Iranian Journal of Pediatrics 2010. 20(3):261-268.

Evidence Based Medicine in Pediatric Practice: Brief Review
Hamid-Reza Kianifar, Javad Akhondian, Mehri Najafi-Sani, Ramin Sadeghi

Abstract


Practicing medicine according to the best evidence is gaining popularity in the medical societies. Although this concept, which is usually called Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has been explained in many resources, it has not been addressed enough in pediatrics. In this review, we briefly explained Evidence Based Medicine approach and its applications in pediatrics in order to help the pediatricians to efficiently integrate EBM into their daily practice.


Keywords


Evidence-based medicine, Child, Critical appraisal, Pediatrics,

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