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Emergency Medicine Australasia

Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volume 17 Issue 4, Pages 330 - 340

Published Online: 2 Aug 2005

Journal compilation © 2010 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine


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Evidence-based Medicine in the Emergency Department
Evidence-based emergency medicine at the 'coal face'
Martin Than 1 , Susan Bidwell 2 , Carol Davison 3 , Rebecca Phibbs 3 and Marg Walker 3
  1 Clinical Decision Support Unit and Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care;   2 New Zealand Health Technology Assessment Unit; and   3 Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Correspondence to  Dr Martin Than, Clinical Decision Support Unit and Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care, Christchurch, New Zealand. Email: martin.than@cdhb.govt.nz

 Martin Than, MB BS, FRCSEd (A&E), FFAEM, FACEM, Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine and Evidence-based Health Care, Co-Director; Susan Bidwell, Information Specialist; Carol Davison, Deputy Librarian; Rebecca Phibbs, Assistant Librarian, Reader Services: Marg Walker, Chief Librarian.

Copyright 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
KEYWORDS
Database • emergency medicine • evidence-based medicine

Abstract

AbstractIntroductionFirst case historySecond case historyThird case historyRecommended further reading

While evidence-based medicine may be trumpeted by zealots, managers and politicians, incorporating it into clinical practice is easier said than done. The present article aims to show that it can be achieved and gives some clinical examples to illustrate this. An appendix contains a summary of useful databases and websites for accessing good medical information and evidence, quickly and reliably near the bedside.


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10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00748.x About DOI

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