1. Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, M.D.
Common downfalls for medical papers
Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, M.D.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

2. LEARNING GOALS Goals of medical papers The ten commandments
Should we despair?

3. WHY BOTHER WITH MEDICAL PAPERS?*
Boost CV
Challenge dogmas
Disseminate innovations
Improve clinical/research skills
Self-advertise
*alphabetic order

4. CASE STUDY
Biondi-Zoccai et al, Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2006

5. LEARNING GOALS Goals of medical papers The ten commandments
Should we despair?

6. I. THOU SHALT BEHAVE ETHICALLY
The Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis in the Negro male: the longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings in medical history

7. I. THOU SHALT BEHAVE ETHICALLY
Thomas et al, Am J Publ Health 1991

8. II. THOU SHALT INNOVATE originality
Biondi-Zoccai et al, Eur Heart J 2006

9. III. THOU SHALT NOT DUPLICATE
Di Lorenzo et al, Circulation 2009

10. III. THOU SHALT NOT DUPLICATE
Di Lorenzo et al, Circulation 2009

11. IV. THOU SHALT DISCLOSE THY CONFLICTS
Grube et al, Circulation 2001

12. V. THOU SHALT HONOR THY COLLEAGUES
Shamin et al, New Engl J Med 2002

13. VI. THOU SHALT VERIFY INFORMATION
Information b ias
Fox et al, Am J Cardiol 2005

14. VII. THOU SHALT NOT OVERINTERPRET
Feldman et al, New Engl J Med 2011

15. VIII. THOU SHALT NOT PLAY GOD
Adams et al, Clin Rehabil 2009

16. IX. THOU SHALT CONCEAL ALLOCATION
randomization
Kanei et al, Am J Cardiol 2011

17. X. THOU SHALT ADJUST THY ANALYSES
Biondi-Zoccai et al, Contemp Clin Trials 2011

18. LEARNING GOALS Goals of medical papers The ten commandments
Should we despair?

19. CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM
Wen et al, J Clin Epidemiol 2008

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