How evidence based are therapeutic decisions taken on a medical admissions unit?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-448

  Hardern, Richard D ^a   Leong, F T ^a   Page, A V ^a   Shepherd, M ^a   Teoh, R C M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUMAZENIL; GLUCOSE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SEIZURE;

EID: 0141719462     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.5.447     Document Type: Article

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