The King under review
Critical appraisal of treatment studies. Guidelines for critical appraisal of treatment studies are given, being the randomized clinical trial the most frequent design.
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
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Achilles and Effects Forest
Publication bias. We describe publication bias in meta-analysis and the most used methods that are empoyed for its study, both graphical and numerical.
Apples and pears
Study of heterogeneity in meta-analysis. Numerical (Q, I, H) and graphical methods (Galbraith and L’Abbé) for the study of heterogeneity of the primary meta-analysis studies.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Systematic review and meta-analysis. The two types of reviews, narrative and systematic, are described, as well as the steps for perforiming a systematic review with meta-analysis.
The guard’s dilemma
Sensitivity and specificity. The concepts of sensitivity and specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios are described, as well as the use of ROC curves.