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Towards evidence based medicine for paediatricians
  1. Bob Phillips
  1. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, University of Psychiatry Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX 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.1Archimedes 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. They are based on an original format from the Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine.2

A word of warning. These best evidence topic summaries (BETs) are not systematic reviews, though they are as exhaustive as a practising clinician can produce. They make no attempt to statistically …

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