Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Second Edition (Jama & Archives Journals)

The “essential” companion to the landmark Users' Guides to the Medical Literature - completely revised and updated! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This second edition is even better than the original. Information is easier to find and the additional resources that will be available at www.JAMAevidence.com will provide readers with a one-stop source for evidence-based medicine."--Doody's Review Service Evidence-based medicine involves the careful interpretation of medical studies and its clinical application. And no resource helps you do it better-and faster-than Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. This streamlined reference distills the most clinically-relevant coverage from the parent Users' Guide Manual into one highly-focused, portable resource. Praised for its clear explanations of detailed statistical and mathematical principles, The Essentials concisely covers all the basic concepts of evidence-based medicine--everything you need to deliver optimal patient care. It's a perfect at-a-glance source for busy clinicians and students, helping you distinguish between solid medical evidence and poor medical evidence, tailor evidence-based medicine for each patient, and much more. Now in its second edition, this carry-along quick reference is more clinically relevant--and more essential--than ever! FEATURES Completely revised and updated with all new coverage of the basic issues in evidence-based medicine in patient care Abundant real-world examples drawn from the medical literature are woven throughout, and include important related principles and pitfalls in using clinical research in patient care decisions Edited by over 60 internationally recognized editors and contributors from around the globe Also look for JAMAevidence.com, a new interactive database for the best practice of evidence based medicine. (20080919)

The “essential” companion to the landmark Users' Guides to the Medical Literature - completely revised and updated!

5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!

"This second edition is even better than the original. Information is easier to find and the additional resources that will be available at www.JAMAevidence.com will provide readers with a one-stop source for evidence-based medicine."—Doody's Review Service

Evidence-based medicine involves the careful interpretation of medical studies and its clinical application. And no resource helps you do it better-and faster-than Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice.

This streamlined reference distills the most clinically-relevant coverage from the parent Users' Guide Manual into one highly-focused, portable resource. Praised for its clear explanations of detailed statistical and mathematical principles, The Essentials concisely covers all the basic concepts of evidence-based medicine—everything you need to deliver optimal patient care.

It's a perfect at-a-glance source for busy clinicians and students, helping you distinguish between solid medical evidence and poor medical evidence, tailor evidence-based medicine for each patient, and much more. Now in its second edition, this carry-along quick reference is more clinically relevant—and more essential—than ever!

FEATURES

• Completely revised and updated with all new coverage of the basic issues in evidence-based medicine in patient care
• Abundant real-world examples drawn from the medical literature are woven throughout, and include important related principles and pitfalls in using clinical research in patient care decisions
• Edited by over 60 internationally recognized editors and contributors from around the globe
• Also look for JAMAevidence.com, a new interactive database for the best practice of evidence based medicine.

Contents......Page 9 Contributors......Page 11 Foreword......Page 15 Preface......Page 21 1 How to Use the Medical Literature—and This Book—to Improve Your Patient Care......Page 25 2 The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine......Page 29 3 What Is the Question?......Page 41 4 Finding the Evidence......Page 57 5 Why Study Results Mislead: Bias and Random Error......Page 101 6 Therapy (Randomized Trials)......Page 109 7 Does Treatment Lower Risk? Understanding the Results......Page 137 8 Confidence Intervals......Page 151 9 Harm (Observational Studies)......Page 165 10 The Process of Diagnosis......Page 193 11 Differential Diagnosis......Page 203 12 Diagnostic Tests......Page 219 13 Prognosis......Page 247 14 Summarizing the Evidence......Page 263 15 How to Use a Patient Management Recommendation......Page 289 A......Page 319 B......Page 321 C......Page 325 D......Page 333 E......Page 336 F......Page 339 H......Page 341 I......Page 343 L......Page 346 M......Page 347 N......Page 350 O......Page 352 P......Page 353 Q......Page 357 R......Page 358 S......Page 362 T......Page 366 U......Page 369 V......Page 370 W......Page 371 B......Page 373 C......Page 374 D......Page 375 H......Page 376 I......Page 377 M......Page 378 P......Page 379 R......Page 380 S......Page 381 T......Page 382 W......Page 383 How to use the medical literature (and this book) to improve your patient care The philosophy of evidence-based medicine What is the question? Finding the evidence Why study results mislead: bias and random error Therapy Does treatment lower risk? Understanding the results Confidence intervals Harm The process of diagnosis Differential diagnosis Diagnostic tests Prognosis Summarizing the evidence How to use a patient management recommendation Glossary. Evidence-based medicine involves the careful interpretation of medical studies and its clinical application. This book presents statistical and mathematical principles. Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 9, 2008).