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BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (BMJ EBM) publishes original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. We focus on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and ...
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Guest authorship as research misconduct: definitions and possible solutions

Correspondence to Dr E H Morreim, Internal Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Memphis, Memphis, TN 38103, USA; hmorreim{at}uthsc.edu To advance healthcare ...
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Impact of prompt engineering on large language models for risk of bias assessment: a comparative study

Objectives To evaluate the performance of large language models (LLMs) in risk of bias assessment and to examine whether ...
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Digitally enabled decentralised research: opportunities to improve the efficiency of clinical trials and observational studies

Correspondence to Dr Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi, Institute of Applied Health Reserach, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK; O.L.Aiyegbusi{at}bham.ac.uk Clinical research is often ...
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Adapt or die: how the pandemic made the shift from EBM to EBM+ more urgent

Evidence-based medicine (EBM’s) traditional methods, especially randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses, along with risk-of-bias tools and checklists, have contributed significantly to ...
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Evaluating data extraction error by a large language model from randomised controlled trials: a large-scale empirical study

Objective To examine the potential errors of a general large language model (LLM) (ie, Claude 3.5 Sonnet) on data extraction from randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Design and setting An empirical ...
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Replacing PICO in non-interventional studies

Correspondence to Dr Yishai Mintzker, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Zafed 1311502, Israel; mintzker_y{at}mac.org.il If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...
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Uncovering seeding trials: examining non-scientific purposes in clinical trials

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FDA approval of benzgalantamine exposes flaws in the 505(b)(2) pathway for innovations on existing drugs

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Effectiveness and clinical relevance of kinesio taping in musculoskeletal disorders: an overview of systematic reviews and evidence mapping

Objectives To investigate the effectiveness and clinical relevance of kinesio taping (KT) in musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) at different follow-ups. Design Overview of systematic reviews (SRs) and ...
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Evidence contamination: what it is and why it matters

14 Innovation Institute for Integration of Medicine and Engineering, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, chengdu, China Questionable research practice: a spectrum of questionable behaviours in ...