Treatment of pruritus in a palliative care patient with low-dose paroxetine: a case report

Pruritus is a distressing symptom seen in palliative care. There is limited high-quality evidence of pharmaceutical treatments for pruritus in palliative care, including the use of paroxetine.

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How to write a Critically Appraised Topic: evidence to underpin routine clinical practice

Summary

Critically appraised topics (CATs) are essential tools for busy clinicians who wish to ensure that their daily clinical practice is underpinned by evidence-based medicine. CATs are short summaries of the most up-to-date, high-quality available evidence that is found using thorough structured methods. They can be used to answer specific, patient-orientated questions that arise recurrently in real-life practice. This article provides readers with a detailed guide to performing their own CATs. It is split into four main sections reflecting the four main steps involved in performing a CAT: formulation of a focused question, a search for the most relevant and highest-quality evidence, critical appraisal of the evidence and application of the results back to the patient scenario. As well as helping to improve patient care on an individual basis by answering specific clinical questions that arise, CATs can help spread and share knowledge with colleagues on an international level through publication in the evidence-based dermatology section of the British Journal of Dermatology.

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The meta‐analysis

Fernando de Andrade Quintanilha Ribeiro
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2017;83:497

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First Clinical Consensus and National Recommendations on Tracheostomized Children of the Brazilian Academy of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ABOPe) and Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP)

Melissa A.G. Avelino, Rebecca Maunsell, Fabiana Cardoso Pereira Valera, José Faibes Lubianca Neto, Cláudia Schweiger, Carolina Sponchiado Miura, Vitor Guo Chen, Dayse Manrique, Raquel Oliveira, Fabiano Gavazzoni, Isabela Furtado de Mendonça Picinin, Paulo Bittencourt, Paulo Camargos, Fernanda Peixoto, Marcelo Barciela Brandão, Tania Maria Sih, Wilma Terezinha Anselmo‐Lima
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2017;83:498-506

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Impact of cartilage graft size on success of tympanoplasty

Waleed Abdelhameed, Ibrahim Rezk, Alhussein Awad
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2017;83:507-11

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Encoding of speech sounds at auditory brainstem level in good and poor hearing aid performers

Hemanth Narayan Shetty, Manjula Puttabasappa
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2017;83:512-22

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Profile and prevalence of hearing complaints in the elderly

Magda Aline Bauer, Ângela Kemel Zanella, Irênio Gomes Filho, Geraldo de Carli, Adriane Ribeiro Teixeira, Ângelo José Gonçalves Bós
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2017;83:523-9

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