… Ellis J, Mulligan I, Rowe J, Sackett DL: Inpatient general medicine is evidence based. … Cook
DJ, Sackett DL, Spitzer WO: Methodologic guidelines for systematic reviews of randomized …

Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of chronic arterial occlusive disease of the lower
extremities. The arterial narrowing or obstruction that occurs as a result of the atherosclerotic …

… David Sackett provides us with a brief insight into the world of evidence-based medicine. In
his … Sackett's editorial, Eric Walsh provides an objective review of the Scientific Citation Index …

This book is written by three clinical epidemiologists from McMaster University, Ontario,
Canada. It reflects their desire to apply the principles of population epidemiology to the care of …

CLINICAL SCENARIO You are back where we put you in the previous article 1 on diagnostic
tests in this series on how to use the medical literature: in the library studying an article that …

Objective. To standardize outcome measures in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Three
indices were identified which could adequately describe outcome (disease activity, damage …

A NEW paradigm for medical practice is emerging. Evidence-based medicine de-emphasizes
intuition, unsystematic clinical experience, and pathophysiologic rationale as sufficient …

Background Previous studies have shown that carotid endarterectomy in patients with
symptomatic severe carotid stenosis (defined as stenosis of 70 to 99 percent of the luminal …

CLINICAL SCENARIO You are working as an internal medicine resident in a rheumatology
rotation and are seeing a 19-year-old woman who has had systemic lupus erythematosus …

Evidence based medicine, whose philosophical origins extend back to mid-19th century
Paris and earlier, remains a hot topic for clinicians, public health practitioners, purchasers, …