evidence-based medicine
Science-informed clinical practice
Evidence-based medicine is healthcare practice that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient values.
The approach emerged in the 1990s as a corrective to medicine guided purely by tradition, intuition, or authority: The hospital adopted evidence-based medicine protocols for treating chronic pain.
Often abbreviated EBM.
Statistical methods for medicine
- p-valueProbability under null hypothesis
- confidence intervalEstimated bounds for population parameter
- statistical significanceUnlikely due to chance
- regressionReturn to former state
correlation · heterogeneity · publication bias · quantitative
Combined study statistics
- clinical trialHuman subject research experiment
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- blindingPainfully intense light
publication · methodology · protocol · intervention · replication · gold standard · efficacy · effectiveness
Official medical treatment recommendations
- treatment protocolStandardized plan for therapy
- patient outcomesHealth status post-treatment
- best practicesProven effective methods
- standard of careMinimum acceptable professional conduct
risk-benefit · informed consent · diagnosis · prognosis · therapeutics · implementation · point-of-care · bedside
biostatistics
Statistical methods for medicine
- p-valueProbability under null hypothesis
- confidence intervalEstimated bounds for population parameter
- statistical significanceUnlikely due to chance
regression · correlation · heterogeneity · publication bias · quantitative
meta-analysis
Combined study statistics
- clinical trialHuman subject research experiment
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
blinding · publication · methodology · protocol · intervention · replication · gold standard · efficacy · effectiveness · study design
clinical guidelines
Official medical treatment recommendations
- treatment protocolStandardized plan for therapy
- patient outcomesHealth status post-treatment
- best practicesProven effective methods
standard of care · risk-benefit · informed consent · diagnosis · prognosis · therapeutics · implementation · point-of-care · bedside · translational
evidence-based medicinepseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
quackery · faith healing · folk medicine · traditional medicine · magical thinking
evidence-based medicinepseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
quackery · pseudomedicine · snake oil · charlatanism · miracle cures
evidence-based medicinedefensive medicine
Care driven by litigation fears
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