Emergency Medicine Decision Making: Critical Issues in Chaotic Environments, 1st Edition

Understanding the Basics

Medical Statistics

1.Probability

2.P values

3.Confidence Intervals

Key Concepts

4.Sensitivity and Specificity

5.Predictive Values

6.Likelihood Ratios

7.The Risks of Relativity

8.Number Needed to Treat

9.Bias

10.Spectrum Calculations

11.Confounders

The Literature of Emergency Medicine

12.The problems of the body of “Emergency Medicine Literature”

13.The application of Emergency Medicine literature to Continuous Certification

Types of Literature

14.Textbooks

15.Retrospective Trials

16.Prospective Trials

17.Meta-Analyses

18.Integrative Studies

19.Qualitative Studies

Evaluating an Article

20.Internal Validity

21.External Validity

Finding Information When Seconds Count

22.Searching Medline

23.Using the Internet

24.Personal Databases

25.Other Sources

Medical Decision Making in the ED

26.Action and Testing Thresholds

27.Disease Likelihood and Bayesian Analysis

28.Weighing Treatment Benefits and Harm