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Emergency Medicine Journal 2008;25:222
© 2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the College of Emergency Medicine.

BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC REPORTS

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary

Edited by Kevin Mackway-Jones

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Best Evidence Topic reports (BETs) summarise the evidence pertaining to particular clinical questions. They are not systematic reviews, but rather contain the best (highest level) evidence that can be practically obtained by busy practising clinicians. The search strategies used to find the best evidence are reported in detail in order to allow clinicians to update searches whenever necessary. Each BET is based on a clinical scenario and ends with a clinical bottom line which indicates, in the light of the evidence found, what the reporting clinician would do if faced with the same scenario again. The BETs published below were first reported at the Critical Appraisal Journal Club at the Manchester Royal Infirmary1 or placed on the BestBETs website. Each BET has been constructed in the four stages that have been described elsewhere.2 The BETs shown here together with those published previously and those currently under construction can be seen . . . [Full text of this article]


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