Title of the PaperYour Name

Critical Care MedicineSchool of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

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Background (no more than 7 slides)

• Why is this an important clinical question? Show a slide of why this is an important epidemiologic problem (e.g. For a study examining a new intervention for severe sepsis, you could say that - there are 750,000 cases of severe sepsis each year and it is the most common cause of admission to non-coronary ICU)

• Show key studies to date in this area (2-3 slides). It helps to show a summary slide (e.g a recent meta-analyses)

• Key relevant mechanistic or pathophysiologic issues (1-3 slides)

Hypothesis or objective of the article of interest

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Methods (usually each bullet is 1 slide)• Entry criteria• Inclusion criteria• Exclusion criteria

• Study protocol and intervention, if available• Look through supplementary material (usually available

online) for more detailed methods and show important issues

• Primary and secondary endpoints

• Statistical analyses

Results (usually each bullet is 1-2 slides)

• Flow of study participants (CONSORT DIAGRAM)

• Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the study

• Main results (will require several slides – please show key Tables and Figures)

Conclusion• Slide Text• Subtext• Subtext

Strengths of the study• Slide Text• Subtext• Subtext

Limitations of the study• Slide Text• Subtext• Subtext

General Discussion Points

• Issues of interest that may not technically be strengths or weaknesses?

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