Scientific evidence and antimicrobial therapy: a perfect couple?
Jovell, A.J.
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica 17(Suppl 2): 9-14
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0213-005X PMID: 10605184 Document Number: 509468
The dynamics of infectious diseases at the end of the century claims for the use of evidence-based medicine in clinical and public health decision-making. Description of the methodological process of a systematic review of the evidence. Description of the stages of a systematic review of the evidence taking as case-study an example of the prevention of respiratory infection in acute care unit patients. The case-study described allows us to make recommendations based on the value of evidence to make clinical decisions on the use of antimicrobial therapy.