Critical Review of Research Methodologies in Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Study

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CONTENTS
TITLE – “Dual Antiplatelet Therapy before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; a Systematic
Review and Meta-Analysis”............................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Critical review of the research methodologies uses in article “Dual Antiplatelet Therapy before
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”...........................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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TITLE – “Dual Antiplatelet Therapy before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; a
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
INTRODUCTION
Research methodology can be stated as a path by which the researchers required to perform
the research. It depicts the path by which problem and objective is formulated and findings from
the data are presented. Research methodology demonstrates the way research outcome will be
acquired in line with mitigating the objectives of the study. Research methodology outlines
research approach, research philosophy, research design, research strategy, data collection
methods, sampling etc. Critical review of research methodology includes demonstrating a proper
understanding about the methods utilise in the research. It assists in determining the strengths
and weaknesses of research methods utilized in the study. This study is based on the critical
review and analysis of the research methodologies included in the article named as “Dual
Antiplatelet Therapy before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; a Systematic Review and Meta-
Analysis.” This report covers in-depth analysis, discussion and justification of methodologies
utilised in the article. Apart from this, a summary of the overall review is providing at the end in
order to demonstrate an understanding of reliability and validity of research study.
MAIN BODY
Critical review of the research methodologies uses in article “Dual Antiplatelet Therapy before
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
The article “Dual Antiplatelet Therapy before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; a
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” aims to answer that should Dual Antiplatelet Therapy
(DAPT) with clopidogrel and Aspirin be continued up until coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS)? It was a systematic review and the
author of the article are Roxana Sadeghi, Arash Sarveazad, Asrin Babahajian, Naser Kachoueian,
and Mansour Bahardoust. The article was published in year 2020 and the search of relevant
studies is based on three approaches in this meta-analysis. These three approaches include
manual searches in Google scholar in Google, systematic searches in electronic database and
screening of bibliography of associated review and original articles.
For developing the research question in this study, researchers were used PICO framework
which is used in evidence based practice in order to develop and answer health or clinical care
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