Evidence-based medical monitoring: From principles to practice -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I The Theory of Monitoring -- INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL -- 1 An introduction to monitoring therapeutic interventions in clinical practice -- 2 A framework for developing and evaluating a monitoring strategy -- THE MEASUREMENT -- 3 Developing monitoring tools: integrating the pathophysiology of disease and the mechanisms of action of therapeutic interventions -- 4 Biomarkers and surrogate endpoints in monitoring therapeutic interventions -- 5 Choosing the best monitoring tests -- THE CONTROL PHASES -- 6 Monitoring the initial response to treatment -- 7 Control charts and control limits in long-term monitoring -- 8 Developing a monitoring schedule: frequency of measurement -- 9 How should we adjust treatment? -- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MONITORING -- 10 Monitoring as a learning and motivational tool -- 11 Monitoring from the patient's perspective: the social and psychological implications -- THE EVALUATION OF MONITORING TECHNIQUES -- 12 Evaluating the effectiveness and costs of monitoring -- 13 Good practice in delivering laboratory monitoring -- 14 Point-of-care testing in monitoring -- 15 Monitoring for the adverse effects of drugs -- Part 2 The Practice of Monitoring -- 16 Monitoring diabetes mellitus across the lifetime of illness -- 17 Oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT) -- 18 Monitoring cholesterol-modifying interventions -- 19 Monitoring levothyroxine replacement in primary hypothyroidism -- 20 Monitoring in renal transplantation -- 21 Monitoring in pre-eclampsia -- 22 Monitoring in intensive care -- 23 Monitoring intraocular pressure in glaucoma -- 24 Monitoring in osteoarthritis -- Index.