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Autore: | Katz David L. <1963-> |
Titolo: | Clinical epidemiology & evidence-based medicine [[electronic resource] ] : fundamental principles of clinical reasoning & research / / David L. Katz |
Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxi, 295 p.) : ill |
Disciplina: | 614.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Clinical epidemiology |
Evidence-based medicine | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-282) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I - Principles of Clinical Reasoning; Chapter 1 - Of Patients and Populations: Population-Based Data in Clinical Practice; Chapter 2 - Test Performance: Disease Probability, Test Interpretation and Diagnosis; Chapter 3 - Quantitative Aspects of Clinical Thinking: Predictive Values and Bayes' Theorem; Chapter 4 - Fundamentals of Screening: The Art and Science of Looking for Trouble; Chapter 5 - Measuring and Conveying Risk; Section II - Principles of Clinical Research; Chapter 6 - Hypothesis Testing 1: Principles |
Chapter 7 - Hypothesis Testing 2: MechanicsChapter 8 - Study Design; Chapter 9 - Interpreting Statistics in the Medical Literature; Section III - From Research to Reasoning: The Application of Evidence in Clinical Practice; Chapter 10 - Decision Analysis; Chapter 11 - Diagnosis; Chapter 12 - Management; Appendices; Appendix A - Getting at the Evidence; Appendix B - Considering Cost In Clinical Practice:The Constraint of Resource Limitations; Appendix C - Clinically Useful Measures Derived from the 2 x 2 Contingency Table; Glossary; Text Sources; Epilogue; Index; About the Author | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Written as a reference tool and resource for health care professionals, David L. Katz's primer uses clinical examples and extracts from peer-reviewed literature to show how statistical principles can improve medical decision making. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Clinical epidemiology & evidence-based medicine |
ISBN: | 1-5063-1965-3 |
1-4522-6431-7 | |
1-322-41700-8 | |
1-4522-3263-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910785987303321 |
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