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WEB98.9. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (BMJ EBM) publishes original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. We focus on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and central to practising evidence-based medicine and deliver relevant, trustworthy and impactful evidence.
New evidence pyramid - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
WEBThe proposed new evidence-based medicine pyramid. (A) The traditional pyramid. (B) Revising the pyramid: (1) lines separating the study designs become wavy (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation), (2) systematic reviews are ‘chopped off’ the pyramid. (C) The revised pyramid: systematic reviews …
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WEBBMJ Evidence-Based Medicine aims to: Publish research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. Focus on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and central to teaching and practising evidence-based medicine (EBM). We deliver relevant, trustworthy and impactful evidence by: Publishing relevant research from primary studies ...
Summarising good practice guidelines for data extraction for …
WEBOrganisation. Guidelines recommend that the process of extracting data should be well organised. This involves having a clear plan, which should feature in the protocol, stating who will extract the data, the actual data that will be extracted, details about the use, development, piloting of a standardised data extraction form1 6–9 and having good data management procedures,10 including ...
Evidence-based practice education for healthcare professions: an …
WEBIntroduction. To highlight and advance clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice (EBP) agendas, the Institute of Medicine set a goal that by 2020, 90% of clinical decisions will be supported by accurate, timely and up-to-date clinical information and will reflect the best available evidence to achieve the best patient outcomes.1 To ensure that future healthcare users can be assured of ...
Effectiveness of tests to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus, …
WEBConclusions Evidence is rapidly emerging on the effectiveness of tests for COVID-19 diagnosis and management, but important uncertainties about their effectiveness and most appropriate application remain. Estimates of diagnostic accuracy should be interpreted bearing in mind the absence of a definitive reference standard to diagnose or rule out COVID-19 infection.
Open-label placebo clinical trials: is it the rationale, the ...
WEBNational surveys of primary care physicians demonstrate that placebo use is prevalent. Against their widespread use, until recently, it was assumed among researchers that placebos must be deceptively prescribed for beneficial effects to be elicited. However, a new programme of research in placebo studies indicates that it may be possible to harness placebo effects in clinical practice via ...
WEBBMJ Evidence-Based Medicine February 2018 | volume 23 | number 1 | 31 EBM analysis More recently, a wide range of tip sheets and checklists have been published.14–16 22 23 Although all these lists address some of the IHC Key Concepts, the latter differs in …
Updated 2018 NICE guideline on pharmacological treatments for …
WEBIn March 2018, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated its guideline (NG87) on diagnosing and managing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),1 and its in-house systematic reviews on the efficacy and adverse events of pharmacological treatments for ADHD.2 3 The guideline recommends methylphenidate as the first-line pharmacological treatment for children ...
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