Evidence Based Medicine Flashcards

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Step One

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Transforming an idea into a focused question

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Step Two

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Finding the best evidence with which to answer that question

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Step Three

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Critically appraising that evidence for validity, impact and applicability

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Step Four

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Integrating that appraisal with our clinical expertise and our pt’s unique circumstances and values

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Step Five

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Evaluating our effectiveness in this process

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Progression of translational sciences

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Animal based or physiology studies 
Case reports or case series
Critical literature reviews
Observational studies
Randomized control trials
Population based studies
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Systemic review

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Sum up the best available research on a specific questions

Synthesizing the results of randomized control trails (strong) and observational trials (weak)

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What MUST systemic review have?

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Clear inclusion/exclusion criteria
Explicit search strategy
Systemic analysis of studies
Meta-analysis where possible

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Observational Studies

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Effective in studying rare diseases
Quick and inexpensive
Generate hypotheses
Some may be conclusive
Suffer from biases bc of non-comparability of exposure groups
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Randomized studies

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Eliminate bias by controlling factors
Causes and effect
Remove bias in allocation to treatment
Costly and time-consuming
Restricted on the scope of questions addressed
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Define Case Reports

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Detailed report about a pt’s: diagnosis, treatment, course of illness and followup

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Define Case Series

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Detailed report about a group of pt’s: diagnosis, treatment, course of illness, followup
Preferred

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Answer

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Restate the question
Summarize results
Conclude

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