Whatever Happened to Evidence-Based Practice During COVID-19?

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA.

Published: August 2020

Contemporary medical practice is grounded in rigorous scientific evidence in concert with best clinical practices and informed shared decision making with patients. During these times of uncertainty, disruption, and even anxiety, it becomes critical that we engage with our patients and communities in thoughtful dialogue and realistic expectations regarding treatments surrounding COVID-19. The hope for a "miracle" cure and urgency to return back to normal times can stimulate irrational thought and behavior and even desperate measures by individuals or groups. It becomes especially important that we continue to use reasonable, informed clinical judgment in discussing the various options with patients.

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