Managing your patients' data in the neonatal and pediatric ICU : an introduction to databases and statistical analysis / Joseph Schulman.

Author/creator Schulman, Joseph, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA : BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Descriptionx, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Subjects

Contents Paper-based patient records -- Computer-based patient records -- Aims of a patient data management process -- Data, information, and knowledge -- Single tables and their limitations -- Multiple tables: where to put the data, relationships among tables, and creating a database -- Relational database management systems: normalization (Codd's rules) -- From data model to database software -- Integrity: anticipating and preventing data accuracy problems -- Queries, forms, and reports -- Programming for greater software control -- Turning ideas into a useful tool: eNICU, point of care database software for the NICU -- Making eNICU serve your own needs -- Single versus multiple users -- Backup and recovery: assuring your data persists -- Security: controlling access and protecting patient confidentiality -- Asking questions of a data set: crafting a conceptual framework and testable hypothesis -- Stata: a software tool to analyze data and produce graphical displays -- Preparing to analyze data -- Variable types -- Measurement values vary: describing their distribution and summarizing them quantitatively -- Data from all versus some: populations and samples -- Estimating population parameters: confidence intervals -- Comparing two sample means and testing a hypothesis -- Type I and type II error in a hypothesis test, power, and sample size -- Comparing proportions: introduction to rates and odds -- Stratifying the analysis of dichotomous outcomes: confounders and effect modifiers; the Mantel-Haenszel method -- Ways to measure and compare the frequency of outcomes, and standardization to compare rates -- Comparing the means of more than two samples -- Assuming little about the data: nonparametric methods of hypothesis testing -- Correlation: measuring the relationship between two continuous variables -- Predicting continuous outcomes: univariate and multivariate linear regression -- Predicting dichotomous outcomes: logistic regression, and receiver operating characteristic -- Predicting outcomes over time: survival analysis -- Choosing variables and hypotheses: practical considerations.
General note"Includes eNICU software for the neonatal intensive care unit, which may be modified for local use or other clinical settings."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.
LCCN 2005022331
ISBN0727918702 :

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Laupus Books - Stacks WS 26.5 S386M 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold