PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rubin, Bruce K
AU  - Haynes, Jeffrey M
TI  - Myths, Misunderstandings, and Dogma in Respiratory Care
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.01816
DP  - 2012 Aug 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 1314--1324
VI  - 57
IP  - 8
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/57/8/1314.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/57/8/1314.full
AB  - Evidence-based medicine has assumed a major place in establishing the standard of care for many diseases. Yet practices based largely on clinical experience have often been difficult to change, even when clearly associated with patient harm. In this paper, based on the 27th Philip Kittredge Memorial Lecture, we highlight respiratory care practices that have clearly failed the tests of time and evidence yet sometimes tenaciously persist. We also discuss the appropriate use and potential abuse of evidence-based medicine.