Research Catalog

Title

The evidence base of clinical diagnosis : theory and methods of diagnostic research / edited by J. André Knottnerus, Frank Buntinx.

Publication

Oxford ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell Pub./BMJ Books, 2009.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

• Knottnerus, J. André.
• Buntinx, Frank.

Description

xiii, 302 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Diagnosis > Methodology
• Evidence-based medicine
• Biomedical Research > methods
• Biomedical Research > standards
• Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > standards
• Evidence-Based Medicine

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• General introduction : evaluation of diagnostic procedures / J. André Knottnerus, Frank Buntinx, and Chris van Weel -- The architecture of diagnostic research / R. Brian Haynes and John You -- Assessment of the accuracy of diagnostic tests : the cross-sectional study / J. André Knottnerus and Jean W. Muris -- Diagnostic testing and prognosis : the randomised controlled trial in test evaluation research / Jeroen G. Lijmer and Patrick M.M. Bossuyt -- The diagnostic before : after study to assess clinical impact / J. André Knottnerus, Geert-Jan Dinant, Onno P. Van Schayck -- Designing studies to ensure that estimates of test accuracy will travel / Les M. Irwig ... [et al.] -- Analysis of data on the accuracy of diagnostic tests -- J. Dik ... [et al.] -- Multivariable analysis in diagnostic accuracy studies : what are the possibilities? / F. Buntinx ... [et al.] --
• Standards of reporting on diagnostic accuracy studies / P. Bossuyt and Nynke Smidt -- Guidelines for conducting systematic reviews of studies evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests / Frank Buntinx, Bert Aertgeerts, and Petra Macaskill -- Producing and using clinical prediction rules / Tom Fahey and Johan Van der Lei -- Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making : a selective review of the cognitive research literature / Alan Schwartz and Arthur S. Elstein -- Improving test ordering and its diagnostic cost effectiveness in clinical practice : bridging the gap between clinical research and routine health care / Ron A.G. Winkens ... [et al.] -- Epilogue : overview of evaluation strategy and challenges / J. André Knottnerus, Ann van den Bruel, and Frank Buntinx.

ISBN

• 9781405157872
• 1405157879

LCCN

2008015530

OCLC

• ocn221961531
• 221961531
• SCSB-5443503

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries