Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine

William J. Powers, M.D.--Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology
Washington University School of Medicine -- Presented July 11, 2006


N of 1 (Single Patient)
Randomized Clinical Trial
 

         Individual patients undergo pairs of treatment
         periods in which they receive a target treatment
         in 1 period and a placebo or alternative in the other.

 
 
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  References

Guyatt GH, Haynes RB, Jaeschke RZ, et al.
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: XXV. Evidence-based medicine: principles for applying the Users' Guides to patient care. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA. 2000 Sep 13;284(10):1290-6.

 

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