Levels of Evidence
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Levels of Evidence
Level of evidence and strength of recommendation: criteria and wording in EBM Guidelines Evidence Summaries
Restrictive transfusion strategies are appropriate for most critically ill patients with varying levels of evidence
Labour and delivery
Inhaled corticosteroids in the long-term management of asthma
Smoking cessation
High versus low positive end‐expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels for mechanically ventilated adult patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
Overweight in pregnancy
Common cold in adults
Musculoskeletal pain
Educational interventions for preventing lead poisoning in workers
USPSTF: no evidence of benefit from screening for thyroid disease
Clinical utility of limited channel sleep studies versus polysomnography for obstructive sleep apnoea
Acupuncture
Menopausal symptoms and hormone therapy
The most important known health risks of smoking
Excessive hair growth (hirsutism)
Chlamydia
Low back pain
Breast cancer
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for adults with multiple sclerosis
Chronic pain
Otitis media in children: risk factors and pathogenesis
Hormonal contraception
Threatened premature labour
Cystic fibrosis (CF)
Permissive hypoxaemia versus normoxaemia for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients
Household interventions for secondary prevention of domestic lead exposure in children
Effect of atorvastatin on testosterone levels
Pharmacotherapy for hyperuricaemia in hypertensive patients
Treatment of chronic renal failure
Topical rubefacients for acute and chronic pain in adults
Drugs used in alcohol dependence
Migraine
Tinnitus
Tension headache
Fast‐track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients
Endometriosis
Guillain-Barré syndrome (polyradiculitis)
USPSTF 2019: insufficient evidence to recommend lead screening in children and pregnant women (I statement)
Syphilis
Schizophrenia
Ectopic pregnancy
Oral dextrose gel to prevent hypoglycaemia in at‐risk neonates
Elevated blood pressure in pregnancy (gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia)
High versus low‐added sugar consumption for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Urinary incontinence in women
Interventions for lowering plasma homocysteine levels in kidney transplant recipients
Low level laser therapy for nonspecific low-back pain
Serum or plasma ferritin concentration as an index of iron deficiency and overload
Oral antidiabetic drugs and GLP-1 analogues
Proteinuria
IgA nephropathy
Intrauterine device
Exhaled nitric oxide levels to guide treatment for adults with asthma
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for proteinuria and microalbuminuria in people with sickle cell disease
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Urinary tract infections
Restricting or banning alcohol advertising to reduce alcohol consumption in adults and adolescents
Hypertension: investigations, treatment initiation and non-pharmacological treatment
Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)
Ménière's disease
EBM Guidelines evidence summaries
Limited evidence of benefits of vitamin D supplementation
Long-term management of asthma
Postnatal thyroid hormones for preterm infants with transient hypothyroxinaemia
Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretrovirals for people with HIV
Dysmenorrhoea
Degarelix for treating advanced hormone‐sensitive prostate cancer
Interventions for preventing injuries in the construction industry
Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys
Abnormal menstrual bleeding
Positive end‐expiratory pressure for preterm infants requiring conventional mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome or bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Infertility
Individual‐level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers
USPSTF 2017 finds uncertain benefit of behavioral counseling for low-risk adults without obesity (C recommendation)
