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Thomas Andrew Owens

Thomas Andrew Owens

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Thomas.Owens@duke.edu
DUMC 3814, Durham, NC 27710
Duke South Hospital Rm 14209 Red Zone, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Relation between prefracture characteristics and perioperative complications in the elderly adult patient with hip fracture.

Journal Article South Med J · June 2012 BACKGROUND: The exact relation among patient prefracture characteristics such as age, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class, fracture type, and prefracture mobility status with perioperative complications in elderly adult patients with hip frac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions.

Journal Article BMC Med Inform Decis Mak · June 15, 2007 BACKGROUND: Supporting 21st century health care and the practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires ubiquitous access to clinical information and to knowledge-based resources to answer clinical questions. Many questions go unanswered, however, due t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does this child have acute otitis media?

Journal Article JAMA · September 24, 2003 CONTEXT: Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common problems in pediatrics. An accurate diagnosis of AOM can guide proper treatment and follow-up. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature regarding precision and accuracy of history taking ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Web-based compendium of clinical questions and medical evidence to educate internal medicine residents.

Journal Article Acad Med · March 2003 The authors designed an electronic database of clinical questions (CQs) and medical evidence and implemented it in 2001-02 at Duke University Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. This Web-based data colle ... Full text Link to item Cite