As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, psychoeducational work was forced to carry out virtual interventions. In this work, progress in reading skills compared face-to-face vs. intervention patients with dyslexia. The evolution 26 from 1st 3rd grade exposed both formats same cognitive program, analyzed. results showed that and modalities, an improvement achieved phonological skills, flu...

Offprint requests to: T. Takada Although the prognosis of biliary carcinoma remains poor, no clinical practice guidelines for biliary tract and ampullary carcinomas have been published to date. We hope that the publication of Evidence-Based clinical practical guidelines for the management of biliary tract and ampullary carcinomas will contribute to the development of evidence-based diagnosis an...

Over the last two decades, evidence and systematic review have been the keystones of guideline development. Evidence-based medicine was defined by Sacket et al. as ‘‘the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients’’.1 This practice of evidencebased medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the ...

Two papers in the Journal this month examine patterns of prescribing practice. With established clinical guidelines for the management of individuals with treatment-resistant schizophrenia in mind, Howes et al (pp. 481–485) reviewed prescribing practices prior to commencement of clozapine for a sample of patients managed within one mental health service. The authors found evidence of a signific...

Lindy Clemson, PhD, MAppSC(OT), DipOT, is Associate Professor in Ageing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Falls are a serious threat to the lives and occupational well-being of older adults. More than one-third of community-living adults ages 65 yr or older fall each year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2008; Rubenstein & Jo...

The endotracheal tube (eTT) is the most common artificial airway used in NICUs. Suctioning of the eTT is imperative to maintain patency and prevent complications. An extensive review of the literature revealed a lack of standardized criteria or guidelines for suctioning the eTT of neonates and infants in the NICU. The purpose of this article is to report the implementation of an evidencebased g...

Evidence-based healthcare (EBHC) evolves from quality improvement initiatives and there is a significant overlap between the approaches and methodologies of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and quality management. The primary aims of both EBHC and quality management of health care services are to improve clinical effectiveness and patients' outcomes . EBM and evidencebased laboratory medicine (EBL...

The words “evidence-based” have become great buzzwords of late in the orthodontic literature, with a plethora of editorials and articles dedicated to this topic1-11. The 2007 European Orthodontic Society congress is testament to the popularity of this concept, with no fewer than three oral presentations dedicated to this topic. The words “evidence-based” when appearing in orthodontic journals, ...