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RECORD NUMBER: 7 OF 9| Main Title | Translational research and clinical practice : basic tools for medical decision making and self-learning / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Aronoff, Stephen C. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2011 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 624405330 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780199746446 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0199746443 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Evidence-based medicine ; Medicine--Decision making ; Clinical trials ; Evidence-Based Practice--methods ; Decision Making ; Decision Support Techniques ; Diagnosis ; Translational Medical Research--methods | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xi, 137 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Developing a clinical question and searching the medical literature -- The anatomy of a clinical study -- Designs of clinical studies -- Lies, more lies, and statistics -- Answering a question regarding the treatment of a disease -- Answering a question regarding the utility of a diagnostic test -- Answering a question regarding prognosis and risk factors -- Answering a question using a clinical prediction rule -- Answering a question about etiology or differential diagnosis -- Using medical evidence to answer a question regarding clinical presentation -- Using meta-analyses to answer a question of diagnosis and therapy -- Answering a question regarding causation -- Clinical guidelines : prepackaged medical decisions -- Putting it all together -- Developing a plan for lifelong education -- Teaching medical decision making. |