miércoles, 25 de febrero de 2015

Para calcular NNT


Visual Rx Version 3 from Dr Chris Cates' EBM Web Site

http://www.nntonline.net/visualrx/

lunes, 23 de febrero de 2015

domingo, 22 de febrero de 2015

La epidemiología clínica es el sustento de...

...lo invito a disfrutar este clásico. 

Referencia:
Sackett DL. Clinical epidemiology. what, who, and whither. J Clin Epidemiol. 2002; 55(12):1161-6.

Inflación de efectos por...

...inadecuado ocultamiento de la secuencia de la aleatorización.

Referencia:
Schulz KF, Chalmers I, Hayes RJ, Altman DG. Empirical evidence of bias. Dimensions of methodological quality associated with estimates of treatment effects in controlled trials. JAMA. 1995; 273(5):408-12.

El riesgo médico

Referencia:
Bogardus ST Jr, Holmboe E, Jekel JF. Perils, pitfalls, and possibilities in talking about medical risk. JAMA. 1999;281(11):1037-41.

sábado, 21 de febrero de 2015

No solo el beneficio clínico...

... me interesan los perjuicios de la medicación. ¡<>!

Referencia:

Mahady SE, Schlub T, Bero L, Moher D, Tovey D, George J, et al. Side effects are incompletely reported among systematicreviews in gastroenterology. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015; 68(2):144-53. 

viernes, 20 de febrero de 2015

<<...basada en la mejor evidencia disponible>>...

... no es sinónimo de evidencia sólida.

Referencias:
1. Brok J, Thorlund K, Gluud C, Wetterslev J. Trial sequential analysis reveals insufficient information size and potentially false positive results in many meta-analyses. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2008; 61:763-769.


2. Brok J, Thorlund K, Wetterslev J, Gluud C. Apparently conclusive meta-analyses may be inconclusive - Trial sequential analysis adjustment of random error risk due to repetitive testing of accumulating data in apparently conclusive neonatal meta-analyses. International Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 38:287-298.

3. Thorlund K, Devereaux PJ, Wetterslev J, Guyatt G, Ioannidis JP, Thabane L, et al. Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses? International Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 38:276-286.

4. Thorlund K, Imberger G, Walsh M, Chu R, Gluud C, Wetterslev J, et al. The number of patients and events required to limit the risk of overestimation of intervention effects in meta-analysis- a simulation study. PLoS One. 2011; 6(10):e25491.

5. Wetterslev J, Thorlund K, Brok J, Gluud C. Trial sequential analysis may establish when firm evidence is reached in cumulative meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2008;61:64-75.