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Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...

Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” is an excerpt from the discu...

Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Association does not identify direction or causation, and…” bel...

Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...

Case 17 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all p...

Case 15 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations b...

Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Statistical significance alone does not establish…” be...

Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...

Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...

Case 28 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Correction note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: ret...