Painless Evidence-Based Medicine

This concise book presents evidence-based medicine to neophytes in simplified, friendly language. Basic concepts and application of research statistics are presented in simple sequences that are non-threatening even to the mathematically challenged. The authors emphasize two important aspects of appraisal: 1) how directly it provides an answer to the clinical problem at hand and 2) how well results can be generalized to various populations. Painless Evidence-Based Medicine: Offers a simplified approach to the complex or technical subject of evidence-based medicine, in terms of presentation as well as content Is truly designed for the world market place Breaks the subject into succinct chapters, each chapter being a self sufficient introduction to the topic Includes pre-tested ‘tackle boxes’ throughout to help readers understand the issues Painless Evidence-Based Medicine is an invaluable resource for medical students, clinicians, clinical epidemiology practitioners, and everyone involved in health care. Painless Evidence-Based Medicine......Page 3 Contents......Page 7 Foreword......Page 9 Preface......Page 17 List of Contributors......Page 21 1 Introduction......Page 23 2 Evaluation of Articles on Therapy......Page 37 3 Evaluation of Articles on Diagnosis......Page 67 4 Evaluation of Articles on Harm......Page 89 5 Evaluation of Articles on Prognosis......Page 107 6 Evaluation of Systematic Reviews......Page 121 7 Literature Searches......Page 137 Index......Page 159