Methodological quality and synthesis of case series and case reports
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Summary
A tool is proposed to evaluate the methodological quality of case reports and case series based on the domains of selection, ascertainment, causality and reporting and signalling questions to aid evidence-based practitioners and systematic reviewers in their assessment.
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- article
- Published
- 2018-02-02
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- 1,984
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- 43
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- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2785755264
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Keywords
Causality (physics), Series (stratigraphy), Quality (philosophy), Computer science, Selection (genetic algorithm)
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