Table 4.
Examples of clinical questions answered by evidence-based case reports
| Clinical questions | Type of question |
|---|---|
| University of Indonesia | |
| Is artemether–lumefantrine (AL) as effective as artesunate–amodiaquine (ASAD; standard treatment of malaria therapy in Indonesia) for treating uncomplicated childhood malaria? | Therapy |
| Mortality after balloon aortic valvuloplasty in male with severe aortic stenosis | Prognosis |
| Is the nitrite test accurate as diagnostic tool in pregnant women? | Diagnosis |
| In hospitalised elderly patients, is depression related to higher mortality? | Prognosis |
| Could calcium supplementation prevent osteoporotic fracture in post-menopausal women? | Therapy |
| Diagnostic value of abdominal radiography to diagnose acute appendicitis in children | Diagnosis |
| The effectiveness of normal saline solution vs Ringer’s lactate solution to overcome dengue shock syndrome in children | Therapy |
| Is acupuncture effective to decrease pain in patient with chronic back pain? | Therapy |
| University of Malaya | |
| Is exercise stress echocardiography superior in diagnosing patients presenting with chest pain compared with exercise stress electrocardiography? | Diagnosis |
| Can Parkinson’s disease be treated more effectively by using dopamine agonists compared with levodopa in Parkinson patients above 50 years? | Therapy |
| Do colorectal cancer patients with high levels of tumour markers CEA and CA19-9 have a low 3-year survival rate? | Prognosis |
| Does the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) make a good prognostic tool in trauma patients? | Prognosis |
| Do children with past history of sexual abuse have increased risk of psychiatric problems in adulthood? | Prognosis |
| University Medical Center Utrecht | |
| The prognostic value of a history of shoulder pain on predicting the duration of pain in patients presenting with a new episode of shoulder pain | Prognosis |
| The influence of physiotherapy on pain in patients with shoulder impingement | Therapy |
| Diagnostic ultrasound in a patient suspected of a partial rotator cuff rupture | Diagnosis |
| Does treatment with heparin in adults diagnosed with cerebral venous thrombosis reduce mortality within 3-months? | Therapy |
| CT venography: the new reference test for diagnosing cerebral venous thrombosis? | Diagnosis |
| Glasgow Coma Scale as a prognostic factor in sinus thrombosis | Prognosis |
| Prognostic value of current smoking for exacerbations in COPD | Prognosis |
| For patients with COPD in the primary care setting: what is the predictive value of CRP for community-acquired pneumonia? | Prognosis |
| Diagnostic value of BNP for determining chronic heart failure in patients with COPD | Diagnosis |