Negative trials in critical care: why most research is probably wrong

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 659-660

  Laffey, John G ^a,b   Kavanagh, Brian P ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY RATE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY THEORY; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85053816603     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30279-0     Document Type: Note

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