Record Awaiting Appraisal

Zhelnov P. A critical appraisal of ‘Helliwell JA, Shelton B, Mahmood H, Blanco-Colino R, Fitzgerald JE, Harrison EM, Bhangu A, Chapman SJ. Transparency in surgical randomized clinical trials: cross-sectional observational study. BJS Open. 2020 Oct;4(5):977-984. doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50333. Epub 2020 Aug 15. PMID: 33179875’. Zheln. 2020 Nov 14;46(2):r104d12. URI: https://zheln.com/record/2020/11/12/104/.

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1. ✅ Downloaded from the PubMed Systematic Subset Daily Updates
2. 🔄 Meets Shojania & Bero 2001 True Positive Criteria for Systematic Reviews by Either Title or Abstract?
3. 🔄 Full Text or Other Reports Collected by Zheln
4. 🔄 Generates Pragmatic Evidence Directly Relevant to Evidence-Based Practice?
5. 🔄 Is Duplicate?
6. 🔄 Passed or Failed Replication?
7. 🔄 Has Critical Conduct Flaws?
8. 🔄 Liked or Disliked by Zheln?
9. 🔄 Practical Implications Summarized by Zheln
10. 🔄 Appraisal Published & Call for Crowdfunding

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