Evidence-Based Medicine: In Sherlock Holmes' FootstepsISBN: 978-1-4051-5713-1
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104 pages
December 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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INTRODUCTION.
STEP 1 FORMULATE AN ANSWERABLE QUESTION.
Information Sources.
Choosing the Appropriate Database.
Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analysis.
Meta-Search Engines.
Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Critically Appraised Topics (CATs).
Primary Information Sources.
Library Resources.
Other EBM Portals.
STEP 2 INFORMATION SEARCH.
Make a Wide Search with High Sensitivity.
Principal Database Search Strategy.
Limit Your Search Results/Increase Your Specificity.
Use a Good Hit for Further Searches.
STEP 3 REVIEW OF INFORMATION AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL.
Quality Assessment of Information.
Evaluation of the Scientific Quality.
Quality of Evidence.
STEP 4 EMPLOY THE RESULTS IN YOUR DAILY PRACTICE.
Applicability.
Balance between Benefit and Harm.
Strength of Recommendation.
Patient’s Perceptions.
Make a Recommendation.
Communicating the Evidence to Your Patient.
DEDUCTION, ANALYSIS AND MEDICINE.
REFERENCES.
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION SOURCES AND SEARCH ENGINES.
INTERNET-BASED SPREADSHEETS.
SHERLOCK HOLMES REFERENCES.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
RECOMMENDED EBM LITERATURE.
GLOSSARY.
INDEX