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Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 129 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.129

EBM notebook

  • Jottings ...

    • Paul Glasziou
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 130 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.130

  • Letter: Meta-analysis can be statistically misleading

    • Jacob M Puliyel,
    • Vishnubhatla Sreenivas
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 130 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.130-a

  • Statistical approaches to uncertainty: p values and confidence intervals unpacked

    • HELEN DOLL,
    • STUART CARNEY
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 133-134 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.133

  • Evidently...

    • RICHARD LEHMAN
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 135 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.135

Ebm notebook

  • Clinical skills textbooks fail evidence-based examination

    • DAVID B KING,
    • JAMES A DICKINSON,
    • MARIA-RENEE BOULTON,
    • CHRIS TOUMPAS
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 131-132 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.131

Therapeutics

  • Warfarin was not more effective than aspirin and increased adverse events in symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis

    1. Commentator:
      • John W Eikelboom
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 136 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.136

  • Low dose aspirin lowered stroke risk but not risks of MI or cardiovascular deaths in women

    1. Commentator:
      • John W Eikelboom
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 137 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.137

  • Intensified blood pressure (BP) control was not better than conventional BP control in non-diabetic chronic renal disease

    1. Commentator:
      • Bruce Culleton
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 138 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.138

  • ED use of magnesium sulphate improved rate control in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response

    1. Commentator:
      • Eddy S Lang
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 139 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.139

  • Review: several pharmacological therapies promote modest weight loss

    1. Commentator:
      • Kurt A Kennel
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 140 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.140

  • Review: sparse high quality evidence supports surgery for obesity

    1. Commentator:
      • Kurt A Kennel
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 141 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.141

  • Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) reduced AAA mortality in Danish men 64–73 years of age

    1. Commentator:
      • Jonathan A Michaels
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 142 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.142

  • A smoking cessation programme plus inhaled ipratropium improved survival in asymptomatic airway obstruction

    1. Commentator:
      • John B Schorling
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 143 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.143

  • Clinician advice, an interactive computer program, and motivational counselling increased smoking cessation in teens

    1. Commentator:
      • Tim Lancaster
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 144 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.144

  • Cognitive therapy reduced relapses and number of days in bipolar episodes in DSM-IV bipolar I disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Jacqueline B Persons and
      • June L Gruber
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 145 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.145

  • Review: bright light therapy and dawn simulation reduce symptom severity in seasonal affective disorder

    1. Commentator:
      • Gregory Simon
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 146 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.146

  • Buccal oxycodone reduced pain more than placebo in children with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain

    1. Commentator:
      • Magdy W Attia
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 147 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.147

Diagnosis

  • BNP and amino terminal proBNP assays did not differ for detecting congestive heart failure in the emergency department

    1. Commentator:
      • Jenny Doust
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 148 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.148

  • A decrease of ⩾2 points on the Mini-Mental State Examination was the best determinant of delirium in elderly patients admitted to hospital

    1. Commentator:
      • Suzanne D Fields
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 149 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.149

Prognosis

  • Review: B type natriuretic peptide consistently predicts death and cardiovascular events in heart failure

    1. Commentator:
      • Anita Deswal
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 150 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.150

  • Gleason score predicted mortality rate to 20 years for untreated early prostate cancer

    1. Commentator:
      • Michael J Barry
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 151 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.151

  • Overall mortality was 2.2% in children after a first unprovoked afebrile seizure

    1. Commentator:
      • Howard S Kirshner
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 152 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.152

Aetiology

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism increased the risk of placental abruption and poor neonatal outcomes

    1. Commentator:
      • Warren G Foster
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 153 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.153

Quality improvement

  • Pharmacist led, primary care based disease management reduced risk factors and improved glycaemic control in diabetes

    1. Commentator:
      • Merideth D Smith and
      • Steven A Smith
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 154 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.154

Clinical prediction guide

  • A clinical prediction model predicted absence of significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B

    1. Commentator:
      • Juerg Reichen
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 155 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.155

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club

  • ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABSTRACTED IN ACP JOURNAL CLUB

    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 156 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.156

Other articles noted

Resource reviews

  • Jenicek M, Hitchcock DL. Evidence-based practice: logic and critical thinking in medicine. Chicago: AMA Press, 2004.

    • TIM LANCASTER
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 159 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.159

  • DynaMed can be assessed at www.dynamicmedical.com

    • JAYNE HAYNES,
    • RICHARD HAYNES
    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 160 doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.160

Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Med 2005;10:5 160a doi:10.1136/ebm.10.5.160a

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