Critically-Appraised Topics

ACP's PIER, the Physician's Information and Education Resource.

Link for use at MHP only. Mercy Health Partners staff and associates who need to use this resource at remote locations may obtain a login ID from the librarian.

Evidence-based clinical guidance designed for rapid access to clinical information at the point of care.  PIER is peer-reviewed, is updated continually, and includes recommendations based on all levels of medical evidene.  Includes strength-of-recommendation ratings based on the quality of the underlying evidence.  From the American College of Physicians.  Available through the STAT!Ref interface.

AHRQ Evidence Reports 

Evidence-based, rather than consensus-based, guidelines

 BestBETs

As described by the webpage: "BETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. BETs take into account the shortcomings of much current evidence, allowing physicians to make the best of what there is. Although BETs initially had an emergency medicine focus, there are a significant number of BETs covering cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care and paediatrics."

National Guideline Clearinghouse

A free comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.

     Learn to search National Guideline Clearinghouse: How to Search Interactive Help Screens

Smaller collections of Critically Appraised Topics

Evidence-Based On Call

38 topics. Last updated in 2002.

UM Evidence-Based Pediatrics

Ongoing project, updated in 2007.

From the University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics