Writing an Abstract

How a structured abstract is built, section by section, using a hyperkalemia study as the running example.

Writing an Abstract

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1. 1The shape of an abstract. Pick the well-structured abstracts from four blurred examples.
2. 2Background. Two or three sentences: why the problem matters, then the goal.
3. 3Methods. Study type and data source, criteria, methods of interest, and outcomes.
4. 4Results. From patients screened to the primary outcome and the chief hypothesis test.
5. 5Conclusion. One or two sentences that tie directly back to the results.
6. 6Build an abstract. Place each sentence of a new abstract where it belongs.