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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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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
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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
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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
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http://theresusroom.co.uk/papers-of-january-18 -
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