Making Sense of Critical Appraisal provides all the necessary information on how to read and understand medical research publications critically and to decide whether the contents of such publications are clinically useful in the care of patients. Illustrated throughout with medically relevant examples, this text covers all aspects of study design and clinical audit to give a clear framework for critical reading.
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Introduction Basic stats Relevant study design issues Critical appraisal of studies on screening on diagnostic tests Critical appraisal of cross-sectional surveys Critical appraisal of prospective studies Critical appraisal of retrospective studies Critical appraisal of randomised clinical trials Handling survival time data Critical appraisal of systematic reviews Critical appraisal of clinical audit Critical appraisal of economic evaluations Critical appraisal of qualitative studies Glossary.
