Critical Appraisal Lowdown

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Weekly podcasts covering concepts key to critical appraisal. Each episode explores an area of critical appraisal relating to a recent publications. The podcast supports the full Critical Appraisal Lowdown course which is available at www.CriticalAppraisalLowdown.co.uk All papers contained within the episodes are available at The Resus Room podcast.

22/01/2018

Confidence intervals; significance of results

From Gottlieb's recent paper regarding agents for restoration of sinus rhythm in SVT, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, what about the 95% confidence intervals made the results statistically insignificant? References and relevant resources http://CriticalAppraisalLowdown.co.uk http://theresusroom.co.uk/papers-of-january-18

3 min
15/01/2018

Heterogeneity; comparing studies

From Gottlieb's recent paper regarding agents for restoration of sinus rhythm in SVT, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, why is comparing heterogenous studies difficult? References and relevant resources http://CriticalAppraisalLowdown.co.uk http://theresusroom.co.uk/papers-of-january-18

3 min
08/01/2018

Composite outcomes; why to be wary

From a recent paper from Gottlieb's paper regarding agents for restoration of sinus rhythm and published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine on SVT, why should we be wary of composite outcomes and how should we interpret them? References and relevant resources http://CriticalAppraisalLowdown.co.uk http://theresusroom.co.uk/papers-of-january-18

3 min
01/01/2018

Underpowered studies & type 2 error

From the recent paper from Furyk in the EMJ on oral and i.v. paracetamol, does the fact that the study was underpowered mean a greater chance of a type 2 error? References and relevant resources http://CriticalAppraisalLowdown.co.uk http://theresusroom.co.uk/papers-of-january-18

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Weekly podcasts covering concepts key to critical appraisal. Each episode explores an area of critical appraisal relating to a recent publications. The podcast supports the full Critical Appraisal Lowdown course which is available at www.CriticalAppraisalLowdown.co.uk All papers contained within the episodes are available at The Resus Room podcast.

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Critical Appraisal Lowdown

Critical Appraisal Lowdown

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Confidence intervals; significance of results

Heterogeneity; comparing studies

Composite outcomes; why to be wary

Underpowered studies & type 2 error

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