RT Book, Section
A1 Nagappan, Suresh
A1 Roberts, Kenneth B.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182915368
T1 Decision-Making in Pediatrics: Use of Evidence-Based Medicine
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182915368
RD 2024/04/25
AB Making  thoughtful  decisions  about  patient  care  is  at  the  core  of  a  physician’s  responsibilities.  Multiple  factors  feed  into  clinical  decision-making  for  a  given  patient  with  a  given  problem:  a  physician’s  experience,  the  values  and  preferences  of  the  patient  and  patient’s  family,  socioeconomic  factors,  available  resources,  and  the  best  evidence  that  exists  at  the  time.  Physicians  may  have  an  understandable  tendency  to  be  influenced  by  a  past  missed  diagnosis  or  an  emotional  case  or  to  ignore  information  that  conflicts  with  preconceived  theories.  Evidence-based  practice  can  help  mitigate  some  of  these  biases.  Despite  the  trend  toward  peer-reviewed  evidence,  however,  a  management  plan  based  solely  on  evidence  from  the  literature  may  fail  if  not  adapted  to  individual  patient  circumstances  or  accepted  by  the  family.  Peer-reviewed  evidence  is  therefore  a  necessary  but  insufficient  basis  for  clinical  decision-making.