Garbage In, Garbage Out: Making Sense of Meta-Analyses--and When They Mislead

Meta-analyses sit at the top of the evidence pyramid—but they're only as trustworthy as the studies inside them. In this bonus talk from our Interpreting Veterinary Literature series, we pull back the curtain on the whole process: PRISMA study selection, reading forest plots, heterogeneity and I², funnel plots and publication bias, and the GRADE quality framework. We finish with a real-world case on maropitant for vomiting in cats with CKD so you can put it all into practice. Walk away knowing exactly how to judge whether a meta-analysis should change your clinical decisions—or not. If you’d like more short, clear epidemiology lessons, feel free to subscribe. And if this video helped, a quick like tells YouTube to share it with other students who might need it. #VeterinaryMedicine #VetMed #EvidenceBasedMedicine #MetaAnalysis #VeterinaryEducation #VetStudent #ClinicalResearch #EBVM #VeterinaryCPD #StatisticsForVets #ForestPlot #CriticalAppraisal #vetschool #epidemiology #vetstudent #veterinaryepidemiology