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• Title:Key topics in evidence-based medicine / Dermot P.B.McGovern [and others].
  
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• Variant Title:Evidence-based medicine
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:McGovern, Dermot P. B.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford : BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB102 .K492 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB102 .K492 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Evidence-based medicine.
  
• Medical Subjects: Evidence-Based Medicine
  Clinical trials.
  
• Description:xi, 160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  
• Series:Key topics series.
  
• Summary:"The use of evidence as a basis for good practice is now an important element of modern medicine. This book summarises the key topics essential for a clear understanding of the new skills required by all healthcare professionals, including how to search for, appraise and implement (or reject) changes in practice suggested by any new evidence. As well as being of interest to all hospital doctors, this title is a revision aid for relevant examinations."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1859962777
  
• Contents:Introduction
  Natural history of disease
  Determining causation
  Outcome measures
  Formulating clinical questions
  Hierarchy of evidence
  Trial Design
  Systematic reviews
  Meta-analyses
  Randomized controlled trials
  'Other' trials for comparison of interventions
  Cohort studies
  Case-control studies
  Cross-sectional (prevalence) surveys
  Case reports and case series
  Qualitative research
  Screening
  Questionnaires
  Sources
  Sources of information
  Sites of interest on the world wide web
  Search strategies for electronic databases
  cochrane collaboration
  Interpretation
  Critical appraisal
  Statistical methods (overview)
  p-value
  Relative risk, relative risk reduction and odds ratio
  Risk reduction and the number needed to treat (NNT)
  Confidence intervals
  Sensitivity and specificity
  Likelihood ratios
  Negative and positive predictive values
  Stratification and minimization
  Bias and confounders
  Intention to treat
  power of studies
  Reproducibility
  Regression analysis
  Subgroup analysis
  Health status measurement
  Health economics
  QALYs
  Application
  Sampling and applicability
  Audit
  Guidelines
  Decision analysis
  Improving professional practice
  Explaining risk to patients
  Limitations of EBM
  future of EBM.