Synopsis
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.ukAll papers contained within the episodes are available at The Resus Room podcast.
Episodes
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Confidence intervals; significance of results
22/01/2018 Duration: 02minFrom 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
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Heterogeneity; comparing studies
15/01/2018 Duration: 03minFrom 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
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Composite outcomes; why to be wary
08/01/2018 Duration: 02minFrom 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
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Underpowered studies & type 2 error
01/01/2018 Duration: 03minFrom 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