Evidence-based medicine V: how to use in clinical practice

Magdalena Fossum; Kathrine W Herbst; Martin Kaefer; Luke Harper; Marco Castagnetti; Goedele Beckers; Nicolas Kalfa; Darius Bagli; ESPU research committee

doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.07.025

Evidence-based medicine V: how to use in clinical practice

J Pediatr Urol. 2019 Oct;15(5):568-569. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.07.025. Epub 2019 Aug 9.

Authors

Magdalena Fossum¹, Kathrine W Herbst², Martin Kaefer³, Luke Harper⁴, Marco Castagnetti⁵, Goedele Beckers⁶, Nicolas Kalfa⁷, Darius Bagli⁸; ESPU research committee

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Clinic C, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Magdalena.fossum@ki.se.
² Division of Urology, Department of Research, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, United States.
³ Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
⁴ Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, CHU de Bordeaux, France.
⁵ Section of Pediatric Urology, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroeneterological Sciences, University Hospital of Padova, Padua, Italy.
⁶ Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology Section, Amsterdam University Medical Centre Location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁷ Service de Chirurgie et Urologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHU de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, France.
⁸ Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Toronto, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 31519481
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.07.025

Abstract

In this penultimate installment in the educational series on evidence-based medicine, the Research Committee of the European Society of Pediatric Urology will focus on clinical application. In previous communications, optimizing medical decisions was focused on through the use of well-conducted research publications, and the topics of background, hierarchy of evidence, information acquisition, and critical appraisal tools were covered. The goal is to guide the clinician in using evidentiary tools for setting up a clinical question, finding appropriate information, searching appropriate databases, and evaluating the results with the patient in mind.

Keywords: Clinical practice; Evidence-based medicine; Generalizable; Treatment recommendation.

MeSH terms

Child
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Humans
Pediatrics / standards*
Urology / standards*