evidence based medicine in nuclear medicine practice; part ii: appraising and applying the evidence

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ramin sadeghi

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as described in the first part of this article, evidence based medicine (ebm) is a growing part of medical practice which emphasizes on the best evidence. finding this evidence by formulating an answerable question and searching strategies were described in the first part of this review. in this part, appraising the retrieved article (with the main focus on the diagnostic studies) and applying the appraised evidence in the medical practice are explained.

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Journal title:
iranian journal of nuclear medicine

Publisher: tehran university of medical sciences

ISSN 1681-2824

volume 17

issue 1 2009

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