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== Where to look == | == Where to look == | ||
*Systematic Reviews - Cochrane, | *Systematic Reviews - Cochrane, [http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com Clinical Evidence]<br> | ||
*Critically Appraised Topics | *Critically Appraised Topics | ||
*Speciality Specific POEMs | *Speciality Specific POEMs | ||
*Critically Appraised Individucal Articles | *Critically Appraised Individucal Articles | ||
*Textbooks | *Textbooks | ||
*Journal Articles | *Journal Articles | ||
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Where to look[edit | edit source]
- Systematic Reviews - Cochrane, Clinical Evidence
- Critically Appraised Topics
- Speciality Specific POEMs
- Critically Appraised Individucal Articles
- Textbooks
- Journal Articles
Levels of evidence
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This has been adapted from Sackett, Straus and Richardson (2000)[1]
Level of Evidence |
Type of Study |
1a |
Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) |
1b |
Individual RCTs with narrow confidence interval |
2a |
Systematic reviews of cohort studies |
2b |
Individual cohort studies and low-quality RCTs |
3a |
Systematic reviews of case-control studies |
3b |
Case-controlled studies |
4 | Case series and poor-quality cohort and case-control studies |
5 | Expert opinion |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 2nd ed. Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone Inc; 2000:173-177.