Critical appraisal and evidence-based medicine
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- Greenhalgh T
- Paperback. 256 pages. Published
Oct 10
- Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 1444334360
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| This book has collated all of the above papers. It
introduces the principles of evidence-based medicine and examines criticisms leveled against it. The book covers
literature searching, randomized control controlled trials, other types of research evidence, statistics for the
non-statistician, screening, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, economic evaluations, guidelines and outcomes
research. |
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- Mayer D
- Paperback. 392 pages. Published Jun 04
- Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521832616
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| Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), using the best evidence in the literature for the best
care for an individual patient, sounds very simple. Yet, most medical students and physicians do not have the
mathematical background or training to critically evaluate published research. This 'users guide' to EBM helps
you become a more discriminating reader of the medical literature. An introduction to scientific methods and
study design then leads on to a better understanding of measurements and sources of bias. There is a brief
introduction to statistics and hypothesis testing (Type I and II errors) and measures of risk and efficacy. The
second half of the book teaches medical decision-making including discussions of the clinical examination and
sources of bias in that examination, likelihood ratios, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values and
advanced topics in medical decision making. This is an ideal introductory text for medical students and all
health-care professionals. |
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- Crombie I K
- Paperback. 64 pages. Published Nov
07
- Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 1405146516
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| This text is divided into two parts, the first provides a basic
introduction to the principles underlying critical appraisal and details the process of appraisal, identifying the
types of questions to be asked of each paper. The second part consists of checklists, each annotated with
explanatory text to help make sense of the overwhelming mass of medical literature. Chapters include identifying
research methods, interpreting results, appraising surveys, cohort studies, clinical trials, case control studies
and review studies. |
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- Peat J. Barton B
- Paperback. 200 pages. Published Jul 05
- Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0727918125
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| Holistic approach to understanding medical
statistics This hands-on guide is much more than a basic medical
statistics introduction. It equips you with the statistical tools
required for evidence-based clinical research. Each chapter provides a
clear step-by-step guide to each statistical test with practical
instructions on how to generate and interpret the numbers, and present
the results as scientific tables or graphs. Showing you how to: analyse
data with the help of data set examples, select the correct statistics
and report results for publication or presentation, understand and
critically appraise results reported in the literature. Each statistical
test is linked to the research question and the type of study design
used. There are also checklists for critically appraising the literature
and web links to useful internet sites. Clear and concise explanations,
combined with plenty of examples and tabulated explanations are based on
the authors' popular medical statistics courses. Critical appraisal
guidelines at the end of each chapter help the reader evaluate the
statistical data in their particular contexts. |
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- Straus S. Glasziou P. Richardson
W S. Haynes B
- Paperback. 312 pages. Published
Dec 10
- Churchill Livingstone. ISBN
0702031275
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| Evidence Based Medicine
provides a clear explanation of the central questions: how to ask
answerable clinical questions; how to translate them into effective
searches for the best evidence; how to critically appraise that evidence
for its validity and importance; and how to integrate it with patients'
values and preferences. |
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