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Critical appraisal from papers to patient : a practical guide /

"This book is written by clinicians, for clinicians. It takes the reader step by step through the process so that any journal article can be easily read, evidence evaluated and the results - and their reliability - truly understood. By integrating this with knowledge of local skills and resourc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bootland, Duncan (Autor), Coughlan, Evan (Autor), Galloway, Robert (Autor), Goubet, Stephanie (Autor), McWhirter, Emily (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Types of papers and grades of evidence
  • An approach to appraising papers
  • Types of data and moving from samples to populations
  • P values, confidence intervals, and types of error
  • Basic probability
  • Observational papers (case series, case control, cohort, cross sectional, ecological)
  • Qualitative papers
  • Therapeutic papers
  • Diagnostic papers and screening papers
  • Prognostic papers
  • Economic assessment papers
  • Meta-analysis
  • Writing a clinical topic review
  • Running a journal club
  • Creating a "best available" evidence based clinical environment
  • An approach to critical appraisal exams
  • Practice papers.