Remington Education Drug Information and Literature Evaluation 1st Edition by Marie Abate, Matthew Blommel ISBN 978-0857110664 0857110667
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ISBN 10: 0857110667
ISBN 13: 978-0857110664
Author: Marie A. Abate, Matthew L. Blommel
Remington Education: Drug Information & Literature Evaluation teaches students how to effectively and efficiently locate and analyze up-to-date drug information and literature. It succinctly examines key drug information and literature-evaluation principles – the proper approach for answering drug/health information questions, tertiary and secondary resources, and practice guideline, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Every chapter includes self-assessment questions; answers are located at the back of the book.
Table of contents:
1 Evidence-based approach to addressing information needs
Introduction
A seven-step systematic approach
Summary
2 Tertiary resources
Introduction
General drug information resources
Information-specific resources
Summary
3 Secondary resources
Introduction
Searching secondary resources
Commonly used secondary resources
Summary
4 Internet resources
Introduction
Evaluating the quality of internet-based medication and health information Internet resources
Useful internet sites for clinicians
Summary
5 Evaluating clinical studies – step 1: what type of study is it?
Introduction
Experimental studies
Observational studies
Summary
6 Evaluating clinical studies – step 2: the journal, authors, and study purpose
Introduction
Journal and investigator considerations
Potential conflicts of interest
Study objectives and hypotheses
Summary
7 Evaluating clinical studies – step 3: methods used
Introduction
Eligibility (inclusion and exclusion) criteria
Sampling (enrollment) considerations
Informed consent
Sample size
Controlled experimental designs
Assignment to interventions
Blinding
Treatment considerations
Outcomes and variables
Measurements
Summary
8 Evaluating clinical studies – step 4: statistical analyses
Introduction
One-tailed versus two-tailed tests
Categories of statistical tests
Parametric statistical tests
Nonparametric statistical tests
Correlation
Regression
Summary
9 Evaluating clinical studies – step 5: results, interpretation, and conclusions
Introduction
Measures of central tendency
Measures of variability (spread or dispersion)
Statistical inference
Confidence interval
Hypothesis testing
P values
Type I error
Type Il error
Statistical significance versus clinical significance (importance)
Measures of risk, risk reduction, and clinical utility
Drop-outs and data handling
Discussion section
Summary
10 Evaluating clinical studies – step 6: putting it all together
Introduction
Key questions and considerations when critiquing published experimental studies
11 Equivalence and noninferiority studies
Overview
Equivalence study
Noninferiority study
Summary
12 Practice guidelines, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses
Introduction
Systematic reviews
Meta-analyses
Practice guidelines
Summary
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