Handbook of Methodological Concepts in Perinatal Medicine

$85.00

Eyal Sheiner (Editor)
Residency Program, Soroka University Medical Center, Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Series: Obstetrics and Gynecology Advances
BISAC: HEA041000

This book stems from the “Textbook of Perinatal Epidemiology” and was conceived to satisfy the rising need for epidemiology-oriented clinicians. This book discusses methodological issues in perinatal epidemiology in a straightforward accessible manner. It gives a clear and comprehensive set of tools for practical research, and understanding perinatal epidemiology. This is an essential manual for the clinician for research in OB/Gyn. This book focuses on definitions, measures of disease frequency, prevalence and incidence of disease, sensitivity and specificity of studies, including examples from the perinatal world. It also discusses study design: observational or experimental, case controlled, randomized etc. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Perinatal epidemiology
(Eyal Sheiner)

Chapter 2. Perinatal events along the perinatal period: measures and definitions
(Ilana Shoham-Vardi)

Chapter 3. Observational study design in perinatal epidemiology: (Ilana Shoham-Vardi)

Chapter 4. Randomized double-blind, placebo controlled control trials: are they really the gold standard?
(Anthony Odibo)

Chapter 5. Data analysis
(Julia Harris, Eyal Sheiner)

Chapter 6. Interpretation of research findings
(Ilana Shoham-Vardi)

Chapter 7. The importance of multivariable analysis for conducting and evaluating research in perinatology
(Mitchell H. Katz)

Chapter 8. Practical Guide for Data Analysis of Perinatal Epidemiology by SPSS®
(Amalia Levy)

Chapter 9. Meta-analyses
(Hairong Xu, William D. Fraser)

Chapter 10. Decision analysis in perinatal medicine
(William A. Grobman)

Chapter 11. Ethics of Research on Perinatal Medicine
(Frank A. Chervenak, Laurence B. McCullough)

Index

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