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Tables of Contents for Evidence-Based Diagnosis
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
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Using Clinical Prediction Rules in Your Practice
1
13
Clinical Prediction Rules and Evidence-Based Medicine
2
1
Organization of Each Chapter
3
2
Statistics
5
5
Sensitivity and Specificity
5
1
Positive and Negative Predictive Values
6
1
Likelihood Ratios
6
1
Comparing Sensitivity, Specificity, Predictive Value, and Likelihood Ratios
7
1
Receiver-Operating Characteristic Curves
8
1
Misclassification Rate
9
1
A Final Note
10
1
References
11
2
Cardiovascular Disease
13
94
Chest Pain
13
11
Diagnosis of Acute Cardiac Ischemia Using the Acute Cardiac Ischemia-Time Insensitive Predictive Index (ACI-TIPI)
13
3
Which Patients with Acute Chest Pain Require Intensive Care
16
2
Identification of Low-Risk Patients with Chest Pain
18
2
Acute Chest Pain and Normal or Nonspecific ECG (Identification of Low-Risk Patients)
20
2
Ruling out Myocardial Infarction in 12 Hours
22
2
Myocardial Infarction
24
13
Diagnosis of Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction
24
2
Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block
26
2
Diagnosis of Non-Q Wave MI
28
2
Mortality Associated with Acute Myocardial Infarction
30
2
Prognosis for AMI Based on Initial ECG
32
3
Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Department
35
2
Heart Murmurs
37
6
Evaluation of a Systolic Murmur
37
2
Predictors of Survival after Aortic Valvuloplasty
39
2
Aortic Stenosis and Aortic Valve Replacement
41
2
Peripheral Vascular Disease
43
3
Diagnosis of Peripheral Vascular Disease: Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire
43
3
Cerebrovascular Disease
46
10
Risk of Stroke (Framingham Study)
46
3
Likelihood of Benefit from Carotid Endarterectomy
49
3
G-Score: Prognosis for Acute Stroke
52
2
Barthel Index for Stroke Rehabilitation
54
2
Coronary Artery Disease
56
21
Probability of CAD in Patients with Normal Resting ECG
56
2
Interpretation of Graded Exercise Tests
58
2
Probability of Complications after Coronary Angioplasty
60
2
Likelihood of Severe Coronary Artery Disease
62
3
In-hospital Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
65
3
Coronary Artery Disease Risk (Framingham Study)
68
3
Duke Treadmill Score (Interpretation of Graded Exercise Testing)
71
2
Likelihood of Significant Coronary Artery Disease Using the History and Physical Examination
73
2
Likelihood of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease Using the History and Physical Examination
75
2
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
77
2
Perioperative Mortality for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
77
2
Venous Thromboembolism (Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism)
79
10
Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis
79
2
Risk of Thromboembolism in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
81
2
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism I
83
2
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism II
85
2
Risk of Bleeding Among Patients on an Anticoagulant
87
2
Congestive Heart Failure
89
7
ICU Prognosis for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
89
2
Prognosis in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
91
3
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction after MI
94
2
Preoperative Evaluation
96
11
Goldman's Cardiac Risk Index
96
2
Detsky's Modified Cardiac Risk Index
98
3
Cardiac Risk during Vascular Surgery
101
3
Morbidity and Mortality Following Cardiac Surgery
104
3
Critical Care
107
20
Mortality Prediction
107
20
APACHE II Score
107
5
Simplified Acute Physiology Score
112
3
Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II)
115
3
Mortality and Length of Stay after Cardiac Surgery
118
2
Mortality Prediction Model
120
3
Probability of Death from Burn Injuries
123
2
Mortality Based on Number of Organ System Failures
125
2
Dermatology
127
6
Risk of Pressure Sores (Braden Scale)
127
6
Risk of Pressure Sores in Nursing Home Patients
127
4
Risk of Pressure Sores (Norton Scale)
131
2
Endocrinology
133
6
Metabolic Problems
133
2
Differential Diagnosis of Hypercalcemia
133
2
Diabetes Mellitus
135
4
Screening for Diabetes Mellitus
135
2
Insulin-Dependent or Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus?
137
2
ENT/Ophthalmology
139
4
Cataract Surgery
139
2
Likelihood of Benefit from Cataract Surgery
139
2
Hearing Impairment
141
2
Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly: Screening Version
141
2
Gastroenterology
143
22
Peptic Ulcer Disease and Dyspepsia
143
3
Ulcer in Patients with Dyspepsia
143
3
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
146
10
Likelihood of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Intensive Care Unit
146
2
Mortality Associated with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
148
2
Adverse Events with Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
150
2
Mortality Due to Variceal Bleeding
152
2
Continued Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Endoscopic Injection
154
2
Gallbladder and Pancreatic Disease
156
9
Likelihood of Common Bile Duct Lithiasis
156
2
Prognosis for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
158
2
Ranson's Criteria for Acute Pancreatitis Severity
160
2
CT Severity Index for Acute Pancreatitis
162
3
Gynecology and Obstetrics
165
12
Obstetrics
165
12
Screening for Gestational Diabetes
165
2
Probability of Successful Vaginal Birth after Cesarian Birth (Validated)
167
2
Probability of Successful Vaginal Birth after Cesarian Birth (Unvalidated)
169
2
Successful Induction of Labor: Dhall Score
171
2
Successful Induction of Labor: Bishop Score
173
2
Predicting Success of External Cephalic Version
175
2
Hematology/Oncology
177
32
Thyroid Cancer
177
2
Thyroid Carcinoma Prognosis
177
2
Function/Performance Scales
179
2
Karnofsky Performance Scale
179
2
Lung Cancer
181
6
Prognosis for Inoperable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
181
2
Prognosis for Terminal Lung Cancer
183
2
Prognosis for Inoperable Bronchogenic Lung Cancer
185
2
Breast Cancer
187
9
Risk of Breast Cancer (Gail Risk Model)
187
3
Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence after Simple Mastectomy
190
2
Prognosis in Metastatic Breast Cancer
192
2
Long-term Outcome for Breast Cancer
194
2
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
196
2
Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Cirrhosis
196
2
Ovarian Cancer
198
2
Ovarian Cancer Prognosis
198
2
Hematologic Tumors
200
2
Multiple Myeloma
200
2
All Malignancies
202
2
Fever and Neutropenia in Cancer Patients
202
2
Dermatologic Malignancies
204
2
Prognosis for Melanoma
204
2
Coagulopathies
206
3
Bleeding Complications of Anticoagulant Therapy
206
3
Infectious Disease
209
170
Upper Respiratory Infections
209
164
Diagnosis of Streptococcal Pharyngitis (Dobbs' Bayesian Score)
209
2
Strep Score (Centor)
211
3
Sinusitis Score
214
155
Prehospital Index for Trauma
369
2
Prognosis after Major Trauma
371
2
Postoperative Infection and Peritonitis
373
6
Bacterial Infection after Abdominal Surgery
373
2
Peritonitis
375
2
Deciding to Reoperate: Abdominal Reoperation Predictive Index
377
2
Appendix A. Using Rule Retriever Software
379
8
Important Note
379
1
Installing Rule Retriever for Windows 95/98/NT
379
1
Running Rule Retriever for Windows 95/98/NT
379
8
Appendix B. InfoRetriever Demo
387
2
Index
389