Critical Appraisal Lowdown

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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

  • Confidence intervals; significance of results

    22/01/2018 Duration: 02min

    From 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

  • Heterogeneity; comparing studies

    15/01/2018 Duration: 03min

    From 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

  • Composite outcomes; why to be wary

    08/01/2018 Duration: 02min

    From 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

  • Underpowered studies & type 2 error

    01/01/2018 Duration: 03min

    From 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