Editorial Commentary


Shifting the attention from devices to treatment: the lesson from IABP-SHOCK II and other trials in cardiogenic shock

Francesco Saia

Abstract

Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research” Sackett et al., BMJ 1996 (1).

Download Citation