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Towards evidence based medicine for paediatricians
Edited by Bob PhillipsEvidence-based
On Call, Cairns Library, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU,
UK
Correspondence to: Bob Phillips bob.phillips@doctors.org.uk
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In order to give the best care to patients and families, paediatricians need to integrate the highest quality scientific evidence with clinical expertise and the opinions of the family.1 Archimedes seeks to assist practising clinicians by providing "evidence based" answers to common questions which are not at the forefront of research but are at the core of practice.
A word of warning. The topic summaries are not systematic reviews, though they are as exhaustive as a practising clinician can produce. They make no attempt to statistically aggregate the data, nor search the grey, unpublished literature. What Archimedes offers is practical, best evidence based answers to practical, clinical questions.
The format of Archimedes may be familiar. A
description of the clinical setting is followed by a structured
clinical question. (These aid in focusing the mind, assisting
searching,2 and gaining answers.3) A brief
report of the search used follows
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