title: User's guide to the orthopaedic literature: how to use an article about prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. bhandari@sympatico.ca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Guyatt
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Swiontkowski
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate