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Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 23 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with s...
Case 151 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · indexing exercise Correction note for “Reference management: distinguish ...
Case 23 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a...
Method note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: use “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records…” as a row he...
Case 34 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Reader check for “An evidence table with room for negative findi...
Case 13 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”:...
Case 2 — A correction log for an archive article Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the...
Case 11 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction....
Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the point beginning “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” belongs to t...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 19 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Descri...
Case 35 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describe...