UID:
almahu_9949697869302882
Format:
1 online resource.
Edition:
6th ed.
ISBN:
0-7020-4972-7
Series Statement:
Companion to specialist surgical practice
Content:
Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to their general surgical practice. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery: A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Series Editors' preface; Editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Evidence-based practice in surgery; Chapter 1: Evidence-based practice in surgery; Introduction; The need for evidence-based medicine; The process of evidence-based medicine; Sources of evidence; Journals; Evidence-based Medicine; Evidence-based Nursing; Evidence-based Mental Health; Internet resources; NHS Evidence; BMJ Evidence Centre; Academic units; Cochrane Collaboration
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Centre for Evidence-based MedicineReview Body for Interventional Procedures (ReBIP); NHS agencies; Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD); NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme; Critical appraisal; Randomised controlled trials; Systematic literature reviews; 1. Develop a protocol for a clearly defined question; 2. Literature search; 3. Evaluating the studies; 4. Synthesis of the results; 5. Discussion; Meta-analysis; Heterogeneity; Clinical guidelines; The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE); Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
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Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC)Integrated care pathways (ICPs); Grading the evidence; Determining strength of evidence; Type and quality of study; Robustness of findings; Applicability; Grading system for evidence; Grading of recommendations; Implementation of evidence-based medicine; Audit; References; Appendix; Possible sources of further information, useful Internet sites and contact addresses; Organisations specialising in evidence-based practice, systematic reviews, etc; Sources of reviews and abstracts relating to evidence-based practice
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Journals available on the internetDatabases, bibliographies and catalogues; Sources of guidelines and integrated care pathways; Useful texts; Chapter 2: Outcomes and health economic issues in surgery; Introduction; Outcome measures; Mortality; Condition-specific outcome measures; Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs); The measurement of pain; Health-related quality of life; EQ-5D; SF-36; SF-6D; Nottingham Health Profile; Quality-adjusted life-years; Utilities; Rating scale or visual analogue scales; Standard gamble; Time trade-off; Obtaining utilities from health-related quality of life
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Costs, charges and resource useCounting costs in base year; Discounting; Marginal costing; Summary of cost analysis; Economic evaluation; Cost-minimisation analysis; Cost-effectiveness analysis; Cost-utility analysis; Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios; Cost-effectiveness league tables; Willingness-to-pay thresholds; Cost-benefit analysis; Choosing an evaluation method; Sensitivity analysis; Simple sensitivity analysis; Threshold analysis; Analysis of extremes; Probabilistic sensitivity analysis; Value of information analysis; Ethical issues; Recent advances; Summary; References
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Chapter 3: Day case surgery
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7020-4964-6
Language:
English
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