What's New at delfini.org (and there is more at delfini.org/blog):
• Critical appraisal training in beautiful Portland, Oregon: September
20th & 21st. Spaces are limited.
• Since our last DelfiniGram™, the entries below are available at
http://www.delfini.org/delfiniNew.htm—
04/24/2012: Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Warning—Using
Observational Studies to Draw Conclusions About Effectiveness May Give You
The Wrong Answer: Case Study: Losartan
04/13/2012: Our training video on measures of outcomes has been updated to
add new material at our Free Online Tutorial page
04/12/2012: Empirical Evidence of Attrition Bias in Clinical Trials
04/05/2012: Have You Seen PRISMA?
04/03/2012: A Caution When Evaluating Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
03/23/2011: Advice On Some Quasi-Experimental Alternatives To Randomization
03/20/2011: Improving Results Reporting in Clinical Trials: Case
Study—Time-to-Event Analysis and Hazard Ratio Reporting Advice
03/12/2012: New publication of an evidence-based student review at our
California Pharmacistpage: A Controlled Trial of Sildenafil in Advanced
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (STEP-IPF Study)
03/06/2012: Three Questions Patients Should Ask To Improve the Information
They Receive.
03/01/2012: Update to the Chronic Kidney Disease Guideline from our Kaiser
Permanente Hawaii: Nephrology Project for Primary Care
02/28/2012: What's Next in Obesity Treatment?
02/23/2012: New publication of an evidence-based student review at our
California Pharmacistpage: Controlling Hypertension and Hypotension
Immediately Post Stroke Study (CHHIPS Study)
02/21/2012: Alert from our Blog: Efforts at Curbing Excessive Medical
Testing. Reuters reports on the efforts of the American College of
Physicians (ACP), the largest U.S. medical specialty group, in rolling out
guidelines to help reduce overuse
02/16/2012: Is “Biologics Versus Biosimilars” A Different Story Than Brand
Names Versus Generics?
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