Evidence based medicine is an approach to practicing medicine in which the clinician is aware of the evidence in support of clinical practice and the strength of that clinical evidence.
Searching the medical literature for evidence based medicine citations provides the clinician with a tool to make health care decisions which are based on sound data developed from preplanned, comparative studies. EBM literature does not replace expert judgment or clinical experience, but can enhance judgment and experience.
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