Qualitative Data Types and Tests
Qualitative data consists of categorical measurements determined by description rather than a numerical measurement
Category Clinical Research
Randomised control trials
The Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) is the 'gold standard' in evidence-based medicine, representing the highest levels of evidence
Confidence Intervals
Confidence intervals are the range around the sample mean within which you predict the means of the population to lie
Validity of Research and Measurements
OVERVIEW In general terms, validity is “the quality of being true or correct”, it refers to the strength of results and how accurately they reflect the real world. Thus ‘validity’ can have quite different meanings depending on the context! Reliability…
Diagnostic Tests in Research
Diagnostic tests and terms: sensitivity; specificity; positive predictive value; negative predictive value; likelihood ratio; receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC curve)
The Devil is in the Details
In part one of a series on clinical trials, David Denman discusses CONSORT diagrams and the CONSORT statement using the DECRA trial as an example.
Own the FEAST
We recently featured a video on what could turn out to be the emergency medicine/ critical care 'Trial of the Year'... That's right, the FEAST Trial:
Do you know if you really own the airway?
How often does a junior medical officer (or in-fact one of your senior colleagues) in your ED have four attempts at intubating a patient before he, or she, finally succeeds?
EBM and the rule of thumb
American ER Doc Gone Walkabout Episode 026 Wise use of EBM makes us much more reasonable Doctors. I meet a young woman, previously healthy… She’s had a little fever, some congestion, has been coughing and sneezing for a few days,…
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Research and Reviews (R&R) in the FastLane: experts worldwide tell us what they think is worth reading from emergency medicine and critical care literature
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search and Reviews (R&R) in the FastLane: experts worldwide tell us what they think is worth reading from emergency medicine and critical care literature
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Research and Reviews in the FastLane: experts worldwide tell us what they think is worth reading from the emergency medicine and critical care literature.