Evidence-based medicine in anesthesiology

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 661-668

  Schulman, Scott R ^a   Schardt, Connie ^a   Erb, Thomas O ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Critical appraisal; Evidence based medicine; Intensive care; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT SYSTEM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036923605     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200212000-00010     Document Type: Review

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