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Author Pines, Jesse M.

Title Evidence-based emergency care : diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules / Jesse M. Pines, Worth W. Everett
Published Oxford : BMJ Books, 2008

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Description xi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents Sect. 1. The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules -- Sect. 2. Traumatic Injuries -- Sect. 3. Cardiology -- Sect. 4. Infectious Disease -- Sect. 5. Surgical and Abdominal Complaints -- Sect. 6. Urology -- Sect. 7. Neurology -- Sect. 8. Miscellaneous: Ophthalmology, Hematology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology
Summary "This handbook provides a compilation of the evidence supporting diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules in emergency care. Aimed at all physicians working with emergency and acute patients, the book begins with an overview of how to evaluate a diagnostic test using an evidence-based approach, followed by an explanation of the clinical decision rules and the methods of assessing the strength and applicability of the clinical prediction rule."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Emergency medicine -- Decision making.
Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis.
Evidence-based medicine.
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
Emergency Medicine.
Evidence-Based Medicine.
Emergency Medicine -- methods.
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
Author Everett, Worth W.
LC no. 2007043480
ISBN 1405154004 (paperback)
9781405154000 (paperback)