Evidence-based pediatrics and child health [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: London, : BMJ, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (602 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92
• Soggetto topico: Evidence-based medicine; Pediatrics
• Altri autori: ElliottElizabeth J MoyerVirginia A
• Note generali: Previous ed.: 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Evidence-based Pediatrics and Child Health; Contents; Contributors; CD Rom; Foreword; Preface to the 2nd edition; Glossary of terms; Abbreviations; Section I : Finding, evaluating and applying the evidence; 1 Introduction: what is evidence?; 2 Asking questions; 3 Finding the evidence; 4 Assessing baseline risk: prevalence and prognosis; 5 Assessing diagnostic and screening tests; 6 Assessing therapy; 7 Assessing claims of harm or causation; 8 Assessing systematic reviews and clinical guidelines; 9 Grading quality of evidence; 10 Clinical measures; 11 Assessing quality of life ; 12 Qualitative research13 Complementary and alternative medicine; 14 Communicating evidence to patients; 15 Health informatics; 16 Continuing education; 17 Using evidence to inform decisions; Section II : Evidence for routine practices: screening/prevention; 18 The well child; 19 Universal newborn hearing screening; 20 Assessment of developmental delay; 21 Immunizations; 22 Injury prevention in the clinical setting; 23 Childhood obesity; 24 Youth smoking cessation: school-based approaches; 25 Sudden infant death syndrome; Section III : Common pediatric conditions; 26 Fever in the young infant ; 27 Fever without focus in the older infant28 Seizures associated with fever; 29 Meningitis; 30 Asthma; 31 Croup; 32 Bronchiolitis; 33 Otitis media; 34 Gastroesophageal reflux in the infant; 35 Gastroesophageal reflux in the adolescent; 36 Constipation; 37 Acute gastroenteritis; 38 Appendicitis; 39 Wound repair and tissue adhesives; 40 Iron deficiency anemia; 41 Nocturnal enuresis; 42 Acute urinary tract infection; 43 Diabetes; 44 Short stature; 45 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; 46 Cerebral palsy; 47 Recurrent apnea in the newborn; 48 Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia ; 49 Neonatal encephalopathy50 Pain in the newborn; 51 Neonatal abstinence syndrome; 52 Cognitive outcomes in very preterm infants; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Evidence Based Pediatrics and Child Health is a ground-breaking new text on pediatrics and child care management, using evidence based approach. It covers all the major childhood conditions and contains the features of both a handbook and a reference text. Each chapter combines both advice on management and how best to practice evidence based medicine with reviews of all the available evidence in a specific area. The goal of the book is to help pediatricians and others who care for children to provide the best possible care by combining the best, most current evidence with special circu
• Titolo autorizzato: Evidence-based pediatrics and child health
• ISBN: 1-280-19739-0; 9786610197392; 0-470-79089-X; 0-470-98738-3; 1-4051-4025-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830851803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Evidence-Based Medicine