Can decision making in general surgery be based on evidence? An empirical study of Cochrane Reviews

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-461

  Diener, Markus K ^a,b   Wolff, Robert F ^b   von Elm, Erik ^b,c   Rahbari, Nuh N ^a   Mavergames, Chris ^b   Knaebel, Hanns Peter ^d   Seiler, Christoph M ^a   Antes, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CELECOXIB; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; HEPARIN; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LUMIRACOXIB; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; ROFECOXIB; SILVER; TACROLIMUS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; WATER;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLOSTOMY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 69249219131     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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