Evidence-Based Medicine - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'?

30 Oct 2009 We assessed the impact of a United Kingdom government-recommended triage process, designed to guide the decision to admit patients to intensive care during an influenza pandemic, on patients in a teaching hospital intensive care unit. We found that ... Read more...

Upgrading the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' evidence-leveling hierarchy.

30 Aug 2009 In August 2008, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' (AACN's) Evidence-Based Practice Resource Work Group met to review current AACN Practice Alerts and to identify new Practice Alerts to be created. The work group was also tasked with ... Read more...

Evidence-based medicine must be ...

16 Aug 2009 Proponents of evidence-based medicine (EBM) provide the "hierarchy of evidence" as a criterion for judging the reliability of therapeutic decisions. EBM's hierarchy places randomized interventional studies (and systematic reviews of such studies) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Evidence-Based Medicine - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'? 30 Oct 2009
• Lost in a jungle of evidence: we need a compass. 18 Oct 2009
• Lost in a jungle of evidence: we need a compass. Practice parameters and technology assessments: what they are, what they are not, and why you should care. 18 Oct 2009
• In vivo confocal microscopy of corneal stromal nerves in patients with peripheral neuropathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Upgrading the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' evidence-leveling hierarchy. 30 Aug 2009
• Comparing the USPSTF and GRADE approaches to recommendations. 30 Aug 2009
• Evidence-based medicine must be ... 16 Aug 2009
• Improving the quality of care for infants: a cluster randomized controlled trial. 8 Aug 2009
• The changing face of quality in spine surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• Evidence-based medicine: applying valid evidence. 30 Jul 2009
• The present status of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. 30 Jul 2009
• The cross-cultural evidence on "extreme behaviors": what can it tell us? 30 Jul 2009
• The value of electromyography: toward an evidence-based use of electrodiagnostic testing. 30 Jul 2009
• BTS guidelines for home oxygen in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Pre-hospital tracheal intubation in patients with traumatic brain injury: systematic review of current evidence. 29 Jul 2009
• Clinical practice guidelines and scientific evidence. 6 Jul 2009
• Clinical practice guidelines and scientific evidence. 6 Jul 2009
• Clinical practice guidelines and scientific evidence. 6 Jul 2009
• Clinical practice guidelines and scientific evidence. 6 Jul 2009
• Combining antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapies. 5 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Evidence-Based Medicine'

Definition: An approach of practicing medicine with the goal to improve and evaluate patient care. It requires the judicious integration of best research evidence with the patient's values to make decisions about medical care. This method is to help physicians make proper diagnosis, devise best testing plan, choose best treatment and methods of disease prevention, as well as develop guidelines for large groups of patients with the same disease. (from JAMA 296 (9), 2006)

Descriptor UI: D019317

Alternative terms: Evidence-Based Medicine; Evidence Based Medicine; Medicine, Evidence-Based; Medicine, Evidence Based;

Related Mesh Headings: Evidence-Based Dentistry; Evidence-Based Nursing;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.249.750; H02.403.200.400;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: DF: EVIDENCE BASED MED