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Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Second Edition

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Second Edition

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The “essential” companion to the landmark Users Guides to the Medical Literature - completely revised and updated!

5 STAR DOODYS REVIEW!
This second edition is even better than the original. Information is easier to find and the additional resources that will be available at www.JAMAevidence.com will provide readers with a one-stop source for evidence-based medicine.--Doodys Review Service

Evidence-based medicine involves the careful interpretation of medical studies and its clinical application. And no resource helps you do it better-and faster-than Users Guides to the Medical Literature:: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice.

This streamlined reference distills the most clinically-relevant coverage from the parent Users Guide Manual into one highly-focused, portable resource. Praised for its clear explanations of detailed statistical and mathematical principles, The Essentials concisely covers all the basic concepts of evidence-based medicine--everything you need to deliver optimal patient care.

Its a perfect at-a-glance source for busy clinicians and students, helping you distinguish between solid medical evidence and poor medical evidence, tailor evidence-based medicine for each patient, and much more. Now in its second edition, this carry-along quick reference is more clinically relevant--and more essential--than ever!

FEATURES

  • Completely revised and updated with all new coverage of the basic issues in evidence-based medicine in patient care
  • Abundant real-world examples drawn from the medical literature are woven throughout, and include important related principles and pitfalls in using clinical research in patient care decisions
  • Edited by over 60 internationally recognized editors and contributors from around the globe
  • Also look for JAMAevidence.com, a new interactive database for the best practice of evidence based medicine.
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McGraw Hill / Medical
45769
9780071590389
9780071590389

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Publication date
2008
Issue number
2
Cover
paperback
Pages count
380
Dimensions (mm)
102 x 178
Weight (g)
286

  • Foreword

    Preface

    Contributors
    1. How to Use the Medical Literature--and This Book--to Improve Your Patient Care
    2. The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine
    3. What Is the Question?
    4. Finding the Evidence
    5. Why Study Results Mislead:: Bias and Random Error
    6. Therapy (Randomized Trials)
    7. Does Treatment Lower Risk? Understanding the Results
    8. Confidence Intervals
    9. Harm (Observational Studies)
    10. The Process of Diagnosis
    11. Differential Diagnosis
    12. Diagnostic Tests
    13. Prognosis
    14. Summarizing the Evidence
    15. How to Use a Patient Management Recommendation
    Glossary
    Index

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