isthmocele repair in infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025 Apr 15;16:1507482. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1507482. PMID: 40303644; PMCID: PMC12037975.

  • Pluma A, Hamroun S, Rüegg L, Cecchi I, Kramer M, Perez-Garcia LF, Rivero T, Finckh A, Meissner Y, Förger F. Antirheumatic drugs in reproduction, pregnancy, and lactation: a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of the EULAR recommendations. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Apr 15:S0003-4967(25)00814-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.02.021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40240264.

  • Vidal A, Trejos V, Pape J, Karrer T, Yilmaz G, von Wolff M. Lower pregnancy rate in women with high uterine peristalsis before embryo transfer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2025 Mar 29;23(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12958-025-01380-5. PMID: 40158105.

  • Singer A, Tropschuh K, von Gernler M, Decrinis C, Stute P. The impact of progestogens on RAAS – a systematic review. BMC Women's Health . 2025 Feb 22;25(1):81. doi: 10.1186/s12905-025-03587-5. PMID: 39987087; PMCID: PMC11846257.

  • Vidal A, Bora C, Jarisch A, Pape J, Weidlinger S, Karrer T, von Wolff M. Impact of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for benign and malignant haematologic and non-haematologic disorders on fertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2025 Feb 26. doi: 10.1038/s41409-025-02520-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40074785.

  • Vidal A, Bora C, von Holzen J, Gulz M, Obmann VC, Pape J, Karrer T, Yilmaz G, von Wolff M. Cine-MRI for Quantifying Uterine Peristalsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med. 2025 Feb 6;14(3):1021. doi: 10.3390/jcm14031021. PMID: 39941690; PMCID: PMC11818271.

  • Radojewski P, Piredda GF, Bonanno G, Lövblad KO, Vargas MI, Sutter R, Nanz D, Karrer T, Salanti G, Wiest R. Assessment of the available evidence for the use of 7-Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in neurological and musculoskeletal disorders, with comparison to 3-T and 1.5-T MRI: A systematic scoping review. Eur J Neurol. 2025 Jan;32(1):e16557. doi: 10.1111/ene.16557. PMID: 39676509; PMCID: PMC11647057.

  • Schneider C, Koenig C, Žarković M, Stranzinger E, Rivero TM, Rössler J, Kuehni CE, Latzin P, Schindera C, Usemann J. Nitrogen single and multiple breath washout test and lung imaging to detect treatment-related pulmonary toxicity in paediatric cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review. Eur Respir Rev. 2025 Jan 22;34(175):240178. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0178-2024. PMID: 39843160; PMCID: PMC11751724.

  • Pape J, Fernando J, Megaritis D, Weidlinger S, Vidal A, Birkhäuser FD, Karrer T, von Wolff M. Oncological treatments have limited effects on the fertility prognosis in testicular cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Andrology. 2025 May;13(4):731-746. doi: 10.1111/andr.13741. Epub 2024 Aug 27. PMID: 39189883; PMCID: PMC12006886.

2024

  • Anthon C, Vidal A, Recker H, Piccand E, Pape J, Weidlinger S, Kornmann M, Karrer T, von Wolff M. Long-Term Effects on Gonadal Function After Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Nov 29;16(23):4005. doi: 10.3390/cancers16234005. PMID: 39682193; PMCID: PMC11640400.

  • Janna Pape, Tanya Gudzheva, Beeler Danijela, Susanna Weidlinger, Angela Vidal, Rhoikos Furtwängler, Tanya Karrer, Michael von Wolff, Long-term effects on fertility after central nervous system cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Neuro-Oncology Practice, 2024;, npae078, https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npae078

  • Weidlinger S, Graber S, Bratschi I, Pape J, Kollár A, Karrer T, von Wolff M. A Systematic Review of the Gonadotoxicity of Osteosarcoma and Ewing's Sarcoma Chemotherapies in Postpubertal Females and Males. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2024 Aug;13(4):597-606. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2023.0185. Epub 2024 Apr 17. PMID: 38629685.

  • Steinmann M, Rietschin A, Pagano F, Karrer T, Kollár A, Weidlinger S, von Wolff M. Systematic Review of the Gonadotoxicity and Risk of Infertility of Soft Tissue Sarcoma Chemotherapies in Pre- and Postpubertal Females and Males. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2024.0057. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38995852.

  • Vetsch T, Eggmann S, Jardot F, von Gernler M, Engel D, Beilstein CM, Wuethrich PY, Eser P, Wilhelm M. Ventilatory efficiency as a prognostic factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective major surgery: a systematic review.Br J Anaesth. 2024 Apr 20:S0007-0912(24)00144-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.03.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38644158.

2023

  • Fuchs A, Koepp G, Huber M, Aebli J, Afshari A, Bonfiglio R, Greif R, Lusardi AC, Romero CS, von Gernler M, Disma N, Riva T. Apnoeic oxygenation during paediatric tracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2023 Nov 28:S0007-0912(23)00622-0. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.10.039. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38030551.

  • Zürcher A, Knabben L, von Gernler M, Stute P. Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and breast cancer: a systematic review. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2023 Nov 15. doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-07265-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37966517.

  • Bano A, Künzler J, Wehrli F, Kastrati L, Rivero T, Llane A, Valz Gris A, Fraser AG, Stettler C, Hovorka R, Laimer M, Bally L; CORE‐MD investigators. Clinical evidence for high-risk CE-marked medical devices for glucose management: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024 Oct;26(10):4753-4766. doi: 10.1111/dom.15849. Epub 2024 Aug 14. PMID: 39143655.

  • Stute P, Walker LJ, Eicher A, Pavicic E, Kolokythas A, Theis S, von Gernler M, von Wolff M, Vollrath S. Progestogens for endometrial protection in combined menopausal hormone therapy: A systematic review. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Aug 22:101815. doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2023.101815. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37634998.

  • Stojic S, Minder B, Boehl G, Rivero T, Zwahlen M, Gemperli A, Glisic M. Systematic review and meta-analysis use in the field of spinal cord injury research: A bibliometric analysis. J Spinal Cord Med. 2025 Jan;48(1):54-64. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2023.2251205. Epub 2023 Sep 8. PMID: 37682290; PMCID: PMC11748868.

  • Michailidou, E.; Rüegg, P.O.; Karrer, T.; Korda, A.; Weder, S.; Kompis, M.; Caversaccio, M.; Mantokoudis, G. Hearing Results after Transmastoid Superior Semicircular Canal Plugging for Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: A Meta-Analysis. Audiol. Res. 2023, 13, 730-740. https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres13050065

  • Krone LB, Fehér KD, Rivero T, Omlin X. Brain stimulation techniques as novel treatment options for insomnia: A systematic review. Journal of sleep research. 2023 May 18:e13927.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13927

  • Bano A, Laimer M, Wehrli F, Kunzler J, Rivero T, Fraser AG, Stettler C, Hovorka R, Bally L. Clinical evidence for high-risk medical devices used to manage diabetes: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2023 Apr 11;13(4):e070672. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070672. PMID: 37041065; PMCID: PMC10106051.

  • Weidlinger S, Winterberger K, Pape J, Weidlinger M, Janka H, von Wolff M, Stute P. Impact of estrogens on resting energy expenditure: A systematic review. Obes Rev. 2023 Aug 6:e13605. doi: 10.1111/obr.13605.

  • Theis, S; Baumgartner, S J; Janka, H; Kolokythas, A; Skala, C; Stute, P (2023). Quality of life in menopausal women in the workplace - a systematic review. (In Press). Climacteric, pp. 1-8. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/13697137.2022.2158729

2022

  • Jeyaprakash N, Maeder S, Janka H, Stute P. A systematic review of the impact of 7-keto-DHEA on body weight. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2022 Dec 25. doi: 10.1007/s00404-022-06884-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36566478.

  • Borissov N, Haas Q, Minder B, Kopp-Heim D, von Gernler M, Janka H, Teodoro D, Amini P. Reducing systematic review burden using Deduklick: a novel, automated, reliable, and explainable deduplication algorithm to foster medical research. Syst Rev. 2022 Aug 17;11(1):172. doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-02045-9.

  • L. M. Kaemmle, A. Stadler, H. Janka, M. von Wolff & P. Stute (2022) The impact of micronized progesterone on cardiovascular events – a systematic review. Climacteric, DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2021.2022644, PMID: 35112635.

  • Mevissen M, Ward JM, Kopp-Schneider A, McNamee JP, Wood AW, Rivero TM, Thayer K, Straif K. Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) on cancer in laboratory animal studies. Environ Int. 2022 Mar;161:107106. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107106. Epub 2022 Jan 29. PMID: 35091376.

2021

  • Weidlinger S, Schmutz C, Janka H, Gruetter C, Stute P. Sustainability of vaginal estrogens for genitourinary syndrome of menopause - a systematic review. Climacteric. 2021;3(1-9); doi: 10.1080/13697137.2021.1891218.
  • Stute P, Wienges J, Koller A-S, Giese C, Wesemüller W, Janka H, Baumgartner S. Cognitive health after menopause: Does menopausal hormone therapy affect it? Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021; doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2021.101565
     
  • Nucera M, Meuli L, Janka H, Schindewolf M, Schmidli J, Makaloski V. Comprehensive review with pooled analysis on external and internal jugular vein aneurysm. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2021 Oct 9:S2213-333X(21)00502-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.09.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34634519.
  • Leitlinienreport der interdisziplinären evidenz- und konsensbasierten S3-Leitlinie für Diagnostik und Therapie von Zwangsstörungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter; AWMF Register Nr. 028-007 https://www.awmf.org/leitlinien/detail/ll/028-007.html

2020

  • Fernandez-Palomo C, Fazzari J, Trappetti V, Smyth L, Janka H, Laissue J and Djonov V. Animal Models in Microbeam Radiation Therapy: A Scoping Review. Cancers. 2020;12(3). 527; doi:10.3390/cancers12030527.
     
  • Schaffer MF. Transforming the medical library into a welcoming learning space: a collaborative project. Journal of EAHIL. 2020;16(2):39 - 42. doi: 10.32384/jeahil16393.
     
  • Schaffer MF. Dienstleistungsangebot für EBM – von der Lehre bis zur klinischen Forschung und Praxis: Erfahrungen an der Universität Bern. GMS Med Bibl Inf. 2020;20(1-2).

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