Evidence-Based Rheumatology

by Tugwell, Peter; Shea, Beverley; Boers, Maarten; Brooks, Peter; Simon, Lee; Strand, Vibeke; Wells, George

• ISBN13: 9781444315844
• ISBN10: 1444315846
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-08-03
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

Compiled by Cochrane collaborators and members of OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology), Evidence-based Rheumatology is an essential resource for evidence-based medicine as applied to the musculoskeletal disorders.

The introductory section covers the principles of evidence-based medicine in rheumatology, followed by clinical chapters covering all the major disorders. Each chapter includes non-drug therapy, drug therapy, and consumer evidence-based summaries.

Evidence-Based Series: Evidence-based Rheumatology, part of the acclaimed series BMJ Evidence-based medicine textbooks that have revolutionised clinical medicine literature, comes with a fully searchable CD-ROM of the whole text. The text is kept up to date online at www.evidbasedrheum.com

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Author Biography

 

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Economics.

Knowledge translation for patients: methods to support patients' participation in decision making&.

Literature searching.

OMERACT.

Gout.

Systemic lupus erythematosus.

Osteoarthritis.

Osteoporosis.

Rheumatoid arthritis.

Shoulder Pain.

Spondylo-arthropathy.

Systemic sclerosis.

Primary systemic vasculitis.

Soft tissue