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Towards evidence-based medicine in cardiothoracic surgery: best BETS.

Cardiothoracic surgeons are faced with the dilemma that many clinical questions in their daily practice to do not have universally agreed answers, but patients increasingly demand the 'best practice' from their doctors. In addition time pressures mean that clinicians are unable to keep up with the full spectrum of published research and current resources that collate evidence for clinicians hav...

BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC REPORTS Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether the seldinger “over the wire” technique is better than other techniques of pneumothorax drainage. Altogether 28 papers were found using the reported search, of which three presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, ...

BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC REPORTS Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether biphasic defibrillatory shocks were superior to monophasic shocks in patients in ventricular fibrillation. Altogether 337 papers were found using the reported search, of which seven presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes,...

BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC REPORTS Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether transthoracic ultrasound can be used to diagnose pneumothoraces in trauma patients. A total of 46 papers were found using the reported search, of which four represented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study wea...