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Author(s): Narinder Gosall & Gurpal Gosall
ISBN(s): 9781905635979, 1905635974
Edition: 4
File Details: PDF, 2.95 MB
Year: 2015
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1905635974

ISBN 13: 978-1905635979

Author: Narinder Gosall, Gurpal Gosall

The Doctor’s Guide to Critical Appraisal is a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the knowledge and skills clinicians need to appraise clinical research papers. This new edition expands on the award-winning third edition with a modified structure, new and updated chapters, new figures and scenarios, and more help with difficult topics. Also includes excerpts from real clinical papers to illustrate key concepts.
 

Table of contents: 

 

1. Introduction to the Fourth Edition
2. Acknowledgements

Section A – Evidence-Based Medicine

3. Introducing Critical Appraisal
4. Formulating a Question
5. Search Strategies
6. The Journal
7. Organisation of the Article

Section B – Aims and Objectives

8. The Clinical Question
9. Subgroup Analysis
10. Introducing Confounding
11. Introducing Bias

Section C – Study Designs

12. Overview
13. Observational Descriptive Studies
14. Observational Analytical Studies
15. Experimental Studies
16. Other Types of Studies
17. Research Pathway

Section D – Selecting Subjects

18. Overview
19. Populations and Samples
20. Selection Bias
21. Matching
22. Randomisation
23. Concealed Allocation
24. Propensity Scoring
25. Baseline Characteristics

Section E – Observing Subjects

26. Overview
27. The Effects of Expectation
28. Observation Bias
29. Blinding
30. Endpoints
31. Validity
32. Reliability
33. Bias Revisited

Section F – Interpreting Results

34. Overview
35. Basic Statistical Terms
36. Epidemiology
37. Types of Data
38. Measuring Data
39. Data Distributions
40. Summarising Categorical Data
41. Summarising Normally Distributed Data
42. Summarising Non-Normally Distributed Data
43. Inferring Population Results from Samples
44. Patient Flow
45. Comparing Groups – Risks and Odds
46. Comparing Groups – The Null Hypothesis
47. Comparing Samples – Statistical Tests
48. Correlation and Regression
49. Interim Analysis
50. Non-Inferiority and Equivalence Trials
51. Confounding Revisited

Section G – Checklists

52. Introduction to Checklists
53. Aetiological Studies
54. Diagnostic or Screening Studies
55. Treatment Studies
56. Prognostic Studies
57. Economic Studies
58. Qualitative Research
59. Guidelines
60. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
61. Systematic Reviews – Homogeneity and Heterogeneity
62. Publication Bias

Section H – Applicability

63. The Hierarchy of Evidence
64. Critical Thinking

Section I – Critical Appraisal in Practice

65. Health Information Resources
66. Presenting at a Journal Club
67. Taking Part in an Audit Meeting
68. Working with Pharmaceutical Representatives
69. Further Reading
70. A Final Thought

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