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Common downfalls for medical papers. Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, M.D. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy gbiondizoccai@gmail.com. LEARNING GOALS. Goals of medical papers The ten commandments Should we despair?. WHY BOTHER WITH MEDICAL PAPERS?*. Boost CV Challenge dogmas
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Common downfallsformedicalpapers Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, M.D. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy gbiondizoccai@gmail.com
LEARNING GOALS • Goals of medical papers • The ten commandments • Should we despair?
WHY BOTHER WITHMEDICAL PAPERS?* • Boost CV • Challenge dogmas • Disseminate innovations • Improve clinical/research skills • Self-advertise *alphabetic order
CASE STUDY Biondi-Zoccai et al, Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2006
LEARNING GOALS • Goals of medical papers • The ten commandments • Should we despair?
I. THOU SHALTBEHAVE ETHICALLY The Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis in the Negro male: the longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings in medical history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment
I. THOU SHALTBEHAVE ETHICALLY Thomas et al, Am J Publ Health 1991
II. THOU SHALTINNOVATE originality Biondi-Zoccai et al, Eur Heart J 2006
III. THOU SHALT NOT DUPLICATE Di Lorenzo et al, Circulation 2009
III. THOU SHALT NOT DUPLICATE Di Lorenzo et al, Circulation 2009
IV. THOU SHALT DISCLOSE THY CONFLICTS Grube et al, Circulation 2001
V. THOU SHALTHONOR THY COLLEAGUES Shamin et al, New Engl J Med 2002
VI. THOU SHALT VERIFY INFORMATION Information b ias Fox et al, Am J Cardiol 2005
VII. THOU SHALT NOT OVERINTERPRET Feldman et al, New Engl J Med 2011
VIII. THOU SHALT NOT PLAY GOD Adams et al, Clin Rehabil 2009
IX. THOU SHALT CONCEAL ALLOCATION randomization Kanei et al, Am J Cardiol 2011
X. THOU SHALT ADJUSTTHY ANALYSES Biondi-Zoccai et al, Contemp Clin Trials 2011
LEARNING GOALS • Goals of medical papers • The ten commandments • Should we despair?
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM Wen et al, J Clin Epidemiol 2008
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