Introduction EBP

From Evidence Based Medicine to Medicine Based Evidence

Evidence based medicine, using randomized controlled trials and metaanalyses as the major tools and sources ofevidence about average results for heterogeneous groups of patients, developed as a reaction against poorly designed observational treatment research and physician reliance on personal experience with other patients as a […]

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Science and fiction in critical care: established concepts with or without evidence?

In the absence of evidence, therapies are often based on intuition, belief, common sense or gut feeling. Over theyears, some treatment strategies may become dogmas that are eventually considered as state-of-the-art and notquestioned any longer. This might be a reason why there are many examples

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Evidence-Based Practice: Step by Step: The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice

This is the second article in a new series from the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice. Click here to consult the resource Resource quality according to evaluation criteria, range 0-32: 27

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