Evidence-Based Dermatology

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. Beginning with a toolbox introduction to the practice of evidence-based dermatology, it then covers the application of evidence for dermatological treatments across a wide range of ailments, including: Common inflammatory skin diseases Skin cancer, moles and actinic keratoses Infecti.

CHAPTER 8: Appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Cover; Dedication; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; About the companion website; PART I: The concept of evidence-based dermatology; CHAPTER 1: The field and its boundaries; Introduction; What is special about dermatology?; A vast array of clinical entities; Extremely common disorders; Large variations in terms of health-care organization; Topical treatment may be possible; Limitations of clinical research; Disease rarity; Patients' preferences; The use of placebo in randomized control trials; Long-term outcome of chronic disorders; Self-control design.

The increasing role of industry-sponsored trialsThe limitations of systematic reviews; Evidence-based medicine: where do we go from here?; References; CHAPTER 2: The rationale for evidence-based dermatology; What is evidence-based dermatology?; Definitions; What evidence-based dermatology is not; Problems with other sources of evidence; Personal experience; Expert opinion; Uncontrolled data; The process of evidence-based dermatology; Step 1: asking an answerable structured question; Step 2: searching for the best external information; Step 3: sifting information for relevance and quality.

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