AIMC Topic: Evidence-Based Medicine

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How Quality Improvement Practice Evidence Can Advance the Knowledge Base.

Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality
Recommendations for the evaluation of quality improvement interventions have been made in order to improve the evidence base of whether, to what extent, and why quality improvement interventions affect chosen outcomes. The purpose of this article is ...

The Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.

Deutsches Arzteblatt international
BACKGROUND: About one in 2000 persons in Europe suffers from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The treatment of this disease up to the present has been limited to the management of complications.

[Robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: functional and oncological outcomes].

Der Urologe. Ausg. A
BACKGROUND: In recent years, small renal masses (SRM) have been increasingly detected as an incidental finding of radiological or ultrasound studies for other indications. Organ-sparing renal tumor resection as open partial nephrectomy (OPN) is the i...

Concepts in creating an evidence-based anesthetic protocol for robot-assisted laparoscopic pelvic surgery.

The Journal of medical practice management : MPM
BACKGROUND: Robotic-assisted surgery has increased in popularity in recent years. Benefits have been observed for both the patient and hospital system as the technology shifts surgery from the open to the laparoscopic arena. Some of the advantages of...

Synthesizing analytic evidence to refine care pathways.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Care pathways play significant roles in delivering evidence-based and coordinated care to patients with specific conditions. In order to put care pathways into practice, clinical institutions always need to adapt them based on local care settings so ...