Diagnostic tests toolkit /

• Main Author: Thompson, Matthew J.
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Van den Bruel, Ann
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Series: EBM toolkit series.
• Subjects: Diagnosis > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Function tests (Medicine) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; MEDICAL > Diagnosis.; MEDICAL > Laboratory Medicine.; MEDICAL > Nursing > Assessment & Diagnosis.; Diagnosis.; Function tests (Medicine); Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.; Evidence-Based Medicine.; Electronic books.; Handbooks and manuals.; Handbooks.

This new volume in the Toolkit series is designed for clinicians and junior researchers who need to interpret the evidence for the effectiveness of the many diagnostic tests now available. Exceptionally user-friendly, this pocket-sized textbook realizes readers are not experts in diagnostic test int...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Diagnosis in Evidence-Based Medicine
• Evaluating New Diagnostic Tests
• Asking an Answerable Clinical Question
• Finding the Evidence: How to get the most from your Searching
• Selecting Relevant Studies
• Sources of Bias in Diagnostic Studies
• Measures of Discrimination of Diagnostic Tests
• Using Diagnostic Information in Clinical Practice
• Screening Tests
• Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
• Appendix 1: Evidence-Based Medicine ₆ A Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 2: Further Reading
• Index
• STARD Checklist.