Evidence-Based Medicine
BestBETS – Best Evidence Topics provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature.
Is ultrasound or plain film radiography a more sensitive diagnostic modality for diagnosing slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
What is the significance of “a boggy” (soft) haematoma?
Is there value in testing troponin levels after ICD discharge?
Excited Delirium Syndrome and Sudden Death
Ultrasound in the diagnosis of rib fractures
Evaluation of Intra-Aortic Balloon Support in cardiogenic shock
Is Nebulized Naloxone Effective for Opioid Overdose?
Brachial arterial blood sampling: Safe or not?
PE rule-out criteria (PERC) for excluding pulmonary embolism
Is shift work bad for you?
Do Doctors know how to use adrenaline autoinjectors correctly?
Do parents of children with allergic reactions know how to use adrenaline autoinjectors appropriately?
Does size matter? Chest drains in haemothorax following trauma
Leeches (hirudotherapy) or steroids for traumatic obstructive tongue swelling?
Clinical identification of acute thoracic aortic dissection
Paediatric deaths associated with over the counter cough and cold medicines
Levosimendan in cardiogenic shock secondary to acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
Can metronomes improve CPR quality?
Nasogastric decompression in small bowel obstruction
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