Evidence or belief-based medicine? Ten doubts

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1392-1394

  Gattinoni, Luciano ^a   Marini, John J ^b   Quintel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECONTAMINATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OXYGEN SUPPLY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEPSIS; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85013790787     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4724-1     Document Type: Article

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