| Description |
1 online resource (770 p.) |
| Series |
Evidence-Based Medicine Series |
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Evidence-based medicine.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Section 1 The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules -- Chapter 1 Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Care -- References -- Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Medicine: The Process -- Chapter 3 The Epidemiology and Statistics of Diagnostic Testing -- The 2 × 2 table -- Sensitivity and specificity -- Incidence and prevalence -- Predictive values -- Integrating concepts -- Using 2 × 2 tables: an example -- Odds, probability, and the odds ratio |
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Likelihood ratios and interval likelihood ratios -- Using odds, probabilities, and likelihood ratios: an example -- Bayes theorem -- Confidence intervals -- Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves -- Chapter 4 Clinical Decision Rules -- The clinical decision rule development process -- The future of CDRs -- References -- Chapter 5 Appropriate Testing in an Era of Limited Resources: Practice and Policy Considerations -- Impact of diagnostic testing on healthcare expenditures -- Downstream costs of diagnostic testing -- Variation in testing and inappropriate testing |
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Causes of inappropriate testing -- Improving appropriateness in diagnostic testing: practice considerations -- Health policy considerations -- Comment -- References -- Chapter 6 Understanding Bias in Diagnostic Research -- Types of bias -- Recognizing and overcoming diagnostic biases -- References -- Section 2 Trauma -- Chapter 7 Cervical Spine Fractures -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comment -- References -- Chapter 8 Blunt Abdominal Trauma -- Background |
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Clinical questions -- Clinical question -- Comment -- References -- Chapter 9 Acute Knee Injuries -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comment -- References -- Chapter 10 Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comment -- References -- Chapter 11 Blunt Head Injury in Children -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comments -- References -- Chapter 12 Adult Blunt Head Injury -- Background -- Clinical question |
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Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comments -- References -- Chapter 13 Chest Trauma -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comment -- References -- Chapter 14 Occult Hip Fracture -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comment -- References -- Chapter 15 Blunt Soft Tissue Neck Trauma -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comments -- References -- Chapter 16 Occult Scaphoid Fractures -- Background -- Clinical question -- Clinical question -- Comments -- References -- Chapter 17 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Background |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pines, Jesse M
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Bellolio, Fernanda
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Carpenter, Christopher R
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| ISBN |
9781119616849 |
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1119616840 |
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1119616875 |
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9781119616870 |
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