Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology

Author : Ronald D. Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780849315664

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Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology, Third Edition by Ronald D. Smith Pdf

While veterinary medicine has always valued the concepts and methods of epidemiology, they are virtually inseparable in today’s clinical practice. With access to an ever-expanding number of journals, as well as countless Internet sources, more and more veterinarians are practicing evidence-based medicine. This is defined as the process of systematically finding, appraising, and adopting research findings as the primary basis for clinical decisions. “An underlying premise of the book is that patient-based research is epidemiologic research....It logically follows that the users of this information, veterinary students and practitioners, be skilled in its application to patient care.” – from the preface Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology, Third Edition focuses on developing a deeper understanding of epidemiology and exemplifies how an improved capacity for interpreting and critiquing available literature ultimately leads to improved patient care. In preparing this edition, Ronald Smith, a highly respected epidemiologist, practitioner, and educator, has entirely updated his earlier work to reflect those changes that have dramatically altered the practice of veterinary medicine over the last ten years. New to the third edition: · Numerous updated examples of the application of epidemiology in clinical practice · Expanded journal representation to include a larger selection of international research · Increased coverage of hypothesis testing, survey design, sampling and epidemiologic conceptsrelated to the practice of evidence-based medicine · Revised and updated information on diagnostic testing, risk assessment, causality, and the use of statistics Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology, Third Edition provides practitioners and researchers with the knowledge and tools to understand, critically assess, and make use of the medical literature that is vital to the treatment of animal patients.

Author : Ronald D. Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429688232

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Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology by Ronald D. Smith Pdf

Ideal for veterinary students, residents and clinicians, the fourth edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated in line with developments in research and teaching. The logical chapter progression reflects the stages in a clinical case work-up and how epidemiological concepts and methods contribute. This new edition provides guidelines for improving patient and population health outcomes, and detecting emerging diseases through systematic evaluation of patient encounters and electronic medical records incorporates new methodologies and concepts drawn from the recent veterinary practice literature updates chapter content including expanded coverage of risk, statistical and economic analyses, and surveillance for emerging diseases more than 60 examples of clinical research drawn from the international veterinary practice literature presented as structured abstracts; follow-up questions invite the reader to participate in the analysis of results online links to full text versions of more than half of structured abstracts and more than 40% of the book’s 174 literature citations updates the listing and review of public and private online resources, including guidelines for online literature searching and critical evaluation of clinical reports. Today’s veterinary curricula places greater emphasis on experiential/problem-based learning versus discipline-oriented instruction. This fourth edition is ideally suited to introduce epidemiologic concepts and methodologies to veterinary students in the context of the patient encounter, and should be of use at any point in the veterinary curriculum.

Author : Ronald D. Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429688249

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Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology by Ronald D. Smith Pdf

4* Doody's Review! Ideal for veterinary students, residents and clinicians, the fourth edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated in line with developments in research and teaching. The logical chapter progression reflects the stages in a clinical case work-up and how epidemiological concepts and methods contribute. This new edition provides guidelines for improving patient and population health outcomes, and detecting emerging diseases through systematic evaluation of patient encounters and electronic medical records incorporates new methodologies and concepts drawn from the recent veterinary practice literature updates chapter content including expanded coverage of risk, statistical and economic analyses, and surveillance for emerging diseases more than 60 examples of clinical research drawn from the international veterinary practice literature presented as structured abstracts; follow-up questions invite the reader to participate in the analysis of results online links to full text versions of more than half of structured abstracts and more than 40% of the book’s 174 literature citations updates the listing and review of public and private online resources, including guidelines for online literature searching and critical evaluation of clinical reports. Today’s veterinary curricula places greater emphasis on experiential/problem-based learning versus discipline-oriented instruction. This fourth edition is ideally suited to introduce epidemiologic concepts and methodologies to veterinary students in the context of the patient encounter, and should be of use at any point in the veterinary curriculum.

Author : Ronald D. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Veterinary clinical epidemiology
ISBN : OCLC:860748561

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Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology by Ronald D. Smith Pdf

Author : Ronald D. Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0849324459

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Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology, Third Edition by Ronald D. Smith Pdf

Approaches and techniques of clinical epidemiology have become increasingly prominent in veterinary literature. This second edition of Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology: A Problem-Oriented Approach reflects the increasing recognition of the role of clinical epidemiology by focusing on the application of epidemiologic principles and techniques of problems regularly faced by veterinary practitioners. Numerous examples from veterinary literature indicate how experience with patients can be used to explore issues of importance in the practice of veterinary medicine while controlling for bias, confounding, and chance. The first part of the book focuses on the application of epidemiology in medical decision-making, while the second part focuses on the epidemiology of disease in populations and outbreak investigation. Included in this text are a glossary and an extensive bibliography, as well as myriad updates to reflect the expanding use of epidemiologic methodology in clinical research. Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology: A Problem-Oriented Approach serves as both a teaching resource for veterinary epidemiology and a reference on the application of epidemiologic methods in veterinary clinical research.

