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It seems this is a study about randomized controlled trials, not about parachutes :)
by chatmasta 2y ago
It seems this is a study about randomized controlled trials, not about parachutes :)
- tripletao 2y agoI believe that deplorable paucity of RCT evidence was first noted in 2003, in "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/ I'm glad to see that's finally been addressed! Though for the counterpoint, also see "Most medical practices are not parachutes: a citation analysis of practices felt by biomedical authors to be analogous to parachutes" https://www.cmajopen.ca/content/cmajo/6/1/E31.full.pdf https://www.cmajopen.ca/content/cmajo/6/1/E31.full.pdf