Morphea: Evidence-based recommendations for treatment

Adjuvant interferon alfa for melanoma: new evidence-based treatment recommendations?

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Do Patient Preferences Influence Surgeon Recommendations for Treatment?

Background: When the best treatment option is uncertain, a patient’s preference based on personal values should bethe source of most variation in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Unexplained surgeon-to-surgeon variation intreatment for hand and upper extremity conditions suggests that surgeon preferences have more influence than patientpreferences.Methods: A total of 184 surgeons revie...

WHO evidence based recommendations on the treatment of tobacco dependence.

Treatment of asthma in young children: evidence-based recommendations

In the present review, we focus on evidence-based data for the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA), long-acting beta2-agonits (LABA) and oral corticosteroids (OCS), with a special emphasis on well-performed randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of such trials for the chronic management of asthma/wheeze in infants and preschoolers. RESULTS...

WORKSHEET for PROPOSED Evidence-Based GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS

STEP 1: STATE THE PROPOSAL. Revision to current statement. Existing guideline, practice or training activity, or new guideline: Revision to current guideline Check the blood glucose level during stabilization after resuscitation Step 1A: Refine the question; state the question as a positive (or negative) hypothesis. State proposed guideline recommendation as a specific, positive hypothesis. Use...