How to keep up with the critical care literature and avoid being buried alive.

1) focus the clinical question;
2) locate literature using bibliographic databases;
3) use original journal articles;
4) use systematic reviews with confidence;
5) use text-books with caution;
6) read the preappraised literature;
7) abandon advertisements;
8) throw away the throwaways;
9) teach yourself critical appraisal;
10) be wary of overinterpretation of substitute end points;
11) teach yourself basic clinical statistics;
12) engage in effective browsing;
13) store useful articles;
14) invest in informatics; and
15) implement evidence-based practice guidelines.

Fuente: Cook DJ, Meade MO, Fink MP. How to keep up with the critical care literature and avoid being buried alive. Crit Care Med. 1996 Oct;24(10):1757-68.