Author : Aurora Villarroel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118472057

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Practical Clinical Epidemiology for the Veterinarian by Aurora Villarroel Pdf

Practical Clinical Epidemiology for the Veterinarianprovides thorough coverage of the fundamentals of epidemiologicalconcepts, situated within the context of daily clinicalpractice. • Examines epidemiology from the lens of dailyclinical practice to offer a truly practical approach • Demonstrates the relevance of epidemiology to clinicalproblems faced in the field using practical examples to clarify theconcepts • Includes clinical cases from all species, with anemphasis on small animal and equine medicine, to demonstrate theconcepts • Uses an easy-to-read approach, with graphs,flowcharts, and tables to promote understanding • Includes access to a companion website with exercisesfor study and review

Author : Michael Thrusfield
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118713419

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Veterinary Epidemiology by Michael Thrusfield Pdf

This successful book, now in its third edition, continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the role of epidemiology in veterinary medicine. Since the publication of the second edition there has been considerable expansion in the application of veterinary epidemiology: more quantitative methods are available, challenges such as the epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe in 2001 have required epidemiological investigation, and epidemiological analyses have taken on further importance with the emergence of evidence-based veterinary medicine. In this edition: Completely revised and expanded chapters; Increased attention given to the principles and concepts of epidemiology, surveillance, and diagnostic-test validation and performance; Many examples are drawn from both large and small animal medicine, and from the developing as well as the developed world This paperback edition includes a new section on risk analysis. Veterinary Epidemiology is an invaluable reference source for veterinary general practitioners, government veterinarians, agricultural economists and members of other disciplines interested in animal disease. It will also be essential reading for undergraduate and intermediate-level postgraduate students of epidemiology.

Author : Ronald Dee Smith
Publisher : CRC PressI Llc
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0849387655

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Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology by Ronald Dee Smith Pdf

This book focuses on the application of epidemiologic principles & techniques to problems regularly faced by veterinary practitioners. Numerous examples from the veterinary literature indicate how experience with patients can be used to explore issues of importance in the practice of veterinary medicine while controlling for bias, confounding, & chance. The first part of the book focuses on the application of epidemiology in medical decision-making. The second part focuses on the epidemiology of disease in populations & outbreak investigation. A glossary of epidemiologic terms & an extensive bibliography are also included. The Second Edition includes myriad updates to reflect the expanding use of epidemiologic methodology in clinical research. This book serves as both a teaching resource for veterinary epidemiology & a reference on the application of epidemiologic methods in veterinary clinical research.

Author : Dirk Pfeiffer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118699867

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Veterinary Epidemiology by Dirk Pfeiffer Pdf

Are you studying a course in veterinary epidemiology? Do you need a book that explains epidemiology in an understandable way? Dirk Pfeiffer is Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology at the Royal Veterinary College in London, UK. He has designed and taught international training courses in epidemiology all over the developed and developing world, from Australia to Vietnam. He currently provides scientific expertise to the European Food Safety Authority, the European Commission, DEFRA, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization and various national governments. He has over 20 year’s practical experience in the field and continues to work on some of the most high profile cases of global animal health. Dirk brings his wealth of knowledge to this concise introduction to the subject. This book covers all the core principles you need to know for your epidemiology course, including: The basic epidemiological concepts Understanding and designing epidemiological studies Measuring cause-effect relationships Statistical analysis and bias Sampling methodology Interpreting diagnostic tests The basic concepts of disease control and eradication The book will also be of use to animal health professionals who need an easy-to-understand introduction to the subject

Author : Hans Houe,Annette Kjær Ersbøll,Nils Toft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Veterinary epidemiology
ISBN : 8791319218

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Introduction to Veterinary Epidemiology by Hans Houe,Annette Kjær Ersbøll,Nils Toft Pdf

