[Evidence-based medicine begins at home. Incentives for better decisions in the clinical everyday].
Everyday clinical work raises many questions regarding diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. Traditional sources such as text books do not give all the answers, especially not in situations when decisions are needed without further delay. By learning the fundamentals of evidence-based medicine we may stand a better chance of founding our decisions on the best available evidence in order to provide better patient care. A focused question need to be posed, followed by a cost-effective literature search. This clinical question comprises of four parts: Who is the patient? Which is the intervention? What is the comparison? What outcome is relevant to the patient and what are the adverse effects?
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Sunderby sjukhus, Luleå. Mats.Eliasson@nll.se
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