title: [Quick evidence reviews using Epistemonikos: a thorough, friendly and current approach to evidence in health].
abstract: Those who make decisions on healthcare should do so informed by the best scientific evidence at ones disposal. During the last few years, it has become undeniable that identifying and synthesizing all scientific studies that respond a question constitutes an unapproachable challenge for a clinician. The quantity of information has increased excessively, some facts are not available, investigations are of either bad quality or even fraudulent, and the methods for achieving a combination and synthesis of all studies are each time more sophisticated. Moreover, if this inaccurate process is carried out, there exists a high risk of arriving at a biased conclusion.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Salud Basada en Evidencia, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Departamento de Medicina Interna. Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; GRADE Working Group; The Cochrane Collaboration; Fundación Epistemonikos. Address: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lira 63, Santiago Centro, Chile. Email: radagabriel@epistemonikos.org.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rada
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans