Journal article
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: XII. How to Use Articles About Health-Related Quality of Life
Abstract
CLINICAL SCENARIO You are a physician following a 35-year-old man who has had active Crohn disease for 8 years. The symptoms were severe enough to require resectional surgery 4 years ago, and despite treatment with sulfasalazine and metronidazole, the patient has had active disease requiring oral steroids for the last 2 years. Repeated attempts to decrease the prednisone have failed, and the patient has required doses of greater than 15 mg per …
Authors
Guyatt GH; Naylor CD; Juniper E; Heyland DK; Jaeschke R; Cook DJ
Journal
JAMA, Vol. 277, No. 15, pp. 1232–1237
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
April 16, 1997
DOI
10.1001/jama.1997.03540390062037
ISSN
0098-7484