Background: Despite recent improvements in the hospital treatment of ACS, little is known about current cardiological practice in China or use of evidencebased approach in Chinese hospitals. Methods: A questionnaire about doctor-reported hospital management of ACS was posted to the head of the cardiology department of 1397 hospitals across 30 provinces of China. Reported use of various clinical...

To the Editor: Recently, I was asked to co-author a review of the scientific evidence for, or against, the use of epidural steroid injections to treat pain. Although there have been many studies published over the years showing efficacy for interlaminar epidural injections, none met the criteria for our report because most were not randomized and none evaluated injections using fluoroscopy. On ...

We were grateful for Dr Hayes’s [1] close reading of our recent reports from the ACR Commission for Women and General Diversity [2,3]. One of the principal goals of the commission is to stimulate awareness, thought, and discussion of issues that concern diversity and inclusion in radiology and radiation oncology. We appreciate the opportunity to clarify our analysis, views, and positions. The m...

The objective of this and other systematic reviews by the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) is to provide the biomedical research and clinical practice communities with current knowledge about evidence supporting various interventions used in the management of developmental disabilities. "Systematic, evidencebased reviews are innovative in their comprehensi...

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conclusions this study revealed the noticeable popularity of cam in patients suffering from chronic rheumatologic diseases, mostly due to their dissatisfaction with conventional treatments. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 100 randomly selected patients, with different diseases, were questioned about demographic data, disease duration, the type of cam used, reasons, visit int...

Dear Editors, Your article “Clinical research 101:Why should you care?” [1] was very interesting and I applaud the journal, which in its infancy is addressing issues such as importance of clinical research. As you correctly mention, the emergency department (ED) is a clinical laboratory, and clinical research apart from answering some of the most pertinent questions has the additional value of ...

abstract islamic medicine is regarded as a comprehensive medical school with a long, glorious and worldwide reputation. some of the physicians of this school are famous worldwide and have contributed valuable services to the scientific world. given the dramatically increasing prevalence of cancer and the relative inefficacy of current medications, there is a great demand for the introduction of...

evidence based medicine (ebm) is a new approach to patient management which incorporates best evidence with the clinical expertise of the health care providers. although this approach has had a rapid growth in many clinical disciplines, its applications in radiology and nuclear medicine has not been addressed sufficiently. in this review ebm is briefly explained and the first two steps of the e...