EBD Flashcards
3 facets of EBD?
Evidence
Clinical Expertise
Patients prefs
What is single blind? Double?
Single - patient
Double - researchers and patient
Precision in research means?
same test to same pt gives same result; small std
EBD can save…
time, money, provide more accurate care
EBD cycle (5 steps)
Assess pt, come up with something unknown
Ask foreground question
Acquire evidence/lit
Appraise lit
Apply and combine with experience and pt pref
Self-eval of process/outcome
Foreground questions formatted using what?
PICO
Foreground vs background questions?
foreground is specific knowledge to inform clinical decisions
background is more what/how/why
What is PICo?
Patient
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
(I and C are just different testing conditions)
In PATIENTS [include significant demographics] with [specify Target Problem] does [specify Intervention] or [specify Comparison, if any] affect [specify Outcome]
What are the 5 question domains?
Diagnosis Therapy Etiology Prognosis Economic
Where to find top-of-pyramid resources?
ADA database, dynamed, Trip, Cochrane
Pubmed is a search interface for…
MEDLINE
standard vocabulary used to describe concepts in biomedical literature is what in Pubmed?
MESH
MESH stands for
Medical Subject Headings
is it good to use Boolean operators in pubmed search?
no, advanced instead
use AND for what terms?
OR for what?
AND for disparate
OR for synonyms