Critical appraisal of medical literature

Critical appraisal of published literature

With a large output of medical literature coming out every year, it is impossible for readers to read every article. Critical appraisal of scientific literature is an important skill to be mastered not only by academic medical professionals but also by those involved in clinical practice. Before incorporating changes into the management of their patients, a thorough evaluation of the current or...

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Critical Appraisal of Health Care Literature

quality Read the paper carefully and don’t rely on the abstract alone. Around 24%-60% of abstracts in peer reviewed journals have deficiencies. Three common types of inaccuracies are: 1) data inconsistent in abstract and body of the paper, tables, and figures; 2) data or information in the abstract do not appear elsewhere; and 3) conclusions in the abstract not substantiated in the paper itself...

Critical Appraisal

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A critical appraisal of propensity-score matching in the medical literature between 1996 and 2003.

Propensity-score methods are increasingly being used to reduce the impact of treatment-selection bias in the estimation of treatment effects using observational data. Commonly used propensity-score methods include covariate adjustment using the propensity score, stratification on the propensity score, and propensity-score matching. Empirical and theoretical research has demonstrated that matchi...