(Ebook) Evidence-Based Emergency Care: DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND CLINICAL DECISION RULES by Jesse M. Pines, Fernanda Bellolio, Christopher R. Carpenter, and Ali S. Raja

(Ebook) Evidence-Based Emergency Care: DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND CLINICAL DECISION RULES by Jesse M. Pines, Fernanda Bellolio, Christopher R. Carpenter, and Ali S. Raja

ForewordThank you to Dr. Jesse M. Pines, Dr. Fernanda Bellolio, Dr. Christopher R.Carpenter, and Dr. Ali S. Raja for this third edition of your excellent bookEvidence- Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical DecisionRules. It is an honor and privilege to be writing the foreword.Emergency physicians are many things, but one of the most importantthings we try to be is great diagnosticians. Every shift we use limited infor-mation in a busy, chaotic environment to make decisions. Sometimes, thosedecisions can mean life or death and need to be made quickly. We strive to bethe best at exercising this important responsibility. This is the book that canhelp clinicians achieve that goal.The first and second edition ofEvidence-Based Emergency Care: DiagnosticTesting and Clinical Decision Rulesis a resource I have used regularly through-out my career. It has made me a better diagnostician and better physician.Questions come up on every shift as to what evidence supports our actions.This fantastic book provides answers to those questions in a brief and helpfulway. I am often accessing it for my own needs and as an educational resourcefor students.The third edition contains the foundational elements of providing excel-lent evidence-based medicine (EBM) care. The authors start by discussingdiagnostic testing in the emergency department (ED). They explain the epi-demiology and statistics behind diagnostic testing. They appropriatelyemphasize that clinical decision instruments are tools to guide care, not rulesto dictate care. They touch upon the additional responsibility of being goodstewards given the realities of limited resources. They also provide a chapterto help clinicians understand the direction of bias in diagnostic research.The third edition covers dozens of common and deadly conditions clini-cians are faced with in the ED. This includes chapters on pediatrics, geriat-rics, cardiac, neurological, surgical, trauma, infectious disease, and…