Evidence-based Medical Monitoring: From Principles to Practice

• Publisher: BMJ Books
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 369
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Monitoring is a major component of management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis and depression. Yet poor monitoring means healthcare costs are rising.

This book discusses how monitoring principles adopted in other spheres such as clinical pharmacology and evidence-based medicine can be applied to chronic disease in the global setting. With contributions from leading experts in evidence-based medicine, it is a ground-breaking text for all involved in delivery of better and more effective management of chronic illnesses.Content:
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Monitoring Therapeutic Interventions in Clinical Practice (pages 3–14): Paul P. Glasziou and Jeffrey K. Aronson
Chapter 2 A Framework for Developing and Evaluating a Monitoring Strategy (pages 15–30): David Mant
Chapter 3 Developing Monitoring Tools: Integrating the Pathophysiology of Disease and the Mechanisms of Action of Therapeutic Interventions (pages 31–47): Jeffrey K. Aronson and Susan Michie
Chapter 4 Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Monitoring Therapeutic Interventions (pages 48–62): Jeffrey K. Aronson
Chapter 5 Choosing the Best Monitoring Tests (pages 63–74): Les Irwig and Paul P. Glasziou
Chapter 6 Monitoring the Initial Response to Treatment (pages 75–89): Katy Bell, Jonathan Craig and Les Irwig
Chapter 7 Control Charts and Control Limits in Long?Term Monitoring (pages 90–102): Petra Macaskill
Chapter 8 Developing a Monitoring Schedule: Frequency of Measurement (pages 103–113): Andrew J. Farmer
Chapter 9 How should we Adjust Treatment? (pages 114–123): Paul P. Glasziou
Chapter 10 Monitoring as a Learning and Motivational Tool (pages 123–139): Susan Michie, Kirsten McCaffery and Carl Heneghan
Chapter 11 Monitoring from the Patient's Perspective: The Social and Psychological Implications (pages 140–157): Kirsten McCaffery and Susan Michie
Chapter 12 Evaluating the Effectiveness and Costs of Monitoring (pages 158–165): Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
Chapter 13 Good Practice in Delivering Laboratory Monitoring (pages 166–178): W. Stuart A. Smellie
Chapter 14 Point?of?Care Testing in Monitoring (pages 179–193): Christopher P. Price
Chapter 15 Monitoring for the Adverse Effects of Drugs (pages 194–210): Jamie J. E. Coleman, Robin E. Ferner and Jeffrey K. Aronson
Chapter 16 Monitoring Diabetes Mellitus Across the Lifetime of Illness (pages 213–228): Andrew J. Farmer
Chapter 17 Oral Anticoagulation Therapy (OAT) (pages 229–244): Carl Heneghan and Rafael Perera
Chapter 18 Monitoring Cholesterol?Modifying Interventions (pages 245–253): Paul P. Glasziou, Les Irwig and Stephane Heritier
Chapter 19 Monitoring Levothyroxine Replacement in Primary Hypothyroidism (pages 254–285): Andrea Rita Horvath
Chapter 20 Monitoring in Renal Transplantation (pages 286–302): Nicholas B. Cross and Jonathan Craig
Chapter 21 Monitoring in Pre?Eclampsia (pages 303–312): Pisake Lumbiganon and Malinee Laopaiboon
Chapter 22 Monitoring in Intensive Care (pages 313–324): Jan M. Binnekade and Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
Chapter 23 Monitoring Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma (pages 325–334): Les Irwig, Paul R. Healey, Jefferson D'Assuncao and Petra Macaskill
Chapter 24 Monitoring in Osteoarthritis (pages 335–356): George Peat, Mark Porcheret, John Bedson and Alison M. Ward