| Risk of Bias |
Author’s Judgment
Low Risk
Unclear
High Risk
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Support for Judgment |
| Selection bias |
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Old definition, “severe sepsis”, time bias |
| Bias in definition and measurement |
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| Outcome measurement bias |
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| Handling of missing data |
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Not stated, unclear |
| Confounding |
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| Bias of statistics or presentation of result |
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Little to interpret, logistic regression not calibrated |
Low Risk
Unclear
High Risk