Translational research and clinical practice: basic tools for medical decision making and self-learning

Translational Research and Clinical Practice offers a clear and comprehensiveintroduction to evidence-based medicine. It provides a unified framework on how to find, validate, critically analyze, and apply the clinical literature topatient care. INDICE: Preface; 1.: 1. Developing a Clinical Question and Searching the Medical Literature; 1.: 2. The Anatomy of a Clinical Study; 1.: 3. Designs of Clinical Studies; 1.: 4. Lies, More Lies and Statistics; 1.: 5. Answering a Question Regarding the Treatment of a Disease; 1.: 6. Answering a Question Regarding the Utility of a Diagnostic Test; 1.: 7. Answering a Question RegardingPrognosis and Risk factors; 1.: 8. Answering a Question Using a Clinical Prediction Rule; 1.: 9. Answering a Question About Etiology or Differential Diagnosis; 1.: 10. Using Medical Evidence to Answer a Question Regarding Clinical Presentation; 1.: 11. Using Meta-Analyses to Answer a Question of Diagnosis and Therapy; 1.: 12. Answering a Question Regarding Causation; 1.: 13. Clinical Guidelines: Prepackaged Medical Decisions; 1.: 14. Putting It All Together; 1.: 15. Developing a Plan for Lifelong Education; 1.: 16. Teaching Medical Decision Making

• ISBN: 978-0-19-974644-6
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 176
• Fecha Publicación: 16/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés