ContextInformed patients are more likely to actively participate in their care, make wiser
decisions, come to a common understanding with their physicians, and adhere more fully to …

Objective To clarify the grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation
(GRADE) definition of certainty of evidence and suggest possible approaches to rating …

Objectives: Medicine must keep current with the research literature, and keeping current
requires continuously updating the clinical knowledgebase (ie, references that provide answers …

Up to 7 percent of girls and 2 percent of boys will have a symptomatic, culture-confirmed
urinary tract infection by six years of age. Urinary tract infection may be suspected because of …

The 6S pyramid has provided a conceptual framework for searching information resources
for evidence-based healthcare (EBHC) and is used in medical education and clinical …

OBJECTIVE• Our goal was to determine if any treatment of acute herpes zoster alters the
incidence or duration of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a common sequela in elderly patients. …

BACKGROUND: Standard obstetrical practice has included iron therapy for patients with
anemia without requiring the determination of iron deficiency. However, the proportion of …

… BS Alper and PR Lewis. … Alper BS, Lewis P R. Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a systematic
review of … Alper BS, Lewis PR. Does treatment of acute herpes zoster prevent or shorten …

METHODS We searched MEDLINE for abstracts that included the text words “intention to
treat” or “intent to treat,” limiting the results to randomized controlled trials published in English …

Objectives The aim of this study is to propose an approach for developing trustworthy
recommendations as part of urgent responses (1–2 week) in the clinical, public health, and health …