Evidence based medicine is founded upon an ideal—that decisions about the care of
individual patients should involve the “conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current …

Evidence is essential but not sufficient for evidence-based practice. At least three types of
information and three types of judgements are needed for well-informed decisions (Figure …

This article describes a framework for evaluating and adapting existing practice guidelines
for local use by health care organizations and groups. The framework presents the major …

Whiplash, first described in a medical journal in 1953, now occurs so frequently that in the
US alone its annual cost is estimated at between $13 and $18 billion dollars. In Whiplash …

Purpose: To define a practice pathway for the evaluation of sixth-nerve palsies (SNPs) and
to determine its cost—effectiveness and validity in a retrospective chart review. Methods: A …

The rationale of evidence‐based decision‐making is to inform the decision‐making process
with information relevant to the decisions being taken. In this paper the models of research …

Background: Development of a manual or well-defined criterion for prioritizing the topics of
clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) will help validate and organize this process evermore …

This methods article reports on key problems and difficulties encountered in a systematic
literature review that in the absence of randomized controlled trials drew on theoretical …

Objective Few methodological studies address the prioritization of clinical topics for the
development of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs). The aim of this study was to validate a …

Background: The validity of outcome report cards may depend on the ways in which they are
adjusted for risk. Objectives: To compare the predictive ability of generic and disease …