Evidence-based practice : toward optimizing clinical outcomes

"Health care is witnessing an explosion of fundamental, clinical and translational research evidence. The emerging paradigm of evidence-based health care rests on the judicious integration of the patient needs/wants, the provider's expertise, and the best available research evidence in the treatment plan. The purpose of this book is to discuss the promise and the limitations of incorporating the best available evidence in clinical practice. It seeks to characterize and define how best available research evidence can be used in clinical practice and to what respect it applies to current public health issues."--BOOK JACKET Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Research Synthesis in Evidence-Based Clinical Decision-Making....Pages 3-16 Overview, Strengths, and Limitations of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses....Pages 17-33 Understanding and Interpreting Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Results....Pages 35-50 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Making Evidence-Based Decisions in Nursing....Pages 53-66 A Model for Implementing Evidence-Based Decisions in Dental Practice....Pages 67-78 Evidence-Based Decisions in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Cardiac Disease....Pages 79-90 Bringing Evidence Basis to Decision Making in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Prakriti (Constitution) Analysis in Ayurveda....Pages 91-106 Evidence-Based Clinical Decisions in Oral Surgery....Pages 107-130 Front Matter....Pages 132-132 Evidence-Based Issues in Maxillofacial Trauma....Pages 133-147 Strengths and Limitations of the Evidence-Based Movement Aimed to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Dentistry and Oral Surgery....Pages 149-171 Evidence-Based Decision for Pharmacological Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease and Alcohol Dependence....Pages 173-183 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, a Bibliometric Evidence-Based Approach to Analysis....Pages 185-193 The Efficacy of Horizontal and Vertical Bone Augmentation Procedures for Dental Implants: A Cochrane Systematic Review....Pages 195-218 Front Matter....Pages 220-220 Evidence-Based Medicine: What does it Mean and Where Are We Going?....Pages 221-241 Future Avenues of Research Synthesis for Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Making....Pages 243-247 Back Matter....Pages 249-251