UpToDate

The UpToDate resource is now available.

UpToDate is an evidence based, peer reviewed information resource.

With UpToDate, you can answer questions quickly, increase your clinical
knowledge, and improve patient care. The UpToDate community includes
our faculty of 3,600 leading physicians, peer reviewers, and editors and
over 275,000 users. Our faculty writes topic reviews that include a
synthesis of the literature, the latest evidence, and specific
recommendations for patient care. Our users provide feedback to the
editorial group. This community's combined efforts result in the most
trusted, unbiased medical information available.

You can access this resource using your Athens username and password.
Access will be prompted to log-in via the Clinical Decisions context.

You can access UpToDate from the list of Databases or via the Clinical
Decisions portal (in the Quicklinks section below the search box).

The URL for direct access is The URL is

http://www.clinicaldecisions.scot.nhs.uk/Authentication.aspx?target=UTD¤tURL=/home.aspx&=reqlogin=true&url=http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html