Semin Med Pract  2007 ;10:18-29 Applying evidence to the care of a patient with cardiovascular disease: How to detect misleading claims in clinical research reports Shaneyfelt T, Montori VM The article, the latest in an ongoing series devoted to evidence-based medicine, uses a recently published randomized controlled trial (RCT) to illustrate that biased or misleading interpretations of study results can occur even if the study was methodologically sound. Using a case of a patient with a prior myocardial infarction, the authors discuss how to evaluate the results of the RCT to form a more objective conclusion about whether adding clopidogrel to the patient’s cardiovascular regimen would indeed be beneficial. The authors present 6 strategies physicians can apply to help detect biased or misleading inferences when reading original research reports. Journal Article Free Download Search the Turner White index to find abstracts of articles published in SMP. Back to previous page
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