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Evidence-based laboratory medicine : from principles to outcomes / edited by Christopher P. Price and Robert H. Christenson.

Contributor(s): Price, Christopher P | Christenson, Robert H.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington, DC : AACC Press, 2003Description: xvi, 279 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1890883905.Subject(s): Evidence-based medicineDDC classification: 616
Contents:
Evidence-based medicine and the diagnostic process / Victor M. Montori and Gordon H. Guyatt -- Identifying the question: the laboratory's role in testing provisional assumptions aimed at improving patient outcomes / Robert H. Christenson, Show-Hong Duh and Christopher P. Price -- The relationship between test and outcome / Elaine Kling and John R. Hess -- Measures of outcome / Andrew St. John and Christopher P. Price -- Study design and quality of evidence / Patrick M. M. Bossuyt -- Searching the literature and relevant databases / Atle Klovning and Sverre Sandberg -- Analysis and presentation of data / James C. Boyd and Jonathan J. Deeks -- Systematic reviews in laboratory medicine: potentials, principles and pitfalls / Andrea Rita Horvath, Daniel Pewsner and Matthias Egger -- Economic evaluation of diagnostic tests / Deborah A. Marshall and Bernie J. O'Brien -- From evidence to guidelines / David E. Bruns and Wytze P. Oosterhuis -- The role of clinical audit / Julian H. Barth -- Teaching evidence-based laboratory medicine: a cultural experience / Christopher P. Price and Robert H. Christenson -- Adopting the principles of evidence-based laboratory medicine in routine practice / Christopher P. Price and Robert H. Christenson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evidence-based medicine and the diagnostic process / Victor M. Montori and Gordon H. Guyatt -- Identifying the question: the laboratory's role in testing provisional assumptions aimed at improving patient outcomes / Robert H. Christenson, Show-Hong Duh and Christopher P. Price -- The relationship between test and outcome / Elaine Kling and John R. Hess -- Measures of outcome / Andrew St. John and Christopher P. Price -- Study design and quality of evidence / Patrick M. M. Bossuyt -- Searching the literature and relevant databases / Atle Klovning and Sverre Sandberg -- Analysis and presentation of data / James C. Boyd and Jonathan J. Deeks -- Systematic reviews in laboratory medicine: potentials, principles and pitfalls / Andrea Rita Horvath, Daniel Pewsner and Matthias Egger -- Economic evaluation of diagnostic tests / Deborah A. Marshall and Bernie J. O'Brien -- From evidence to guidelines / David E. Bruns and Wytze P. Oosterhuis -- The role of clinical audit / Julian H. Barth -- Teaching evidence-based laboratory medicine: a cultural experience / Christopher P. Price and Robert H. Christenson -- Adopting the principles of evidence-based laboratory medicine in routine practice / Christopher P. Price and Robert H. Christenson.