encountered by health care professionals. The title was first published in Finland by the Finnish MedicalSociety, where it is now considered to be the single mostimportant support tool for the physicians' decision making intheir daily work.What sets EBM Guidelines apart from competing books?Provides physicians with fast and easy access to practiceguidelines based on the best available research evidenceCovers practically all medical conditions encountered ingeneral practiceDeveloped by over 300 experienced general practitioners andspecialists worldwideIncludes both diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines, andrecommendations on diagnostic tests and drug dosagePresented in a user-friendly format with self containedchapters based on clinical subjectsClear and concise explanations of all available evidenceresults in the guideline for treatmentThe strength of evidence is graded from A-D making this title aquick and easy reference whenever and wherever you need it!Assumes no prior knowledge of EBM or statistics - all the workof searching and appraisal has been done for you!Seeks to include guidelines where clinical evidence isincomplete or unavailableContains full-colour photographs and tables throughoutEasy-to-read and fast support at the point of care - EBMGuidelines:Summarises the best available evidence - Cochrane reviews -DARE abstracts - Clinical Evidence topics - original articles inmedical journals - abstracts in the Health Technology AssessmentDatabase - NHS Economic EvaluationEvaluates and grades the strength of all individual evidencefrom A (Strong research-based evidence) to D (No scientificevidence)Suggests guidelines based on clinical evidence. If clinicalevidence is inadequate or missing, an expert panel evaluate allother available information and suggests the appropriateguidelineWith over 1000 problem-orientated or disease-specific guidelinesincluding reference to evidence summaries for all guidelines, thistitle is the most extensive collection of guidelines for primarycare today.Here are just a few examples of the raving reviews forEvidence-Based Medicine Guidelines:"An excellent resource… quick to use, even duringconsultations…very helpful to check whether our preferreddiagnostic and therapeutic methods are adequate…competentsuggestions based on real evidence…"—Heinz Bhend, PRIMARY CARE"clinically useful answers…easy-to-read …thisresource is worth using…"—Carl Heneghan, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford,UK, EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE Journal

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