Abbreviations used in the GP Update Handbook We try to avoid using abbreviations except where they are universally recognised (MI, COPD). The only exceptions to this are the abbreviations of some of the journals we use: | Ann. Int. Med. | Annals of Internal Medicine | | Arch. Int. Med. | Archives of Internal Medicine | | BJGP | British Journal of General Practice | | BMJ | British Medical Journal | | DTB | Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin | | JAMA | Journal of the American Medical Association | | MeReC | National Prescribing Centre Bulletins (not exactly an abbreviation!) | | NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine | | NICE | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence | | SIGN | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
Statistical abbreviations are listed in the statistics chapter. A note on Cochrane references Cochrane reviews are referenced as: Cochrane 2005;CD002946. Go to the Cochrane website (www.cochrane.org) and type the 'article number' without the date (e.g. CD002946) into the search engine and it will find the correct article for you. N.B. if you go to www.cochrane.co.uk you must specify that you want to search Cochrane.org or you will generate no search results. It's obvious how to do this when you get there! At the end of each section in the Handbook you will find a summary box, which include the key take home messages, some ideas to help you apply your learning and some useful websites.  | This icon occurs where we list Take home messages |
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