ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery2009
Evidence-based medicine: the fourth revolution in American medicine?
Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Writing an evidence-based articles in plastic surgery field.Archives of plastic surgery · 2013Article
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- Developing good clinical questions and finding the best evidence to answer those questions.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2010Review
- How to practice evidence-based medicine.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2010Review
- Evidence-based medicine and hospital reform: tracing origins back to Florence Nightingale.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2010Article
- Clinical research in hand surgery.The Journal of hand surgery · 2010Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
summaryThe use of evidence has become a force in American medicine to improve the quality of health care. Funding decisions from payers will demand studies with high-level evidence to support many of the costly interventions in medicine. Plastic surgery is certainly not immune to this national tidal wave to revamp the health care system by embracing evidence-based medicine in our practices. In scientific contributions of plastic surgery research, application of evidence-based principles should enhance the care of all patients by relying on science rather than opinions. In this article, the genesis of evidence-based medicine is discussed to guide plastic surgery in this new revolution in American medicine.
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