Fifty Studies Every Doctor Should Know

This book, 50 Imaging Studies Every Doctor Should Know, provides succinct synopses of the 50 most important medical imaging studies that every doctor should know. For almost every physician specialty, imaging examinations play a central role in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment management of diseases. The appropriate use of medical imaging requires a baseline understanding of the literature we use to decide whether or not a specific imaging study would be helpful in a specific clinical scenario. These summaries therefore cover the evidence-based practice of radiology by outlining the vital clinical questions, study designs and methods, results, and clinical implications that every physician ordering and interpreting imaging examinations should be able to reference. Each chapter summarizes the most salient features of key studies, provides a clinical scenario to provide relevant context, and a relevant imaging example. Topics covered include imaging examinations for headache, back pain, chest pain, musculoskeletal and joint pain, abdominal and pelvic pain, and cancer screening and management, as well as issues of patient radiation exposure.Less

50 Studies Every Anesthesiologist Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of anesthesiology. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics ranging from pain medicine, critical care, and cardiothoracic anesthesiology to general anesthesiology. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study and its implications for practice. Brief information on other relevant studies is provided, and an illustrative clinical case concludes the review. This book is a must-read for health care professionals in anesthesiology and pain medicine and for anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice in anesthesiology, pain medicine, critical care, and its broad subspecialties.Less

This online resource presents key studies that have shaped the practice of medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, it covers topics including dieting, cardiovascular disease, insomnia, obstetrics, and more. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. Brief information on other relevant studies is provided, and an illustrative clinical case concludes each review. A section of review questions and answers is included to ensure that readers take away the key messages from each study.Less

This online resource presents key studies that have shaped the practice of internal medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover various specialty areas, including preventative medicine, endocrinology, hematology and oncology, musculoskeletal diseases, nephrology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, cardiology, pulmonology, geriatrics and palliative care, and mental health. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, followed by brief information on other relevant studies.Less

50 Studies Every Neurologist Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of neurology. The book particularly reflects those influential studies that seem to come up on medical rounds most frequently, with the goal of helping both beginning neurologists and seasoned academic specialists feel confident in their knowledge base of foundational studies amid an explosion of clinical trials in the past 50 years of neurology research. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics including behavioral neurology, epilepsy, headache, neuroinfectious disease, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, neurocritical care, neuromuscular disease, neuro-oncology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-otology, sleep, spine disorders, and vascular neurology. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, as well as its implications for practice and brief information on other relevant studies. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, allowing the reader to practice applying the findings to a clinical situation.Less

50 Studies Every Pediatrician Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of pediatrics. As with the other volumes in the 50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know series, the studies herein represent the cumulative “canon” that many physicians have created individually and together to better understand the evidence behind pediatrics. Selected using a rigorous methodology, which included discussions with many of the original authors or research team members, the studies cover topics including general pediatrics, behavioral pediatrics, infectious diseases, cardiology, neonatology, endocrinology, allergy/immunology, rheumatology, nephrology, hematology, dermatology, otolaryngology, and orthopedics, and represent the current controlling evidence in pediatrics. For each study, a concise summary in presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, as well as its implications for practice and brief information from other relevant studies. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, allowing the reader to practice applying the findings to a clinical situation.Less