Answering Clinical Questions at the Point of Care Cecilia Chang Tel : Mobile :

Outline  About UpToDate  Evidence Grading  How to Search  Q&A 2

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UpToDate  UpToDate is a Clinical decision support system that helps clinicians throughout the world provide the best patient care  We use the best available current evidence to answer clinical questions, quickly and easily at the point of care  This saves clinicians time, improves patient outcomes and lowers health care costs 5

Evidence is derived from a number of sources……………… including but not limited  Journals: 440+ peer reviewed journals  Databases:  MEDLINE, The Cochrane Database, Clinical Evidence and ACP Journal Club  Guidelines  Clinical trials  FDA, CDC, NIH  Proceedings  Clinical experiences and observations 6

The editorial process 7 Leading and Evidence Based Literature and Resources UpToDate Topic Review Read..... Analyze..... Summarize Synthesize Expert Comments Expert Opinion Recommendations Grade the Evidence Editorial Peer Review.....

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Quick Facts about UpToDate  Topic reviews  Patient Information  Drug Information 11 Written by Physicians for Physicians

Quick Facts about UpToDate  4,400+ world-renowned physician authors (international)  8,000+ clinical topic in 16 specialties  4,600+ unique drug entries in adult, pediatrics, international and natural drugs (Lexi-Comp)  21,000+ graphics  385,000+ references (Medline)  Updated every 4 months (March, July, November) 12

Specialties  Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine  Adult Primary Care & Internal Medicine  Allergy and Immunology {NEW}  Cardiovascular Medicine  Endocrinology & Diabetes  Family Medicine  Gastroenterology & Hepatology  Hematology  Infectious Diseases  Nephrology & Hypertension  Neurology  Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health  Oncology  Pediatrics  Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine  Rheumatology 13

Specialties in Development  Dermatology  Psychiatry  Surgery 14

Evidence Grading  In 2001, we began a collaboration with Gordon Guyatt, a world leader in EBM, and his colleagues in the international GRADE collaborative to implement a grading system for recommendations  UpToDate grades specific treatment and screening recommendations 15

Evidence Grading 16 RECOMMENDATION GRADES Grade 1 Strong Recommendation Benefits clearly outweigh the risks and burdens (or vice versa) for most, if not all, patients “We recommend…” Grade 2 Weaker Recommendation Benefits and risks closely balanced and/or uncertain “We suggest…” EVIDENCE GRADES Grade AHigh Quality Evidence Consistent evidence from randomized trials, or overwhelming evidence of some other form Grade BModerate Quality Evidence Evidence from randomized trials with important limitations, or very strong evidence of some other form Grade CLow Quality Evidence Evidence from observational studies, unsystematic clinical observations, or from randomized trials with serious flaws

How to Search  New Search  Search  display results  topic review  output  Others  Evidence grading  Grading Tutorial  RECOMMENDATIONS  Calculators  Drug Interactions  ECG test  Movies 17

How to use UpToDate based on a Clinical scenario  A 50 year old woman is obese (BMI=32) and has hypertension. She has not achieved weight loss despite counseling for diet and lifestyle changes. What is the best medication for pharmacologic management of her obesity.  Keyword:  Obesity drug 18

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