Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Clinical Scenario:
Research Question (PICOM):
Search Terms:
Citation: 1st 2 authors et al, title, journal, date (including date of month), volume, page range.
(EX. Venkatesh et al. Adjunctive glucocorticoid therapy in patients with septic shock. NEJM 2018;
378(9):797-808.)
What are the results? Rating Confidence in the Estimates (the Quality of a Body of Evidence)
Are the results consistent across studies? (i.e. heterogeneity
or inconsistency)
Did the review present results that are ready for clinical
application?
Clinical bottomline:
Reviewer:
Date:
Adapted from Duke University and McMaster Evidence-based Practice Workshops and
the Users' Guide to the Medical Literature 3rd Ed.