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Scottish Intensive Care Society

Evidence-Based Medicine Group

Home Page

Introduction                                    

Welcome to the Scottish Intensive Care Society (SICS) Evidence-Based Medicine Group (EBMG) home page. The EBMG was formed in 2001 to provide Intensive Care Units in Scotland with an evidence based medicine resource.

If you are logging onto this site for the first time then you probably belong to one of two camps. You may be an EBM convert already. If that's the case then hopefully you will find the rest of the site of interest. On the other hand, you could be an EBM sceptic who's thinking 'not more EBM'. If so, then give us a chance and we may be able to change your mind. At least this site will give you more material for debates with your non-sceptic colleagues!

Remember what EBM is:

'Evidence-Based Medicine is the enhancement of a clinician's traditional skills in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and related areas through the systemic framing of relevant and answerable questions and the use of mathematical estimates of probability and risk'  (A. Donald & T. Greenhalgh 2000)

In other words, the idea is not to replace common sense but to enhance it.

What this site contains:

News: What's new in the web site and links to the EBM group newsletters. Links

EBM Reviews: Completed projects. Summaries and critically appraised topics (CATs). Link

CAT collection: A list of all the papers appraised on this site with links to their CATs. Link

CATs & CATmaker: All you need to know about CATs and top tips on using the CATmaker ™ software. Link

Current Projects: An insight into what work is currently going on within the group. Link

Jargon page: An explanation of what EBM is all about and some helpful definitions. Link

Contacts Page : A list of who's who in the EBM group and their contact details. Link

Reading & Links: Useful EBM sites and texts. Link

Web statistics: A summary of this sites activity (visitor sessions etc). Link

Submissions page: How to submit your work to the EBM group for publication on this web site. Link

Updates page: Register here to receive updates of new publications on this site. Link

Feedback page: Let us know what you think of this site. Link

Downloads: Link

Disclaimer:

Every effort has been made to ensure that the material in this web site is accurate and conforms to current guidelines and practice in intensive care. Before instituting treatment, all dosage schedules should be checked with manufacturers recommendations. Treatment protocols are not intended to be recommendations for a particular patient. Practitioners should always refer to local practice and guidelines before instituting treatment. The SICS, EBM group, editors and authors can not therefore accept any liability arising from the treatment of any particular patient.

SICS EBM Steering Group 2002.

Dr Chris Cairns

Consultant, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care

Stirling Royal Infirmary

Livilands

Stirling

FK8 2AU

©Chris Cairns 2003