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ICU VivasStatistics & evidence

ICU Vivas · Statistics & evidence

Clinical viva — your approach to appraising a paper

A clinical viva on the critical-appraisal approach — the structured framework (the validity, the importance, the applicability), the GRADE, and the common pitfalls.

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A clinical viva on the critical-appraisal approach — the structured framework (the validity, the importance, the applicability), the GRADE, and the common pitfalls.

The question

"Take me through your approach to appraising a clinical trial."[9]

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  1. [9]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.
  2. [10]Marino PL The ICU Book. 4th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014.
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