Applying Evidence to Patient Care: From Black and White to Shades of Grey

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 938-939

  McAlister, Finlay A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; NOTE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 0037506929     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-11-200306030-00016     Document Type: Review

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