EvidenceBased Medicine Group

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Evidence-Based Medicine Group

• Bridge of Allan
• 2006
• Dr Chris Cairns

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SICS EBM evolution

• Publications
• Website

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2003

• Website launched
• 4 Reviews
• ARDS I
• Gastric Prophylaxis
• Insulin
• Sepsis
• JICS editorial

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2004

• 5 Reviews
• Therapeutic Hypothermia I
• Making Changes to Practice
• Prevention of VAP
• Guillian-Barre Syndrome
• NO Proning in ARDS
• 11 CATs of published papers
• Equates to 47 new CATs
• Research/EBMG meeting

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Targets for 2005

• 7 reviews ongoing
• CVCrBSI (DS)
• SDD (MP)
• NIV (MMcM)
• Hypothermia II (CC)
• Nutrition (MMcD)
• Sedation (BM)
• VAP diagnosis (MD)
• Increase free CATS (13 CATs submitted in 2004)
• Increased number of CATs submitted
• Free CATs
• Journal clubs
• More comprehensive email list

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2005

• Reviews
• CVCrBSI (DS)
• SDD (MP)
• NIV (MMcM)
• Hypothermia II (CC)
• Nutrition (MMcD)
• Sedation (BM)
• VAP diagnosis (GB)
• CATS
• Email

• Reviews
• Completed
• Chance of lead
• Ongoing
• Ongoing
• Ongoing
• Ongoing
• New projects started
• METs
• Outreach
• 20 free CATS, 1 review
• 56 in 2005 in total
• 136 now on website
• Updated

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JICS / ICS

• JICS now using SICS format
• JICS CATS published on SICS web site
• SICS EBM editing input with JICS
• SICS EBM publications listed in JICS
• EBM updates in ICS e-letter

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Website

• Increased world rankings
• Altavista 4th
• Google 1st
• BT.yahoo 2nd
• Yahoo 5th
• Several new features
• Feedback
• Downloads
• Updates to all SICS members
• Discussion Forum
• Costs
• 70.50 per annum

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Website Visitors
20,152
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Website Visitors
47,988
20,152
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Website Visitors
2005 79,541
2004 47,988
2003 20,152
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Website Visitors
2004 47,988
2005 79,541
2003 20,152
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Cumulative Sessions
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The Future

• 8 reviews ongoing
• SDD (MP)
• NIV (MMcM)
• Hypothermia II (CC)
• Nutrition (MMcD)
• Sedation (BM)
• VAP diagnosis (GB)
• METs (BC)
• Outreach (RP)
• Trachy (RP)
• Better number of CATs submitted in 2005 (on
  target)
• Cultivate links with ICS / JICS
• ANZICS
• Discussion Forum

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www.sicsebm.org.uk icu_ebm-subscribe_at_yahoogroups.
co.uk
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Critically Appraised Topic

• Declarative title
• Question
• Name of paper
• Search terms
• Design
• Setting
• Patients

• Intervention
• Outcome Measures
• Results
• Table
• Conclusion
• Commentary