What is a living systematic review?
A living systematic review (LSR) is characterised as a systematic review that is continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available. LSR is a continual approach to review updating, it is not a formal review methodology and can be applied to any type of review. LSR use standard systematic review methodology, and a clearly defined a priori commitment to a predetermined frequency of search and review updating.
The above is adapted from Living systematic review: 1. Introduction—the why, what, when, and how
Why do a living systematic review?
Reporting for living systematic reviews
PRISMA have developed an extension for LSR for use in addition to the PRISMA 2020 statement:
A series of papers in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology November 2017