Evidence-based Surgery

Forsideomslag
PMPH-USA, 2000 - 688 sider
As the healthcare environment changes, the need for outcomes-based tre atment planning becomes even more critical. This book guides the reade r through current outcomes-based research as it pertains to surgery. F irst, it gives a complete overview of the practice of evidence-based s urgery (EBS), with topics such as treatment planning, policy issues, a nd ethical issues. Then it gives practical, step-by-step advice on the methodology of EBS, with chapters on study design, outcomes measures, adjustments for complications and comorbidities, cost, and data sourc es. Last, it publishes the results of numerous respected EBS studies.

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Evolution of Modern Surgery
1
Origins of EvidenceBased Surgery
25
Stakeholder Perspectives
39
Framework for EvidenceBased Surgery
47
Legal Issues
61
Ethical Issues
69
Health Policy Research Information Guiding Clinical Decision Making at the Population Level
81
EvidenceBased Surgery in the United Kingdom
89
Pancreatic Surgery
331
Breast Surgery
357
Endocrine Surgery
371
Vascular Surgery
385
Surgical Critical Care
399
Trauma
415
Burns
429
Transplantation
439

Tools and Techniques Study Design
103
Clinical Outcomes Measures
117
Risk Adjustment
125
Key Economic Outcomes Measures
135
Critical Evaluation of Evidence
145
Leveraging Information Technology
161
Administrative Data and EvidenceBased Surgery
173
Electronic Patient Records
195
Practice Guidelines Evidence and Intuition
211
Consumer Health Information and EvidenceBased Surgery
239
Esophageal Surgery
251
Gastric Surgery
263
Colon Surgery
273
Rectal Carcinoma
301
Hepatobiliary Surgery
311
Minimally Invasive Surgery
453
Thoracic Surgery
465
Cardiac Surgery
497
Plastic Surgery
509
Pediatric Surgery
541
Gynecologic Surgery
549
Ophthalmic Surgery
561
Orthopaedic Surgery
587
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
605
Urology
617
Neurosurgery
629
EvidenceBased Anesthesiology
643
Surgical Pathology
657
Index
671
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