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EBM ("Asking Answerable Clinical Questions": Evidence-Based Medicine
EBM ("Asking Answerable Clinical Questions": Evidence-Based Medicine
(Evidence-based Medicine)
Asking Answerable
Clinical Questions
dr. Isti Ilmiati Fujiati, MSc.CM-FM, MPd.Ked.
What is EBM?
Scenario
Sign
Heart Rate (x/ min)
Respiration
Muscle Tone
Color
(-)
(-)
Limp
Blue, pale
< 100
Slow, irregular
Slow flexion
Body pink,
extremities blue
Grimace
>100
Regular, crying
Active motor
Completely pink
Cough, sneeze
Questions
What are the complications of Low APGAR
SCORE?
How does the Low APGAR SCORE lead to
neurological complications?
What did the patient mean by if my baby
can not cry immediately, will he be fine?
Questions
(P)
(I)
(C)
(O)
Intervention
Be specific!
Comparison
Outcome
Be specific!
The components: P
e.g. community
The components: I
The
What
exactly am I considering?
The components: C
The
comparison or alternative
applicable to all questions) e.g.
(not
Anti-biotic therapy?
Nothing?
Fluids alone?
What
The components: O
Cure
Duration of disease
Prevention
Death
Side effects
Pain (reduced)
Wellbeing
Foreground
Background
Unfortunately
if handled less well, our cognitive
dissonance might lead us to less adaptive
behaviors such as trying to hide our
deficits, or by reacting with anger, fear, or
shame
Differential diagnosis
Diagnostic tests
Prognosis
Therapy
Prevention
Experience and meaning
Improvement how to keep up-to-date
Well
done
keeping practice!