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Core Topics in Evidence-Based Medicine

	Learn how to recognize, classify, and prioritize important patient or policy problems.
	Construct clinical questions that facilitate an efficient search for evidence.
	Gather important and convincing evidence from high-quality repositories of the health literature.
	Systematically check best available evidence for indications of validity, importance, and usefulness.
	Interpret the applicability of evidence to specific problems, given patient preferences and values.

	In Practice
	From The Rational Clinical Examination Vertigo A 58-year-old healthy man presents with dizziness. One week ago, he had an upper respiratory... Continue reading See also: *Make the Diagnosis: Vertigo*

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	JAMAevidence PODCAST Anthony L. Back, MD, discusses dealing with conflict in caring for the seriously ill. (14:50) Download this Podcast \| View All New Education Guide from The Rational Clinical Examination Hearing Impairment New Education Guide from Care at the Close of Life Palliative Care for Latino Patients and Their Families New updates to the Glossary October-December 2011: Cerebral hemorrhage; Intracranial hemorrhage; Stroke; Stroke, hemorrhagic; Stroke, ischemic; Xanthochromia More than 250 palliative care glossary terms have been added to the JAMAevidence Glossary with the release of Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience. Click to view the full JAMAevidence Glossary or only the Care at the Close of Life Glossary. Top searched terms in the glossary systematic reviews cohort studies randomized controlled trials likelihood ratios clinical prediction rules CALCULATOR Likelihood Ratio Nomogram

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Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition

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Why Study Results Mislead

Our clinical questions have a correct answer that corresponds to an underlying reality or truth... Continue reading

The Rational Clinical Examination

The Rational Clinical Examination
Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Adult

Using cough as a requirement for considering pneumonia, the baseline probability of radiographic-proven pneumonia in patients with acute cough illness is about 5%... Continue reading

Care at the Close of Life

Care at the Close of Life
Evidence and Experience

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Chemotherapy

Mr L was a 56-year-old, previously healthy businessman who presented with progressive back pain... Continue reading

	Education Guides
	The Rational Clinical Examination Education Guide: Opiates and Abdominal Pain View Online Slideshow \| Download PowerPoint View all Education Guides View sample slideshow from Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature View sample slideshow from The Rational Clinical Examination View sample slideshow from Care at the Close of Life

	This Week's JAMA
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