Users' guides to the medical literature : A manual for evidence-based clinical practice

Guyatt, Gordon. (Author). Rennie, Drummond. (Added Author). Guyatt, Gordon. (Added Author). Meade, Maureen O. (Added Author). Cook, Deborah J. (Added Author).

Summary: Designed to help you to put key evidence-based medicine protocols into daily clinical practice. This detailed, yet highly readable reference demystifies the statistical, analytical, and clinical principles of evidence-based medicine, giving you a hands-on, practical resource. Here, you'll learn how to distinguish solid medical evidence from poor medical evidence, devise the best search strategies for each clinical question, critically appraise the medical literature, and optimally tailor evidence-based medicine for each patient. The new second edition of this landmark resource is now completely revised and refreshed throughout, with expanded coverage of both basic and advanced issues in using evidence-based medicine in clinical practice. Current, authoritative content covering how to: avoid being misled by biased presentations of research findings; interpret the significance of clinical trials that are discontinued early; influence clinician behavior to improve patient care; and apply key strategies for teaching evidence-based medicine.

Record details

ISBN: 9780071590341
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 836 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: New York : McGraw Hill Medical, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part A. The foundations -- Part B. Therapy -- Part C. Harm (observational studies) -- Part D. Diagnosis -- Part E. Prognosis -- Part F. Summarizing the evidence -- Part G. Moving from evidence to action -- Glossary -- Index.