ebm.bmj2 年
Hit or miss: the new cholesterol targets
Drug treatment to reduce cholesterol to new target levels is now recommended in four moderate- to high-risk patient populations: patients who have already sustained a cardiovascular event, adult ...
ebm.bmj4 个月
Key Concepts for Informed Health Choices: a framework for helping people learn how to ...
Correspondence to Sir Iain Chalmers, James Lind Initiative, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK; ichalmers{at}jameslind.net We are surrounded by maelstroms of claims about the effects ...
ebm.bmj4 个月
Evidence-based practice education for healthcare professions: an expert view
Correspondence to Dr Elaine Lehane, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork T12 K8AF, Ireland; e.lehane{at}ucc.ie To highlight and advance clinical ...
ebm.bmj2 个月
Critical appraisal of qualitative research: necessity, partialities and the issue of bias
Correspondence to Dr Veronika Williams, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; veronika.williams{at}phc.ox.ac.uk Given its scope and its place ...
ebm.bmj4 年
Should blood pressure medications be taken at bedtime?
Correspondence to Professor Carl Heneghan, Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK; carl.heneghan{at}phc.ox.ac.uk If you wish to reuse ...
ebm.bmj11 天
In-person schooling is essential even during periods of high transmission of COVID-19
5 Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LARed Network), Montevideo, Uruguay During the early phase of the pandemic, school closures were one of the non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) ...
ebm.bmj6 年
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ebm.bmj6 年
EBM Guidelines: Evidence-Based Medicine
This electronic resource aims to provide physicians with fast and easy access to practical guidelines linked to the best available research evidence. It covers a wide range of medical conditions and ...
ebm.bmj2 年
COVID-19 and metabolic syndrome: could diet be the key?
Correspondence to Dr Maryanne Demasi, Institute for Scientific Freedom, Copenhagen 2970, Denmark; maryannedemasi{at}hotmail.com ...
ebm.bmj7 个月
Should COVID-19 vaccination be mandatory?
Correspondence to Dr Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Research Department, Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, 1199 Buenos Aires, Argentina; juanfranco{at}bmj.com ...
ebm.bmj2 年
The Pandora’s Box of Evidence Synthesis and the case for a living Evidence Synthesis Taxonomy
Correspondence to Dr Zachary Munn, JBI, The University of Adelaide Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; zachary.munn{at}adelaide.edu.au We are concerned about ...
ebm.bmj5 年
56 Understanding bias, conflicts of interest and researcher allegiance in systematic reviews
Objectives Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are the foundation of modern evidence-based medicine and their use is becoming more prolific than randomised trials. However, systematic reviews are ...