Evidence based critical care medicine: What is it and what can it do for us?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 334-337

  Cook, Deborah J ^a,e   Sibbald, William J ^b   Vincent, Jean Louis ^c   Cerra, Frank B ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical research; critical care; critical illness; evidence based medicine; intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030064507     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199602000-00025     Document Type: Review

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