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ISBN10: 007144212X | ISBN13: 9780071442121

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

ISBN10: 007144212X
ISBN13: 9780071442121
By Scott Weingart and Peter Wyer

© 2006 Published December 19, 2005

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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

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