A modified approach to grading of evidence

Pain Physician

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Falco, Frank J E ^c,d   Benyamin, Ramsin M ^e,f   Kaye, Alan D ^g   Boswell, Mark V ^h   Hirsch, Joshua A ⁱ  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TYPES OF ARTICLE OR STUDY; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84901256376     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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