Outcome Measures in Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Trauma

ISBN-13: 9780340807071 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 384 str.

Jeremy CT Fairbank

Opis

Outcome Measures in Orthopaedic Trauma is a combined new edition of the successful Outcome Measures in Orthopaedics and Outcome Measures in Trauma that were the first books devoted to the topic of outcome measures for orthopedic trauma surgeons and researchers. The ability to measure results is vital for effective medical practice, particularly in view of the increased emphasis on evidence-based medicine and the introduction of the NICE guidelines. Evaluation of the success of failure of treatment is not only of importance to the patient and practitioner, but also to the health administrator as health care costs increase. Orthopedic and orthopedic trauma are highly complex subjects that can prove difficult to quantify, but accurate measurement is required for setting standards of care and for assessing the severity of an injury. Outcome Measures in Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Trauma helps the clinician fulfil his or her role in the outcome assessment by providing good references to sources of instruments and techniques used and assisting them in making an informed selection from the different scoring systems available. It will be of interest to orthopaedic and trauma surgeons as well as emergency personnel and lawyers, researchers and hospital administrators working in this area.

Recenzje

This text gives an authoritative overview of instruments and techniques used for outcome measures with advice on their optimum usage...for anyone who is conducting clinical audit, research or is interested in standards of care and their measurement then this book provides an invaluable synopsis of this topic and a base line for further ideas and development.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Spis treści

Choosing an outcome measure
A Systematic approach to developing comparative health outcome indicators
Economic evaluation
Randomised controlled trials
Register studies
Measures of health status, health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction
The measures of pain
Trauma severity indices
Complications
Outcome after blast, missile and gunshot wounds
Deformity and cosmesis
Growth plate injuries
Peripheral nerve injuries
Spine and spinal cord
Shoulder and elbow
The wrist
The hand
Pelvic and acetabular fractures
Femoral head and neck and the hip joint
Tibial and femoral shafts
The knee
The ankle and hind foot
The foot

O autorze

Paul B. Pynsent, Director, Research and Teaching Centre, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham; Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham; and Visiting Professor of Medical Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, UK

Jeremy C.T. Fairbank, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford; and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedics, University of Oxford, UK

Andrew J. Carr, Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford; and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK