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Observational studies - should we simply ignore them in assessing transfusion outcomes?

BACKGROUND: As defined by evidence-based medicine randomized controlled trials rank higher than observational studies in the hierarchy of clinical research. Accordingly, when assessing the effects of treatments on patient outcomes, there is a tendency to focus on the study method rather than also ap...

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Autores principales: Trentino, Kevin, Farmer, Shannon, Gross, Irwin, Shander, Aryeh, Isbister, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27741940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-016-0264-4