Beginning with 4th quarter 2017, annotations to an article include its type of study according to common evidence-based medicine (EBM) practice. Study types are:
- Systematic review / meta-analysis.
- Randomized control trials. Includes quasi-randomized processes such as alternate allocation.
- Cohort studies. Non-randomized controlled trials. A prospective, pre-planned study, with predetermined eligibility criteria and outcome measures.
- Case control studies. Observational studies with controls; includes retrospective, interrupted time series (a change in trend attributable to the intervention), case control studies, cohort studies with controls, and health services research that includes adjustments for likely confounding variables.
- Case series / case reports. Observational studies without controls (e.g., cohort studies without control, case series without controls, case studies without controls).
See Murad MH, Asi N, Alsawas M, Alahdab F: New evidence pyramid. Evid Based Med 2016; 21(4):125-127
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FOURTH QUARTER 2017 |
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| CLP Subspecialty: | Annotations by: | |
| Lex Denysenko, MD, FACLP | ||
| Sean Heffernan, MD | ||
| Walter Luchsinger, MD Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, FACLP |
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| Maalobeeka Gangopadhyay, MD Lex Denysenko, MD, FACLP |
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| Naomi Schmelzer, MD MPH | ||
| Timothy Kiong, MD | ||
| John Grimaldi, MD Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FACLP |
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| Aum A. Pathare, MD | ||
| Diana Robinson, MD Jordan Rosen, MD |
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| J. Jewel Shim, MD, FACLP | ||
| Elie Isenberg-Grzeda, MD Carlos Fernandez-Robles, MD |
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| Lydia Chwastiak MD, MPH, FACLP Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP |
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| S. Alex Sidelnik, MD Diana Robinson, MD |
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| Paula Zimbrean, MD, FACLP | ||
| Jacquelin Esque, MD | ||
