Translational research and clinical practice
Subtitle: basic tools for medical decision making and self-learning
By: Stephen C. Aronoff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9780199746446
Subjects: Evidence-Based Practice; Clinical trials; Translational Research; Decision Support Techniques; Decision making; Diagnosis; Medicine; Evidence-based medicine; Decision Making; Methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Developing a clinical question and searching the medical literature; title: The anatomy of a clinical study; title: Designs of clinical studies; title: Lies, more lies, and statistics; title: Answering a question regarding the treatment of a disease; title: Answering a question regarding the utility of a diagnostic test; title: Answering a question regarding prognosis and risk factors; title: Answering a question using a clinical prediction rule; title: Answering a question about etiology or differential diagnosis; title: Using medical evidence to answer a question regarding clinical presentation; title: Using meta-analyses to answer a question of diagnosis and therapy; title: Answering a question regarding causation; title: Clinical guidelines : prepackaged medical decisions; title: Putting it all together; title: Developing a plan for lifelong education; title: Teaching medical decision making.