title: [How to read a scientific paper. Committee for Clinical References of the French Anesthesia and Resuscitation Society].
abstract: Every scientific article has to undergo a critical reading before its conclusions can be accepted. This article discusses the tools for assessing the scientific value of a study. A sequence of methodological criteria allows quality evaluation of an article and its classification in a scale of level of proof.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale, CHRU, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Malinovsky
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Juvin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Langeron
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Riou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008091:Literature; D011932:Reading; D012107:Research Design; D012586:Science; D009626:Terminology as Topic