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Clinicians can search UpToDate using disease, symptom, procedure, lab abnormality or drug name as the search term. The knowledge contained in UpToDate is evidence-based and continuously updated, but it is not merely an aggregation and report of the latest research; UpToDate presents a comprehensive synthesis of the evidence, followed by recommendations that can be acted on at the point of care.
