Overview
Featured Article
Expert Reviews
Methodological Reviewer: Arden Morris MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Clinical Reviewer: Samantha Hendren MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan
Clinical Reviewer: Stuart McCluskey MD, PhD, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Supplementary Articles
Questions
Please read the above articles and be prepared to discuss the following:
- What is the clinical question being addressed?
- Was the assignment of patients to treatment randomized?
- Were all patients who entered the trial properly accounted for and attributed at its conclusions?
- Were patients, their clinicians and study personnel “blind” to treatment?
- Were the groups similar at the start of the trial?
- Aside from the experimental intervention, were the groups treated equally?
- How large and precise was the treatment effect?
- Can the results be applied to my patient care?
- Were all clinically important outcomes considered?
- Are the likely treatment benefits worth the potential harm and costs?
- State the conclusion. Have the authors addressed the question posed?
- Does the evidence support the conclusion?