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You are in the Emergency Department to admit a 76 year old woman with pneumonia. The patient reports one week of progressive cough, yellow sputum production, fatigue, and eventually shortness of breath and fever. A chest x-ray obtained by the ED staff revealed a right lower lobe infiltrate. She was diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia and is being admitted for oxygen, antibiotics, and supportive care. Armed with all of this information (obtained from the chart) and the certainty that you know how to treat pneumonia, you go to the bedside. After you ask her a few confirmatory questions, she says to you "I had the pneumonia vaccine last year...how can I get pneumonia?" You finish the history and physical, and head off to write your orders.

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Provides access to the MEDLINE database, which contains coverage of over 5000 journals and more than 16 million citations for biomedical articles, including, but not limited to, clinical trials, systematic reviews, case reports, and clinical practice guidelines. Three specialized PubMed search features geared towards helping clinicians quickly access clinical studies by question type, systematic reviews, and medical genetics information. Provides critical assessments of systematic reviews compiled from a variety of medical journals. Selects from the biomedical literature original studies and systematic reviews that are immediately clinically relevant and then summarizes these articles in an enhanced abstract with expert commentary. Features systematic reviews that summarize the effects of interventions and makes a determination whether the intervention is efficacious or not. Cochrane reviews are created through a strict process of compiling and analyzing data from multiple randomized control trials to ensure comprehensiveness and reliability. Present evidence guidlines that focus on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of frequent medical conditions. Lane provides access to over 5,000 ebooks many of which provide helpfull background material that will prepare you to better tackle primary literature. Features topic reviews that include a synthesis of the biomedical literature and specific patient care recommendations. Provides reviews of treatments for over 250 conditions that summarize the related available evidence from systematic reviews, clinical trials, observational studies and clinical practice guidelines. PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) is a Web-based decision-support tool designed for rapid point-of-care delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based guidance for primary care physicians. Connects users to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents, with summarized abstracts and full-text links when available.
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