S. Rosevear – Handbook of Gynaecology Management

Автор: S. Rosevear
Название книги: Handbook of Gynaecology Management
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Медицина
Страницы: 535
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This is an easily accessible guide offering advice on all gynaecological conditions and treatment. It serves as a companion text to “Handbook of Obstetric Management, also edited by Sylvia Rosevear.”
This comprehensive text provides information on conditions and treatment modalities. It reflects the current evidence base as well as expert knowledge, and includes contributions from a number of specialists within the field.
In the information age, one wonders if a handbook such as this is an
anachronism. Information is prolific, judgement is often elusive.
Information needs collating and needs both evidence and understanding.
This book provides an ‘anthology’ of information from a
clinical perspective. It acknowledges the arguments for evidencebased
medicine, recognising level of evidence according to the Royal
College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ definition:
(1) based on randomised controlled trial (RCT)
(2) based on other robust experimental or observational studies
(3) based on more limited evidence but relying on expert opinion
with the endorsement of respected authorities.
The Cochrane levels of evidence are defined as follows:
Ia Evidence obtained from a meta-analysis of RCTs
Ib Evidence obtained from at least one RCT
IIa Evidence obtained from at least one well-designed, controlled
study without randomisation
IIb Evidence obtained from at least one other type of well-designed
quasi-experimental study
III Evidence obtained from well-designed, non-experimental, descriptive
studies, such as comparative studies, correlation studies and
case-control studies
IV Evidence obtained from expert committee reports or opinions
and/or clinical experience of respected authorities.
This book provides information as contextual guidelines. It seeks
to provide knowledge and inspiration and application of interest to
the expert care of women patients. As well as providing information,
it aims at heightening the awareness of the breadth of conditions
and their treatment.