Randomized controlled trials and consensus as a basis for interventions in internal medicine

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-104

  Nordin Johansson, A ^a   Asplund, K ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Expert consensus; General internal medicine; Interventions; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033960398     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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