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Evidence-Based Medicine
 

ACP's PIER: Physicians' Information and Education Resource (2004) - Stat!Ref
From the American College of Physicians, PIER is an evidence-based clinical resource. Entries provide recommendations on diseases, procedures, prevention and complementary and alternative medicine. All recommendations and cited references are annotated with a strength of evidence grade.

DynaMed (Click Login/Enter)
A point of care medical reference updated daily by a review of the medical literature. Organized in a structured note format, content is easy to navigate; both overall recommendations and specific study results are included; available for PDA download.

InfoRetriever: An Evidence-Based Medicine Clinical Tool
InfoRetriever can be used via the web or it can be downloaded to your PDA. This suite of tools provides evidence-based research in an easy-to-use interface. Search:

  • InfoPOEMS - clinically relevant evidence-based studies in the top medical journals are identified and summarized
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Abstracts - summaries of gold standard systematic reviews (Full-text is available at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/updateusa/clib)
  • Calculators (History and Physical Test, Diagnostic Test and Clinical Rule)
  • ICD-9 Code Look-up
  • Patient Education Handouts (web only)
  • and more...