Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Systematic Review – Migraine

How to Review a Paper

Methodology Design – What Type of Study Did They Do?

Methodology Design – Question 1

Methodology Design – Question 2

Levels of Evidence Grade

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Levels of Evidence and Evidence Grade

Evidence Grades

GRADE System Recommendations

Why Was the Review Done?

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Was the Search Done Diligently?

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Is Their Search Reproducible?

What Were Their Inclusion Criteria?

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Did the Authors Assess Study Quality?

Is there Publication Bias?

What Do The Results Mean?

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What Do The Results Mean?

Is There Heterogeneity?

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Is There Heterogeneity?

Is It Possible That Competing Interests May Have Influenced The Study?

Is This Study Internally And Externally Valid?

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Is This Study Internally And Externally Valid?

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1. Question
Look at the paper by Colman et al and decide which of the reasons below describes why they did the review.

Select the statements which are true.
- They wanted to see if intravenous dexamethosone made people with migraine better while they were in the emergency department
- They want to see whether intravenous dexamethosone made people with migraine not relapse within 72 hours
- They are planning a big randomised controlled trial of dexamethosone and they wanted to see what the evidence showed beforehand
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