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Critical appraisal of prognostic studies. A series of basic guidelines are given for the critical appraisal of prognostic studies, assessing their validity, relevance and applicability.
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Critical appraisal of prognostic studies. A series of basic guidelines are given for the critical appraisal of prognostic studies, assessing their validity, relevance and applicability.
Critical appraisal of diagnostic studies. Some recommendations for the critical reading of works on diagnostic tests are given, evaluating the key aspects: validity, relevance and applicability.
Critical appraisal of treatment studies. Guidelines for critical appraisal of treatment studies are given, being the randomized clinical trial the most frequent design.
Publication bias. We describe publication bias in meta-analysis and the most used methods that are empoyed for its study, both graphical and numerical.
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.