Introduction to Veterinary Epidemiology provides the basics of veterinary epidemiology to the undergraduate and graduate students. The outline of the book follows the necessary steps involved in planning, conducting and analyzing an epidemiological study. These steps include establishing the objective and hypothesis, defining risk factors and outcome, selecting an appropriate study design, determining relevant measures of disease frequency, association and effect, sample size considerations, conducting the study, managing the data in databases and finally analyzing the data. The process takes off in the concepts and theories that form the basis of veterinary epidemiology and includes a solid introduction to data with respect to nature, management and analysis. The examples used to illustrate the different elements of data analysis are given in appendices as SAS code and R code to help getting started on the data analysis. This book is a collaboration between authors with solid backgrounds within veterinary, mathematical, statistical and computer sciences. They have years of experience in teaching at the undergraduate as well as graduate and postgraduate level. Each chapter has been reviewed by leading international veterinary epidemiologists. The programs and data sets can be downloaded from www.itve.dk

Author : R. Brian Haynes
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781451178791

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Clinical Epidemiology by R. Brian Haynes Pdf

The Third Edition of this popular text focuses on clinical-practice research methods. It is written by clinicians with experience in generating and answering researchable questions about real-world clinical practice and health care—the prevention, treatment, diagnosis, prognosis, and causes of diseases, the measurement of quality of life, and the effects of innovations in health services. The book has a problem-oriented and protocol-based approach and is written at an introductory level, emphasizing key principles and their applications. A bound-in CD-ROM contains the full text of the book to help the reader locate needed information.

Author : S. Wayne Martin,Alan H. Meek,Preben Willeberg
Publisher : Iowa State Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0813818567

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Veterinary Epidemiology by S. Wayne Martin,Alan H. Meek,Preben Willeberg Pdf

Basic principles. Epidemiologic concepts. Sampling methods. Measurement of disease frequency and production. Studying disease in animal populations. Descriptive epidemiology. Disease causation. Surveys and analytic observational studies. Design of field trials. Theoretical epidemiology: systems analysis and modeling. Animal health economics. Applied epidemiology. Rationale, strategies, and concepts of animal disease control. Monitoring disease and production. Field investigations.

Author : Evan Sergeant,Nigel Perkins
Publisher : CABI
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781845936839

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Epidemiology for Field Veterinarians by Evan Sergeant,Nigel Perkins Pdf

Intended as an introduction for veterinarians and other animal health professionals interested in and wishing to apply epidemiological methods in their day-to-day work, this book provides a practical guide for those new to the field. Its applied focus covers the principles of epidemiology in real world situations and practical implementation of disease outbreak investigation, for both emerging and endemic diseases. Techniques and methods are discussed, supported by case studies and practical examples to illustrate their application. The book is clearly written and accessible, providing readers with practical information and encouraging the development of problem-solving skills. It is an essential handbook for veterinary surgeons and students and those involved in animal health, food safety and epidemiology.

Author : Robert Fletcher,Suzanne W. Fletcher,Suzanne W Fletcher, MD, Msc
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781469826257

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Clinical Epidemiology by Robert Fletcher,Suzanne W. Fletcher,Suzanne W Fletcher, MD, Msc Pdf

Now in its Fifth Edition, Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials is a comprehensive, concise, and clinically oriented introduction to the subject of epidemiology. Written by expert educators, this text introduces students to the principles of evidence-based medicine that will help them develop and apply methods of clinical observation in order to form accurate conclusions. The Fifth Edition includes more complete coverage of systematic reviews and knowledge management, as well as other key topics such as abnormality, diagnosis, frequency and risk, prognosis, treatment, prevention, chance, studying cases and cause.

Author : Margaret R. Slater
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Epidemiologic Methods
ISBN : 0750673117

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Veterinary Epidemiology by Margaret R. Slater Pdf

Part of the Practical Veterinarian series, this concise handbook will be useful from the classroom into veterinary practice. A quick-reference guide, the material in this handbook is presented in an outline format ideal for use in solving clinical problems. The easy-to-understand evidence-based coverage includes epidemiologic principles and application, zoonoses, outbreaks, population-level approaches, and more! Pocket-sized for go-anywhere, easy access. Information is at the reader's fingertips in an easy-to-use outline format. Clinically relevant zoonoses are logically presented by species and organ system. Following the clinical reasoning process, topics are organized by the types of decisions and questions that may arise in the clinical setting, helping users find appropriate answers quickly. Succinctly summarizes the use of evidence-based care specific to veterinary medicine, including searches and data studies. Offers easy-to-understand explanations of the mathematical and statistical concepts vital in practice. Includes a number of tables that summarize information at a glance. Serves as a take-along source to epidemiologic definitions and concepts on the national boards.