Ulteriori informazioni
Be sure your skin-care treatments have strong evidential support Evidence-based Dermatology, Third Edition takes a unique approach to clinical dermatology by emphasising use of only the highest quality available evidence when treating people with skin diseases.
Sommario
Contributors, viii
Foreword, xii
Preface, xiv
About the companion website, xv
PART I: The concept of evidence-based dermatology
Andrew Herxheimer, editor
1 The field and its boundaries, 3
Luigi Naldi
2 The rationale for evidence-based dermatology, 7
Hywel C. Williams and Michael Bigby
3 The role of patient and public involvement in evidence-based dermatology, 12
Carron Layfield, Amanda Roberts, Jason Simons, Colette O'Sullivan, Anjna Rani, and Kim Thomas
4 The Cochrane Skin Group, 17
Finola Delamere, Liz Doney, Laura Prescott, and Shirley Manknell
PART II: The critical appraisal toolbox
Michael Bigby, editor
5 Formulating well-built clinical questions, 25
Michael Bigby and Berthold Rzany
6 Finding the best evidence, 27
Michael Bigby and Rosamaria Corona
7 The hierarchy of evidence, 30
Michael Bigby
8 Appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses, 33
Michael Bigby and Hywel C. Williams
9 How to critically appraise a randomized controlled trial, 39
Hywel C. Williams
10 Assessing and explaining the evidence on harms of medical interventions, 46
Luigi Naldi
11 How to evaluate diagnostic tests, 50
Joerg Albrecht and Michael Bigby
12 What makes a good case series?, 54
Joerg Albrecht and Michael Bigby
13 What makes a good prevalence survey?, 58
Hywel C. Williams
14 Critical appraisal of pharmacoeconomic studies, 62
Rajini K. Murthy, Laura K. DeLong, and Suephy C. Chen
15 Comparative effectiveness research: what it is and how to assess its quality, 66
Junko Takeshita and Joel M. Gelfand
16 Outcome measures, 71
Alain Dupuy, Emilie Sbidian, and Sylvie Bastuji-Garin
17 Where does qualitative research fit into evidence-based dermatology?, 75
Ray Jobling and Luigi Naldi
18 Applying the evidence back to the patient, 79
Hywel C. Williams
PART III: The evidence
SECTION 1: Common inflammatory skin diseases
Luigi Naldi, editor
19 Acne vulgaris, 87
Michael Romano and Robert P. Dellavalle
20 Papulopustular rosacea, 106
Alfredo Rebora and Francesco Drago
21 Perioral dermatitis, 112
Vincenzo Bettoli, Stefania Zauli, and Annarosa Virgili
22 Hand eczema, 117
Wietske A. Christoffers, Marie-Louise Anna Schuttelaar, and Pieter-Jan Coenraads
23 The primary prevention of atopic dermatitis, 127
Joanne R. Chalmers, Sam F. Bremmer, and Eric L. Simpson
24 Atopic eczema, 136
Kim Thomas, Carolyn Charman, Helen Nankervis, Jane Ravenscroft, and Hywel C. Williams
25 Seborrheic dermatitis, 169
Mauro Picardo and Norma Cameli
26 Treatment of psoriasis, 175
Alexander Nast, Phyllis Spuls, and Tamar Nijsten
27 Lichen planus, 200
Laurence Le Cleach and Olivier Chosidow
28 Acute urticaria, 206
Torsten Schafer
29 Chronic urticaria, 210
Karsten Weller and Marcus Maurer
SECTION 2: Skin cancer, moles, and actinic keratoses
Robert Dellavalle, editor
30 Primary prevention of skin cancer, 223
Monika Janda and Adele C. Green
31 Treatment of cutaneous melanoma, 231
Mary Ann N. Johnson and April W. Armstrong
32 Treatment of squamous cell carcinoma, 241
Louise Lansbury, William Perkins, and Fiona Bath-Hextall
33 Basal cell carcinoma, 250
Fiona Bath-Hextall and William Perkins
34 Primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, 264
Fiona Child and Sean Whittaker
35 Actinic keratosis and Bowen's disease, 283
Sasha N. Jenkins, Maren Speck, and Suephy C. Chen
36 Kaposi sarcoma, 303
Whitney A. High
37 Melano
Info autore
Hywel Williams, MBBS Department of Dermatology, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Michael Bigby, MD, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, USA.
Andrew Herxheimer, MBBS, UK Cochrane Centre.
Luigi Naldi, M, Department of Dermatology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy.
Berthold Rzany, MD, Division of EBM, Klinik fur Dermatologie, Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Robert Dellavalle, MD, Chief, Dermatology Service, Denver VA Medical Center, USA.
Yuping Ran, MD, Department of Dermatology, Sichuan University, China.
Masutaka Furue, MD, Department of Dermatology, Kyushu University, Japan.
Riassunto
Be sure your skin-care treatments have strong evidential support Evidence-based Dermatology, Third Edition takes a unique approach to clinical dermatology by emphasising use of only the highest quality available evidence when treating people with skin diseases.
