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SUBMITTER: Alderazi YJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5764529 | biostudies-other | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Alderazi Yazan J YJ Bomprezzi Roberto R
Neurology. Clinical practice 20140801 4
The practice of medicine relies on the patient-physician relationship, knowledge, and clinical judgment. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) remain the least biased method for studying the effects of interventions in selected populations and are the only method to control adequately for unknown confounders. However, physicians face the limitations of RCTs on a daily basis as they treat relatively unselected populations and individual patients. We explore the benefits and limitations of RCTs for ...[more]