A large number of taxonomies are used to rate the quality of an individual study and the
strength of a recommendation based on a body of evidence. We have developed a new grading …

Objectives: To characterise the information needs of family doctors by collecting the questions
they asked about patient care during consultations and to classify these in ways that …

Objective: To describe the obstacles encountered when attempting to answer doctors9 questions
with evidence. Design: Qualitative study. Setting: General practices in Iowa. Participants…

ContextSore throat is a common complaint, and identifying patients with group A β-hemolytic
streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) is an important task for clinicians. Previous reviews …

Objective: To identify the most frequent obstacles preventing physicians from answering
their patient-care questions and the most requested improvements to clinical information …

Infectious mononucleosis should be suspected in patients 10 to 30 years of age who present
with sore throat and significant fatigue, palatal petechiae, posterior cervical or auricular …

Importance Evidence of whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can be transmitted as an …

Objective: To develop a taxonomy of doctors' questions about patient care that could be
used to help answer such questions. Design: Use of 295 questions asked by Oregon primary …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the rates of immediate survival and survival to discharge for adult
patients undergoing in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and to identify demographic …

A common challenge for primary care physicians is to determine the cause and find an
effective treatment for leg edema of unclear etiology. We were unable to find existing practice …