Background People who are prescribed self administered medications typically take only
about half their prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications might …

Objective. —To review the literature relating to the effectiveness of education strategies
designed to change physician performance and health care outcomes. Data Sources. —We …

ContextDevelopers of health care software have attributed improvements in patient care to
these applications. As with any health care intervention, such claims require confirmation in …

Background Previous studies have shown that carotid endarterectomy in patients with
symptomatic severe carotid stenosis (defined as stenosis of 70 to 99 percent of the luminal …

This book is written by three clinical epidemiologists from McMaster University, Ontario,
Canada. It reflects their desire to apply the principles of population epidemiology to the care of …

Overall rating: Excellent Strengths: Clear, conversational style; simple explanations.
Weaknesses: None Audience: Practitioners at any stage, including clinical clerks This book is …

Evidence based medicine, whose philosophical origins extend back to mid-19th century
Paris and earlier, remains a hot topic for clinicians, public health practitioners, purchasers, …

Importance Effective therapies for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are
needed, and clinical trial data have demonstrated that low-dose dexamethasone reduced …

Systematic reviews can help practitioners keep abreast of the medical literature by summarizing
large bodies of evidence and helping to explain differences among studies on the same …

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with diffuse lung damage.
Corticosteroids may modulate immune-mediated lung injury and reducing progression to …