Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't
- D. Sackett, W. Rosenberg, J. Gray, R. Haynes, W. Richardson
- MedicineBMJ
- 13 January 1996
As evidence based medicine continues to evolve and adapt, now is a useful time to refine the discussion of what it is andWhat it is not.
Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine…
- R. Jaeschke, G. Guyatt, D. Sackett
- MedicineJAMA
- 2 March 1994
You are back where you were in the previous article1 on diagnostic tests: in the library studying an article that will guide you in interpreting ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) lung scans.
Benefit of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic moderate or severe stenosis. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators.
- H. Barnett, D. Taylor, J. Spence
- MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 12 November 1998
Benefit of carotid endarterectomy was greatest among men, patients with recent stroke as the qualifying event, and patients with hemispheric symptoms, and decisions about treatment for patients in this category must take into account recognized risk factors.
Clinical epidemiology : a basic science for clinical medicine
- D. Sackett
- Medicine, Psychology
- 1985
Clinical Epidemiology is a book dedicated to H.L. Mencken, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Douglas Adams, and the Emperor's New Clothes and Physicians and others who wish to recognize key clinical epidemiologic features of the diagnosis and management of patients will benefit from reading.
An assessment of clinically useful measures of the consequences of treatment.
- A. Laupacis, D. Sackett, R. Roberts
- Medicine, PsychologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 30 June 1988
The goal is to provide a clear picture of the individual components of the immune system and provide a strategy for individualized treatment of these components according to their Kesslerian importance.
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: III. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test: B. What Are the Results and Will They Help Me In Caring for My Patients?
- R. Jaeschke, G. Guyatt, D. Sackett
- Medicine
- 2 March 1994
The patient is a 28-year-old man whose acute onset of shortness of breath and vague chest pain began shortly after completing a 10-hour auto trip, and the physician is very apprehensive about his symptoms.
Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis.
- H. Barnett, D. Taylor, M. Eliasziw
- MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 15 August 1991
Carotid endarterectomy is highly beneficial to patients with recent hemispheric and retinal transient ischemic attacks or nondisabling strokes and ipsilateral high-grade stenosis of the internal carotid artery.
Evidence-based medicine. A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine.
- G. Guyatt, J. Cairns, P. Tugwell
- MedicineJAMA
- 4 November 1992
An important goal of the medical residency program is to educate physicians in the practice of evidence-based medicine, and strategies include a weekly, formal academic half-day for residents devoted to learning the necessary skills.
Rules of evidence and clinical recommendations on the use of antithrombotic agents.
- D. Sackett
- MedicineChest
- 1 February 1989
The nonexperimental evidence that forms the recalled experiences of seasoned clinicians will tend to overestimate efficacy for the following reasons:.
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