Diagnostic Tests Toolkit, Paperback by Thompson, Matthew; Van Den Bruel, Ann, ISBN 0470657588, ISBN-13 9780470657584, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Primary care specialists Thompson (U. of Oxford, UK and Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, OR, USA) and Van den Bruel (U. of Oxford, UK) present a research-based pocket guide for clinicians and junior researchers. Adapted from resources developed at the UK's Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, the guide summarizes the key elements of practicing evidence-based medicine, focusing on diagnostic studies and research questions. Coverage includes diagnosis in evidence-based medicine, evaluating new diagnostic tests, formulating answerable clinical questions, effective evidence searching, selecting relevant studies, recognizing bias sources, measures of discrimination of diagnostic tests, using diagnostic information in clinical practice, screening tests, and diagnostic test accuracy studies. Th includes a glossary of terms and resources for further reading. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()