Evidence Based Medicine: 22 (1)

Perspective

Wrong guidelines: why and how often they occur (16 December, 2016)
Primiano Iannone, Nicola Montano, Monica Minardi, James Doyle, Paolo Cavagnaro, Antonino Cartabellotta
Wrong guidelines: how to detect them and what to do in the case of flawed recommendations (16 December, 2016)
Primiano Iannone, Giorgio Costantino, Nicola Montano, Gian Marco Podda, Monica Minardi, James Doyle, Antonino Cartabellotta
Evidence-based medicine: a persisting desire under fire (13 December, 2016) Free
Fares Alahdab, Samer Alabed, Ahmed Al-Moujahed, Mohammad Anass Al Sallakh, Tareq Alyousef, Ubai Alsharif, Munes Fares, M Hassan Murad
Informing treatment decisions through meta-analysis: to network or not? (16 December, 2016)
Bassel H Al Wattar, Javier Zamora, Khalid S Khan
Cholesterol paradox: a correlate does not a surrogate make (20 December, 2016)
Robert DuBroff

EBM primer

Grading the quality of evidence in complex interventions: a guide for evidence-based practitioners (8 December, 2016) Free
M Hassan Murad, Jehad Almasri, Mouaz Alsawas, Wigdan Farah

Systematic review

Scoping systematic review on the extent, nature and quality of evidence underlying ophthalmic and paraophthalmic education (19 December, 2016)
Michael Williams, Mairead Boohan, Allen Thurston

Therapeutics/Prevention

Randomised controlled trial: Intraoperative on-table endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is better than laparoscopic bile duct exploration for concomitant bile duct stones during emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy (11 November, 2016)
Pramod Kumar Garg, Virinder Kumar Bansal
Randomised controlled trial: Liraglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, prevents cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (14 November, 2016)
Sheila A Doggrell
Randomised controlled trial: Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy prevents HIV transmission to seronegative sexual partners (16 November, 2016)
George W Rutherford, Andrew Anglemyer
Randomised controlled trial: Intensive treatment of hypertension to a SBP <120 mm Hg in patients aged 75 and over reduces mortality and cardiovascular events (21 November, 2016)
Michael A Weber
Randomised controlled trial: In critically ill patients with acute kidney injury stage 2, early initiation of renal replacement therapy is associated with reduced 90-day mortality compared to delayed initiation (13 December, 2016)
Marlies Ostermann
Randomised controlled trial: Coronary-artery bypass surgery plus medical therapy is associated with longer survival over 10 years than medical therapy alone in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (2 December, 2016)
Akira Marui
Randomised controlled trial: Caloric restriction improves health-related quality of life in healthy normal weight and overweight individuals (23 November, 2016)
W. Scott Butsch, Fatima Cody Stanford
Randomised controlled trial: Weekly adalimumab significantly reduces the number of abscesses and inflammatory nodules in patients with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa (4 January, 2017)
Jan Mekkes

Prognosis

Cohort study: Pitfalls of administrative database analysis are evident when assessing the ‘weekend effect’ in stroke (4 November, 2016)
Frank J Attenello, William J Mack
Case-control study: Height of head centre of gravity predicts paediatric head injury severity in short-distance falls (10 November, 2016)
Jingwen Hu

Aetiology/Harm

Systematic review with meta analysis: Cone depth increases risk of adverse obstetric outcomes following treatment for cervical preinvasive disease (8 November, 2016)
Alejandra Castanon
Cohort study: Consuming meals prepared at home more frequently appears to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, weight gain and obesity (17 November, 2016)
Jean Adams, Susanna D H Mills
Cohort study: Whether neonatal phototherapy increases the risk of cancer in children is a disturbing unresolved issue (14 November, 2016)
Jon E Tyson, Charles C Miller

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March 2017 - Volume 22 - 1

Perspective

EBM primer

Systematic review

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Prognosis

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Table of contents

March 2017 - Volume 22 - 1

Perspective

EBM primer

Systematic review

Therapeutics/Prevention

Prognosis

Aetiology/Harm

Issue Information