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Tulane Pediatrics Journal Club Literature Critique Form

Article title and journal:

Study objectives:

Hypothesis:

Outcome measures (dependent variables):

|Methods |Design features |

|Design type _ Observational |Randomized no yes: |

|_ Case-control |Blinded no yes: (single or double) |

|_ Cohort |Prospective or Retrospective |

|_ Experimental |Controlled no yes : |

|_ Cross-over | |

|_ Other: __________ | |

Sample: Number of data points or sample size (n) __________

Inclusion criteria:

Exclusion criteria:

Treatment (independent variables):

Sampling type: __ convenience _ consecutive _ randomized _ systematic __other:

Describe each treatment group and indicate number (n) for each:

Data type: __nominal (named ie yes, no) __ordinal (ordered, numbers) ___interval (specific differences)

Statistics

What statistical analysis is used?

Are the statistics used appropriate for the data?

What are the confidence intervals?

Results

Is the hypothesis accepted or rejected?

Does the study answer the question asked?

How could the study be redesigned to better answer the question asked?

Were adverse effects of treatment, limitations to the study, and intention to treat discussed?

Conclusions

Is the study biased?

Are conclusions supported by the data?

Is the study good or not?

Does it affect your practice?

(Courtesy of the LSU Department of Emergency Medicine)

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