Research: The principles of evidence-based medicine

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-330

  Elphick, Heather E ^a   Smyth, Rosalind L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Focused question; Randomized controlled trial; Study design; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036697506     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cupe.2002.0306     Document Type: Article

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