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Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)

A. How to search MEDLINE/PubMed using the PICO format
(P: Patient or Problem; I: Intervention; C: Comparison; O: Outcome)
or
B. How to create a well-built clinical question:


A. CLINICAL CASE/SCENARIO: Briefly describe the case.
PATIENT OR PROBLEM
How would you describe a group of patients similar to you? What are the most important characteristics of the patient?
INTERVENTION, EXPOSURE, PROGNOSTIC FACTOR
What main intervention are you considering? What do you want to do with this patient? What diagnostic test are you planning to do?
COMPARISON (optional)
What is the main alternative being considered, if any?
OUTCOME (optional)
What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve or affect?
(Making your search too specific could limit results. If no citations are retrieved, try deleting this option.)
Publication type:

to PICO

B. The well-built clinical question is:
Select Publication type: (Optional)
Not specifiied    Clinical Trial   Meta-Analysis   Randomized Controlled Trial   Systematic Reviews (or Reviews)   Practice Guideline  

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