Title Drug information and literature evaluation / Marie A. Abate, Matthew L. Blommel

Published London and Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages) Series Remington Education Remington education. Contents 1. Evidence-based approach to addressing information needs -- Introduction -- seven-step systematic approach -- Summary -- 2. Tertiary resources -- Introduction -- General drug information resources -- Information-specific resources -- Summary -- 3. Secondary resources -- Introduction -- Searching secondary resources -- Commonly used secondary resources -- Summary -- 4. Internet resources -- Introduction -- Evaluating the quality of internet-based medication and health information -- Internet resources -- Useful internet sites for clinicians -- Summary -- 5. Evaluating clinical studies -- step 1: what type of study is it? -- Introduction -- Experimental studies -- Observational studies -- Summary -- 6. Evaluating clinical studies -- step 2: the journal, authors, and study purpose -- Introduction -- Journal and investigator considerations -- Potential conflicts of interest -- Study objectives and hypotheses -- Summary -- 7. Evaluating clinical studies -- step 3: methods used -- Introduction -- Eligibility (inclusion and exclusion) criteria -- Sampling (enrollment) considerations -- Informed consent -- Sample size -- Controlled experimental designs -- Assignment to interventions -- Blinding -- Treatment considerations -- Outcomes and variables -- Measurements -- Summary -- 8. Evaluating clinical studies -- step 4: statistical analyses -- Introduction -- One-tailed versus two-tailed tests -- Categories of statistical tests -- Parametric statistical tests -- Nonparametric statistical tests -- Correlation -- Regression -- Summary -- 9. Evaluating clinical studies -- step 5: results, interpretation, and conclusions -- Introduction -- Measures of central tendency -- Measures of variability (spread or dispersion) -- Statistical inference -- Confidence interval -- Hypothesis testing -- P values -- Type I error -- Type II error -- Statistical significance versus clinical significance (importance) -- Measures of risk, risk reduction, and clinical utility -- Drop-outs and data handling -- Discussion section -- Summary -- 10. Evaluating clinical studies -- step 6: putting it all together -- Introduction -- Key questions and considerations when critiquing published experimental studies -- 11. Equivalence and noninferiority studies -- Overview -- Equivalence study -- Noninferiority study -- Summary -- 12. Practice guidelines, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses -- Introduction -- Systematic reviews -- Meta-analyses -- Practice guidelines -- Summary Summary A concise guide to medical literature evaluation and the provision of medication and health information Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index Notes Print version record Subject Pharmacy -- Information resources Drugs -- Information resources Drugs -- Problems, exercises, etc Clinical trials. Drugs. Methodology. Public health. Pharmaceutical Preparations Pharmacology -- Bibliography Pharmaceutical Preparations -- Bibliography Clinical Trials as Topic Methods Public Health methodology. public health. MEDICAL -- Drug Guides. MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pharmacology. MEDICAL -- Pharmacology. MEDICAL -- Pharmacy. Clinical trials Drugs Pharmacy -- Information resources Health & Biological Sciences. Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology. Genre/Form Problems and exercises Form Electronic book Author Blommel, Matthew L. ISBN 9780857111241 0857111248

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