Clinical Evidence is one of the world's most authoritative medical resources for informing treatment decisions and improving patient care.
Latest updated reviews
- Low back pain (acute) (updated)
- ADHD (updated)
- Low back pain (chronic) (updated)
- Angina (stable) (updated)
- GORD (updated)
- Postop pulmonary infections (updated)
- Raynaud's phenomenon (secondary) (new)
- Perineal care (updated)
- Menorrhagia (updated)
- Summary of all updates
Guest Editorial
Original research articles usually report an extensive range of information and data — much of it not essential for decision making in clinical practice. Filtering out facts and figures that are relevant to a specific clinical question can be difficult. As discussed by Jin-Ling Tang and Shan Wang in our Guest Editorial, the lack of a clear definition of what constitutes key research-derived information for practice, as well as ineffective dissemination of this information, may limit the large-scale effectiveness of evidence-based medicine.
Our methods
The systematic reviews in Clinical Evidence result from a rigorous process aimed at ensuring that they are both reliable and relevant to clinical practice.
Learn about our methods.
Drug safety alerts
- The EMEA has suspended marketing of rimonabant because of the increased risk of psychiatric disorders.
(24 October 2008) - The FDA has issued a drug safety alert on the risk of hepatic failure and hepatorenal syndrome, including fatalities, associated with erlotinib, particularly in patients with baseline hepatic impairment.
(23 September 2008) - FDA warns of the risk of opportunistic fungal infections associated with TNF-alpha blockers (tumour necrosis factor alpha-blockers). Some of these invasive fungal infections could be fatal.
(4 September 2008)
Consultancy reviews
Palliative care
Our latest review synthesises the evidence for key elements of palliative care: symptom control; communication and transition management and provides practical toolkits.
Smoking cessation
We present a new review on an evidence-based approach to Smoking cessation.
Managing HIV infection
View our systematic reviews on the challenges of managing HIV/AIDS in resource-poor settings.
November 20, 2008
News Feeds & Email Alerts
Clinical Evidence Userguide
Articles and Research section
NEW VIDEO now online
Evidence-based Databases in Medicine
Charles Young, Editor of Clinical Evidence discusses evidence-based information in medicine