Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine : An Issue of Veterinary Clinics - Small Animal Practice

by Schmidt, Peggy L.

• ISBN13: 9781416043843
• ISBN10: 1416043845
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-08
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

Cutting edge information for all veterinarians! This unique issue will cover the importance of EBVM, refining clinical questions, finding the evidence, evaluating the evidence, critical appraisal, making diagnostic and therapeutic decisions, developing best-evidence practices, and assessing outcomes of decision making. Also, examples of EBVM in nutrition, surgery and endocrinology are presented.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine: Evolution, Revolution, or Repackaging of Veterinary Practice?	p. 409
Refining the Clinical Question: The First Step in Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine	p. 419
Searching for Veterinary Evidence: Strategies and Resources for Locating Clinical Research	p. 433
Evaluation of the Evidence	p. 447
A Small Animal Clinician's Guide to Critical Appraisal of the Evidence in Scientific Literature	p. 463
Statistics and Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine: Answers to 21 Common Statistical Questions That Arise from Reading Scientific Manuscripts	p. 477
Critically Appraising Studies Reporting Assessing Diagnostic Tests	p. 487
Clinical Reasoning and Decision Analysis	p. 499
The Power of Practice: Harnessing Patient Outcomes for Clinical Decision Making	p. 521
Evidence-Based Management of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease	p. 533
Evidence-Based Wound Management: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Agents to Enhance Granulation and Epithelialization	p. 559
Thromboembolic Therapies in Dogs and Cats: An Evidence-Based Approach	p. 579
Index	p. 611
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