Question* | Quality of evidence found | Time taken to search electronic databases | Time taken to locate articles | Would their clinic practice change as a result of the search? | |
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*All these questions are being submitted to Archimedes. | |||||
1 | What is the best medical treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome? | No conclusive evidence | 4.5 hours | 2 hours | No |
2 | Is labial fusion a marker for sexual abuse? | Inconclusive evidence | 2 hours | 2 hours | Perhaps increased suspicion of an association |
3 | Do chest x rays and ECGs add to one's clinical evaluation when assessing heart murmurs? | Satisfactory evidence that they are unhelpful | 2 hours | 1 hour | Yes |
4 | Is melatonin effective in treating sleep disturbance in children with a disability? | Poor quality evidence | 1 hour | 3 hours | No |
5 | Are there risks in giving BCG to a baby born of an HIV infected mother? | Small cohort study and case reports | 3 hours | 3 hours | No |
6 | Are inhalers effective in treating persistent and recurrent coughing in children? | RCTs of reasonable quality | 8 hours | 2 hours | Yes |
7 | Does the prescription of EpiPen benefit children with peanut allergy? | Inconclusive | 3 hours | 3 hours | No |
8 | Is a single prophylactic dose of vitamin D effective in preventing rickets in high risk children? | No evidence at all despite widespread use in other countries | 3 hours | 2 hours | No |
9 | Do grommets improve language development in children with language delay and secretory otitis media? | One trial: ruined through most control children dropping out | 2 hours | 2 hours | No |