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What is evidence-based medicine (EBM) and why is it important?

Evidence-based medicine is defined as the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current ...

Evidence-based medicine is defined as the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. It emerged as a response to traditional medical practice that relied heavily on clinical intuition and unsystematic clinical experience, which often led to inconsistent and sometimes harmful patient outcomes. Its importance lies in addressing the exponential growth of medical literature (with PubMed indexing more than 30 million citations), providing structured methodologies to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the most relevant and reliable evidence, and reducing the risk of clinical decisions being influenced by biased, incomplete, or outdated information.

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