Methodological quality of randomized controlled trials of postoperative epidural analgesia: Validation of the epidural analgesia trial checklist as a specific instrument to evaluate methodology

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 549-555

  Liu, Spencer S ^a   Togioka, Brandon M ^b   Hurley, Robert W ^c   Vu, Cuong M ^d   Hanna, Marie N ^b   Murphy, Jamie D ^b   Wu, Christopher L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA TRIAL CHECKLIST; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CHECKLIST; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149248543     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181fa114e     Document Type: Review

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