Understanding Evidence-Based Rheumatology: A Guide to Interpreting Criteria, Drugs, Trials, Registries, and Ethics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319083732 ISBN 13: 9783319083735

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

It is imperative that health professionals caring for patients with rheumatic diseases understand how to correctly interpret evidence in their field, taking into account the merits and shortcomings of available data. Understanding Evidence-Based Rheumatology offers a practical assessment of criteria, drugs, trials, and registries and provides useful tools for successfully interpreting this data. The book introduces readers to basic analysis of trial design, statistics and application of data through no-nonsense, easy-to-follow insights. Using numerous examples, chapters outline the difficulties physicians encounter when measuring disease activity in rheumatology and offer strategies for systematically approaching these situations. Ethical issues in study design and reporting are examined and the book closes with a summary of future directions for scientific and clinical studies in rheumatology.

Understanding Evidence-Based Rheumatology is an invaluable resource for trainees, clinicians and scientists, preparing them with the necessary tools to correctly gather evidence and shed light on the difficult practice of rheumatology.

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About the Author

Hasan Yazici, MD, Professor of Medicine

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Yusuf Yazici, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Emmanuel Lesaffre, PhD

Department of Biostatistics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

and

L-Biostat, K.U.Leuven

Leuven, Belgium.

From the Back Cover

It is imperative that health professionals caring for patients with rheumatic diseases understand how to correctly interpret evidence in their field, taking into account the merits and shortcomings of available data. Understanding Evidence-Based Rheumatology offers a practical assessment of criteria, drugs, trials, and registries and provides useful tools for successfully interpreting this data. The book introduces readers to basic analysis of trial design, statistics, and application of data through no-nonsense, easy-to-follow insights. Using numerous examples, chapters outline the difficulties physicians encounter when measuring disease activity in rheumatology, and offer strategies for systematically approaching these situations. Ethical issues in study design and reporting are examined, and the book closes with a summary of future directions for scientific and clinical studies in rheumatology.

Understanding Evidence-Based Rheumatology is an invaluable resource for trainees, experienced clinicians, and scientists, preparing them with the necessary tools to correctly gather evidence and shed light on the difficult practice of rheumatology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319083732
• ISBN 13: 9783319083735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Yazici Hasan, Yazici Yusuf, Lesaffre Emmanuel