The "Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine Reviews" posted under "Section III" of the EBEM page and described in the "Instructions to Authors" for the EBEM Department of Annals of Emergency Medicine require a structured critical appraisal of the studies included in the review. The critical review forms posted here are derived from Guyatt G and Rennie D, ed. "Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice" AMA Press, 2002, a compilation and expansion of the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature series published in JAMA between 1992 and 2000. They are intended to guide and facilitate the required appraisals.

Select the review form corresponding to the type of question your review is addressing (therapy, prognosis, harm, diagnosis, differential diagnosis) or the type of synthetic instrument you are reviewing (overview, economic analysis, clinical prediction rule). A full explanation of the questions included in the review forms may be found in the Users' Guides Manual.