50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know - The Key Studies That Form the Foundation of Evidence-Based Medicine

50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics ranging from dieting to cardiovascular disease, insomnia to obstetrics. This book is a must-read for health care professionals and anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice.

List of contents

• SECTION 1 Preventive Medicine


• 1. Preventing Diabetes: The Diabetes Prevention Program


• 2. A Comparison of Different Dieting Strategies


• 3. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease


• 4. Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: The Women's Health Initiative


• 5. The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)


• 6. The Cochrane Review of Screening Mammography


• 7. Low-Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer: The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST)


• SECTION 2 Internal Medicine


• 8. Arrhythmia Suppression following Myocardial Infarction: The CAST Trial


• 9. Choosing First-Line Therapy for Hypertension: The ALLHAT Trial


• 10. Intensive vs. Standard Hypertension Management: The SPRINT Trial


• 11. Statins in Healthy Patients: The HOPE-3 Trial


• 12. Beta Blockers for Systolic Heart Failure: The MERIT-HF Trial


• 13. Initial Treatment of Stable Coronary Artery Disease: The ISCHEMIA Trial


• 14. Treating Elevated Blood Sugar Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)


• 15. Intensive versus Conservative Blood Sugar Control for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The ACCORD Trial


• 16. The African American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT)


• 17. Early versus Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy for Patients with HIV: The INSIGHT START Trial


• 18. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Transmission: The iPeEx Trial


• 19. Early versus Late Initiation of Dialysis: The IDEAL Trial


• 20. Red Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients: The TRICC Trial


• 21. Pulmonary Artery Catheters in Critically Ill Patients


• 22. Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain: The SPACE Trial


• SECTION 3 Surgery


• 23. Perioperative Beta Blockers in Noncardiac Surgery: The POISE Trial


• 24. Cardiac Stents versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Severe Coronary Artery Disease: The SYNTAX Trial


• 25. Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: The ACST Trial


• 26. A Trial of Arthroscopic Knee Surgery


• 27. Surgery versus Rehabilitation for Chronic Low Back Pain: The MRC Spine Stabilization Trial


• 28. Mastectomy versus Lumpectomy for Invasive Breast Cancer: The B-06 Trial


• 29. Long-Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery: The Swedish Obese Subjects Study


• SECTION 4 Obstetrics


• 30. Labor Induction vs. Expectant Management at 39 Weeks Gestation: The ARRIVE Trial


• 31. Antepartum Glucocorticoids in Premature Labor


• 32. Cell-free DNA Analysis for Prenatal Diagnosis


• 33. Effectiveness of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception


• SECTION 5 Pediatrics


• 34. Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children


• 35. A Trial of Early Ear Tube Placement in Children with Persistent Otitis Media


• 36. Inhaled Corticosteroids for Mild Persistent Asthma: The START Trial


• 37. The Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA)


• 38. Vaccines and Autism: A Meta-Analysis


• 39. Preventing Peanut Allergies with Early Peanut Consumption in Infants: The Leap Trial


• SECTION 6 Radiology


• 40. Early Imaging for Back Pain in Older Adults: The BOLD Study


• 41. Screening for Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Patients with Diabetes: The DIAD Study


• 42. Pediatric Computed Tomography, Radiation Exposure and Estimated Cancer Risk


• 43. Identifying Children with Low-Risk Head Injuries Who Do Not Require Computed Tomography


• SECTION 7 Neurology and Psychiatry


• 44. Thrombolysis 3 to 4.5 Hours after an Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ECASS III Trial


• 45. Intra-Arterial Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The MR CLEAN Trial


• 46. Initial Treatment of Depression: The STAR*D Trial


• 47. Behavioral versus Pharmacological Treatment for Insomnia in the Elderly


• SECTION 8 Systems-Based Practice


• 48. Reducing Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: The Keystone ICU Project


• 49. Early Palliative Care in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer


• 50. Directly Observed Therapy for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Baltimore

About the author

Michael Hochman, MD, MPH, is the inaugural CEO of SCAN's Homeless Medical Group initiative. He previously served as the inaugural director of the USC Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Science and the Medical Director for Innovation at AltaMed Health Services. Dr. Hochman attended Harvard Medical School and was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Fellow at UCLA. He has written on health topics for the Boston Globe and other publications, and is the founding editor of the 50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know book series published by Oxford University Press.

Steven Hochman, MD, MPH, is a staff physician at the JWCH Institute, Inc., where he provides primary care services. He graduated from Pomona College and the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He completed clinical training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Summary

50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics ranging from dieting to cardiovascular disease, insomnia to obstetrics. This book is a must-read for health care professionals and anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice.

Additional text

Most useful for students of medicine, this book provides clear examples of evaluating individual clinical studies to support patient-care decisions

Product details

• Authors: Hochman , Michael E. Hochman, Michael E. (Associate Professor of Clinic Hochman, Steven D. Hochman, Hochman Michael E.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780197533642
• ISBN: 978-0-19-753364-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Fifty Studies Every Doctor Should Know; Fifty Studies Every Doctor Sho; FIFTY STUDIES EVERY DOCTOR SHOULD SERIES
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL / Internal Medicine, MEDICAL / Research, MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine, Clinical & internal medicine, Clinical and internal medicine