Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3E

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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. 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. The Foundations : -- 1. How To Use The Medical Literature And This Book To Improve Your Patient Care -- 2. What Is Evidence-based Medicine -- 3. Evidence-based Medicine And The Theory Of Knowledge -- 4. What Is The Question? -- 5. Finding Current Best Evidence -- 6. Why Study Results Mislead: Bias And Random Error. Therapy : -- 7. Therapy -- 8. How To Use A Noninferiority Trial -- 9. Does Treatment Lower Risk? Understanding The Results -- 10. Confidence Intervals: Was The Single Study Or Meta-analysis Large Enough? -- 11. Advanced Topics In The Risk Of Bias Of Therapy Trials -- 12. Advanced Topics In The Results Of Therapy Trials -- 13. Advanced Topics In Applying The Results Of Therapy Trials. Harm : -- 14. Harm -- 15. Advanced Topics In Harm. Diagnosis : -- 16. The Process Of Diagnosis -- 17. Differential Diagnosis -- 18. Diagnostic Tests -- 19. Advanced Topics In Diagnosis. Prognosis : -- 20. Prognosis -- 21. Advanced Topics In Prognosis. Summarizing The Evidence : -- 22. The Process Of A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis -- 23. Understanding And Applying The Results Of A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis -- 24. Network Meta-analysis -- 25. Advanced Topics In Systematic Reviews. Moving From Evidence To Action : -- 26. How To Use A Patient Management Recommendation: Clinical Practice Guidelines And Decision Analyses -- 27. Decision Making And The Patient -- 28. Advanced Topics In Moving From Evidence To Action -- 29. Teachers' Guides To The Users' Guides. Editors, Gordon Guyatt, Drummond Rennie, Maureen O. Meade, Deborah J. Cook. Preceded By: Users' Guides To The Medical Literature / The Evidence-based Medicine Working Group ; Editors, Gordon Guyatt [and Others]. 2nd Ed. 2008. Jama & Archives Journals. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.