TY - BOOK AU - Pines,Jesse M. AU - Everett,Worth W. TI - Evidence-based emergency care: diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules SN - 9781444300789 AV - RC86.7 .P56 2008eb U1 - 616.02/5 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chichester, UK, Hoboken, NJ PB - Blackwell/BMJ Books KW - Emergency medicine KW - Diagnosis KW - Decision making KW - Evidence-based medicine KW - Emergency Medicine KW - methods KW - Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures KW - Diagnostics en médecine d'urgence KW - Médecine d'urgence KW - Prise de décision KW - Médecine factuelle KW - Diagnostics KW - Méthodologie KW - MEDICAL KW - Nursing KW - Emergency KW - bisacsh KW - Allied Health Services KW - Emergency Medical Services KW - fast KW - Evidence-based practice KW - gtt KW - Intensive care KW - Diagnostiek KW - Trauma's (geneeskunde) KW - Hart- en vaatziekten KW - Infecties KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Diagnostic testing in emergency care -- Evidence-based medicine the process -- The epidemiology and statistics of diagnostic testing -- Clinical decision rules -- Cervical spine fractures -- Cervical spine fractures in older adults -- Cervical spine fractures in children -- Blunt abdominal trauma -- Acute knee injuries -- Blunt abdominal trauma -- Acute knee injuries -- Blunt head injury -- Blunt head trauma in children -- Acute ankle and foot injuries -- Occult scaphoid fractures -- Blunt chest trauma -- Occult hip fracture -- Heart failure -- Syncope -- Acute coronary syndrome -- Serious bacterial infections and occult bacteremia in children -- Bacterial meningitis in children -- Necrotizing fasciitis -- Pharyngitis -- Infective endocarditis -- Urinary tract infection -- Sinusitis -- Pneumonia -- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis -- Acute nonspecific, nontraumatic abdominal pain -- Bowel obstruction -- Acute pancreatitis -- Acute appendicitis -- Acute cholecystitis -- Kidney stones -- Testicular torsion -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Acute stroke -- Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis -- Temporal arteritis -- Intraocular pressure -- Asthma N2 - This useful handbook provides a concise compilation of the evidence supporting diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules in emergency care. Clinical decision rules are now widely recognised as best practice for the ordering of diagnostic tests in the emergency department.Aimed at all physicians working with emergency and acute patients, the book begins with an overview of how to evaluate a diagnostic test using an evidence-based approach, followed by an explanation of the clinical decision rules and the methods of assessing the strength and applicability of the clinical prediction UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=266106 ER -