Clinical guidelines: Expert recommendations for NSAID use: a user-friendly model?
Although tens of millions of individuals worldwide use nsaids daily, balancing the competing risks and benefits of these agents continues to be a challenge. Evidence-based treatment guidelines and expert opinions have been promulgated, but will they actually translate to improved patient care? A new Web-based tool could aid physicians' treatment decision-making.
Department of Medicine and Pathology, NYU Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA. stevenb.abramson@nyumc.org.
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D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D003657:Decision Making; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
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