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Number needed to treat (NNT) in clinical literature: an appraisal

BACKGROUND: The number needed to treat (NNT) is an absolute effect measure that has been used to assess beneficial and harmful effects of medical interventions. Several methods can be used to calculate NNTs, and they should be applied depending on the different study characteristics, such as the des...

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Autores principales: Mendes, Diogo, Alves, Carlos, Batel-Marques, Francisco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5455127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28571585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0875-8