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Key topics in evidence-based medicine /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McGovern, Dermot P. B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd, 2001.
Subjects:
Evidence-Based Medicine.
Table of Contents:
  • Natural history of disease
  • Determining causation
  • Outcome measures
  • Formulating clinical questions
  • Hierarchy of evidence
  • 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 of information
  • Sites of interest on the World Wide Web
  • Search strategies for electronic databases
  • The Cochrane Collaboration
  • Critical appraisal
  • Statistical methods (overview)
  • The P value
  • Relative risk, relative risk reduction and odds ratio
  • Risk reduction and the number needed to treat (NNT)
  • Confidence intervals
  • Sensitivity and specificity
  • Liklihood ratios
  • Negative and positive predictive values
  • Stratification and minimization
  • Bias and confounders
  • Intention to treat
  • The power of studies
  • Reproducibility
  • Regression analysis
  • Subgroup analysis
  • Health status measurement
  • Health economics
  • QALYs
  • Sampling and applicability
  • Audit
  • Guidelines
  • Decision analysis
  • Improving professional practice
  • Explaining risk to patients
  • Limitations of EBM
  • The future of EBM