Answering Clinical Questions at the Point of Care

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Answering Clinical Questions at the Point of Care
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Outline

• About UpToDate
• 14.1 News
• How to search
• Q A

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How to use UpToDate based on a Clinical Scenario

• A patient for whom you have prescribed
  atorvastatin comes in saying he has been reading
  that atorvastatin can cause muscle pain and that
  taking coenzyme Q10 supplements may be helpful in
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• Is there any evidence to support taking coQ10?

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Q A
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Citing an UpToDate topic review

• ??Overview of the therapy and prognosis of
  systemic lupus erythematosus in adults.
• ??Peter H Schur, MD
• Schur, PH. Overview of the therapy and prognosis
  of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults. In
  UpToDate, Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA,
  2006.

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