FINDING EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION
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Therapy |
Diagnosis |
Screening |
Prognosis |
PubMed Terms* |
Disease +Therapy
Limit by publication type to "Randomized Controlled Trial" or
"Meta-Analysis"
Apply other appropriate limits |
Disease + Test + Sensitivity and Specificity
Apply other appropriate limits |
Disease + Test + Mass Screening
OR
Limit by pulication type to "Practice Guideline" |
Prognostic Factor + Outcome + Any of the following::
- Prognosis
- Disease Progression
- Mortality
- Morbidity
- Risk
- Cohort Studies
- Follow-up Studies
|
Other Sources |
Clinical Evidence
ACP Journal Club
UptoDate |
ACP Journal Club
UptoDate |
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
EBM Guidelines or Prevention and Screening from the
EBM Resource Page |
ACP Journal Club
Clinical Evidence |
Follow up on these resources by finding
the original article in PubMed , selecting the link for "Related
Articles" and sorting the results by Publication Date to find the
most recent papers on the subject. |
Data |
ARR
NNT
RRR
CI |
LR+
LR-
CI |
Sensitivity
False Positives
Prevalence
CI |
Survivial Curve
Hazard Ratios
Odds Ratios
CI |
*Articles related to Therapy, Diagnosis or Prognosis may be found using
the Clinical Queries function in PubMed.
This brief guide is a supplement to the the full
Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial .