EBP Tools Summary

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Cochrane Systematic Reviews

Cochrane Library www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HOME
The Cochrane Collaboration. Oxford: Update Software; 1996-. Updated quarterly.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews)
- 'Gold Standard' for high-quality systematic reviews
- Full-text included in Cochrane Library
- Cochrane Reviews includes complete reviews and protocols (reviews that are still in progress).
- Cochrane Reviews abstracts are in PubMed
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (Other Reviews - DARE)
- prepared by the National Health Service Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, England.
- Complements the Cochrane Reviews by offering a selection of quality assessed reviews in those subjects where there is currently no Cochrane review.
- Brief critical appraisals of previously published reviews of the effects of health care.
- Structured abstracts, not full-text
- DARE not indexed in PubMed, but original research articles may be
- Also available at no charge on the web from University of York | www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/

access: part of PubMed's Clinical Queries (linked in PubMed Services section, left navigation bar)
UW access for more full-text links
Identifies systematic reviews and other similar types of studies found in biomedical journals included in PubMed database.
No evaluation of comparative quality of different reviews on a topic.
Abstracts supplied by authors/journals. No separate evaluation of quality of research.
Identify systematic reviews in the biomedical area - gathers together much larger collection than other evidence-based practice resources.

BMJ Clinical Evidence | www.clinicalevidence.com/
- note: Limited number of users - please logoff/exit when you're finished
- Compendium of evidence on the effects of clinical interventions.
- Summarizes the current state of knowledge, including knowns and unknowns, based on thorough search.
- Categorizes interventions as beneficial, likely beneficial, no known benefit, harmful ...
DynaMed | www.ebscohost.com/dynamed
- Best available evidence summaries for nearly 2000 topics
- Clinical reference tool developed for use at the 'point-of-care'
- Outline format to quickly identify key conclusions
- Updated daily

Other Resources

USPSTF Guidelines | www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prevenix.htm
AHRQ Evidence Reports | www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcix.htm
FPIN Clinical Inquiries included in Journal of Family Practice | www.jfponline.com and American Family Physician | www.aafp.org/afp/. Indexed in PrimeAnswers

PubMed | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/query.fcgi?myncbishare=uwonline

note: Filtered by publication type, but not quality
Clinical Queries - Uses preconfigured search strategies to retrieve research-based citations on clinical topics in the areas of therapy, diagnosis, etiology, or diagnosis.
Use Limits to search by specific publication type (e.g. meta-analysis, randomized controlled trial, review).

Cochrane Library | www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HOME
The Cochrane Collaboration. Oxford: Update Software; 1996-. Updated quarterly.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Clinical Trials)
- Bibliography of controlled trials as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals.
- Includes reports published in conference proceedings and in many other sources not in PubMed or other bibliographic databases.

Other Resources

Reviews of patient care relevant studies.

ACP Journal Club | www.acpjc.org
American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM)
Internal medicine focus
Abstracts to journal articles selected according to explicit criteria from major peer-reviewed medical journals
Available in print.

POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters) | www.essentialevidenceplus.com/inforetriever/results.cfm?resource=E
Structured abstracts by Journal of Family Practice editors
Reviews over 90 journals monthly; identifies eight articles to abstract
Focus on the patient
Subset available in Journal of Family Practice
All POEMS included in Essential Evidence Plus

Check HealthLinks Databases for other subjects.

PubMed | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/query.fcgi?myncbishare=uwonline

National Guideline Clearinghouse | www.ngc.gov/

Initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Available at no charge
Updated weekly with new and changed guidelines.
Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. Voluntary participation.

Access:

TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) | www.tripdatabase.com

SUMSearch | sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/

Produced by University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
Simultaneously searches few free-access sources - PubMed Cochrane Systematic Reviews (within PubMed), National Guideline Clearinghouse and Merck Index
Results grouped by reviews, practice guidelines, systematic reviews and research-based articles
Often very slow

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Updated 23Aug2007 (lsa)