The evidence base of clinical diagnosis
Subtitle: theory and methods of diagnostic research
By: edited by J. André Knottnerus, Frank Buntinx.
Contributors: Knottnerus, J. André.; Buntinx, Frank.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Pub./BMJ Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781405157872
Subjects: Diagnosis -- Research -- Methodology.; Evidence-based medicine.; Biomedical Research -- methods.; Biomedical Research -- standards.; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- standards.; Evidence-Based Medicine.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: General introduction : evaluation of diagnostic procedures / J. André Knottnerus, Frank Buntinx, and Chris van Weel; value: The architecture of diagnostic research / R. Brian Haynes and John You; value: Assessment of the accuracy of diagnostic tests : the cross-sectional study / J. André Knottnerus and Jean W. Muris; value: Diagnostic testing and prognosis : the randomised controlled trial in test evaluation research / Jeroen G. Lijmer and Patrick M.M. Bossuyt; value: The diagnostic before : after study to assess clinical impact / J. André Knottnerus, Geert-Jan Dinant, Onno P. Van Schayck; value: Designing studies to ensure that estimates of test accuracy will travel / Les M. Irwig ... [et al.]; value: Analysis of data on the accuracy of diagnostic tests; value: J. Dik ... [et al.]; value: Multivariable analysis in diagnostic accuracy studies : what are the possibilities? / F. Buntinx ... [et al.]; value: Standards of reporting on diagnostic accuracy studies / P. Bossuyt and Nynke Smidt; value: Guidelines for conducting systematic reviews of studies evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests / Frank Buntinx, Bert Aertgeerts, and Petra Macaskill; value: Producing and using clinical prediction rules / Tom Fahey and Johan Van der Lei; value: Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making : a selective review of the cognitive research literature / Alan Schwartz and Arthur S. Elstein; value: Improving test ordering and its diagnostic cost effectiveness in clinical practice : bridging the gap between clinical research and routine health care / Ron A.G. Winkens ... [et al.]; value: Epilogue : overview of evaluation strategy and challenges / J. André Knottnerus, Ann van den Bruel, and Frank Buntinx.