Evidence Based Medicine questions with correct answers

What is evidence-based medicine (EBM)? - Correct Answer-The conscientious, explicit, judicious use of current best available evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients When did the term evidence-based medicine originate? - Correct Answer-Early 1990s What are the three components of the EBM triad? - Correct Answer-1) individual clinical expertise 2) best available external evidence from systematic research 3) a patient's values and expectations What are some examples of medical practice disasters that moved practice from opinion-based to EBM? - Correct Answer--Thalidomide poising that caused phocomelia (underdevelopment of arms/legs) in babies -Before 1990s, it was believed that premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) in patients who had had a myocardial infarction were harmful. They used anti-arrhythmitic drugs to treat the PVCs, but the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) concluded this practice was more harmful than not treating the PVCs Who first used the phrase "evidence-based" and is credited with launching the modern "guidelines" movement? - Correct Answer-David Eddy, MD (1980s) Who is credited with providing the current definition of EBM? - Correct Answer-David Sackett, MD in 1996