- Digital and local anesthesia equally effective for finger lacerations
LOE 1b
- Don't continue ipratropium after ED in kids with asthma exacerbations
LOE 1b
- Don't double steroid dose in deteriorating asthma
LOE 2b
- Don't use hip spica in kids with femoral fracture
LOE 1b
- Duloxetine effective for fibromyalgia in some women
LOE 1b-
- Early mobilization better for acute limb injuries
LOE 2a
- Early mobilization for low back pain reduces sick time
LOE 2b
- Early mobilization improves pneumonia outcomes
LOE 1b
- Early motion + surgery = early motion + casting in Achilles rupture
LOE 2b-
- Effective medications for juvenile idiopathic arthritis
LOE 1a-
- Elbow/shoulder injections = NSAIDs short-term
LOE 1a-
- Electroacupuncture for whiplash: slight decrease in pain, no change in disability or QOL
LOE 1b-
- Energy-absorbing/shunting hip protector does not reduce risk of fracture
LOE 1b
- Epidural injections ineffective for sciatica
LOE 1b
- ESWT effective in chronic plantar fasciitis
LOE 2b
- ESWT improves chronic patella tendonitis
LOE 2b-
- ESWT ineffective for tennis elbow
LOE 1b
- Etanercept effective for ankylosing spondylitis
LOE 1b
- Evidence conflicting regarding exercise and low back pain
LOE 1a
- Evidence for orthotics in tennis elbow is weak
LOE 1a
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