Evidence Based Medicine on FHIR Implementation Guide
1.0.0-ballot - ballot
Evidence Based Medicine on FHIR Implementation Guide
1.0.0-ballot - ballot
Evidence Based Medicine on FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Clinical Decision Support. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/ebm/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative: ArtifactAssessment</b><a name="179692"> </a><a name="hc179692"> </a></p><div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">ResourceArtifactAssessment "179692" Version "5" Updated "2023-12-08 00:46:44+0000" </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="StructureDefinition-risk-of-bias.html">RiskOfBias</a></p></div><p><b>Artifact URL</b>: <a href="https://fevir.net/resources/ArtifactAssessment/179692">https://fevir.net/resources/ArtifactAssessment/179692</a></p><p><b>Artifact Description</b>: The ArtifactAssessment Resource is used here to show a complex risk of bias assessment with multiple recursive components.</p><p><b>identifier</b>: FEvIR Object Identifier/179692</p><p><b>title</b>: Risk of Bias Assessment of Critically appraised summary of primary outcome of multi-platform RCT of anticoagulation for non-critically ill patients with COVID-19</p><p><b>date</b>: 2021-12-29 22:35:49+0000</p><p><b>copyright</b>: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/</p><p><b>artifact</b>: <a href="Evidence-7637.html">Evidence/7637: Critically appraised summary of primary outcome of multi-platform RCT of anticoagulation for non-critically ill patients with COVID-19</a> "Critically_appraised_summary_of_primary_outcome_of_multi_platform_RCT_of_anticoagulation_for_non_critically_ill_patients_with_COVID_19"</p><blockquote><p><b>content</b></p><p><b>informationType</b>: rating</p><p><b>type</b>: Bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00001)</span></p><p><b>classifier</b>: Critical risk of bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00190)</span></p><p><b>author</b>: <span>: Brian S. 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The confounding by time (imbalanced randomization with time period) is not adequately reported to determine the potential influence on results or adequacy of adjusted analyses.</p><p><b>type</b>: Confounding Covariate Bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00016)</span></p><p><b>classifier</b>: Serious risk of bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00189)</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>informationType</b>: rating</p><p><b>summary</b>: Awareness of treatment assignment may reduce clinical decision to initiate some types of "organ support" in patients with higher risk of major bleeding.</p><p><b>type</b>: Performance Bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00017)</span></p><p><b>classifier</b>: Factor has potential to impact results <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00207)</span>, Risk of bias favoring experimental <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00201)</span>, Critical risk of bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00190)</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>informationType</b>: rating</p><p><b>summary</b>: The influence of awareness of treatment assignment by the treating clinicians on the initiation of organ support (which is the primary outcome) was already addressed as Performance Bias so is not repeated here as a bias in detecting the outcome.</p><p><b>type</b>: Detection Bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00020)</span></p><p><b>classifier</b>: Low risk of bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00186)</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>informationType</b>: rating</p><p><b>summary</b>: Only 19 of 1190 (1.6%) therapeutic group and 6 of 1054 (0.6%) prophylactic group were excluded after randomization.</p><p><b>type</b>: Attrition Bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00019)</span></p><p><b>classifier</b>: Low risk of bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00186)</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>informationType</b>: rating</p><p><b>summary</b>: It is unknown if the results are sensitive to the analytic method, and the stopping criteria were based on statistical significance and not magnitude of effect.</p><p><b>type</b>: Analysis Bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00021)</span></p><p><b>classifier</b>: Critical risk of bias <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="CodeSystem-181513.html">Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) -- EXAMPLE VERSION for EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide</a>#SEVCO:00190)</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>content</b></p><p><b>informationType</b>: classifier</p><p><b>type</b>: Profile for use with Risk of Bias Assessment Tool <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; 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<classifier>
<coding>
<system value="https://fevir.net/resources/CodeSystem/181513"/>
<code value="SEVCO:00190"/>
<display value="Critical risk of bias"/>
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</classifier>
<component>
<informationType value="comment"/>
<summary
value="There was no “minimally important difference”. So a 99% probability of having an odds ratio > 1 (even if the magnitude of effect is infinitesimal) was used to decide it was time to stop the trial."/>
</component>
</component>
<component>
<informationType value="comment"/>
<summary
value="Definition of Bias related to selection of the analysis = An analysis bias due to inappropriate choice of analysis methods before the analysis is applied."/>
</component>
<component>
<informationType value="comment"/>
<summary
value="There was no pre-specified frequentist analysis. There was no posthoc frequentist analysis reported."/>
</component>
<component>
<informationType value="comment"/>
<summary
value="It is uncertain what a frequentist analysis would show and uncertain whether the choice of Bayesian analysis or frequentist analysis has a substantial influence on the results."/>
</component>
</component>
</component>
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<coding>
<system value="https://fevir.net/resources/CodeSystem/179423"/>
<code value="defined-in-text"/>
<display value="Defined in text"/>
</coding>
<text value="Profile for use with Risk of Bias Assessment Tool"/>
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<coding>
<system value="https://fevir.net/resources/CodeSystem/179423"/>
<code value="defined-in-text"/>
<display value="Defined in text"/>
</coding>
<text value="Randomized trial"/>
</classifier>
</content>
</ArtifactAssessment>
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