PEARLS were succinct summaries of Cochrane Systematic Reviews for primary care practitioners. They were funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Health and are written by Prof. Brian McAvoy, Honorary/Adjunct Professor of General Practice at the Universities of Auckland, Melbourne, Monash and Queensland.  

PEARLS provided guidance on whether a treatment was effective or ineffective. PEARLS were created up to December 2014 and have not been maintained since then. Therefore, all PEARLS pages have been unpublished.

If you need to retrieve any info from past PEARLS, please contact support@cochrane.org.