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June 2007, Volume 12, Issue 3

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  1. Purpose and procedure
  2. EBM notebook
  3. Therapeutics
  4. Aetiology
  5. Economics
  6. Clinical prediction guide
  7. Resource reviews
  8. Letters
  9. Correction
  10. Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club
  11. Other articles noted
  12. Glossary
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Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 65 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.65

EBM notebook

  • Jottings ...

    • Paul Glasziou
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 66 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.66

  • Improving journal club presentations, or, I can present that paper in under 10 minutes

    • Mark D Schwartz,
    • Deborah Dowell,
    • Jaclyn Aperi,
    • Adina L Kalet
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 66-68 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.66-a

  • Evidently...

    • Richard Lehmann
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 69 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.69

Therapeutics

  • Continuing alendronate for an additional 5 years maintained bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

    1. Commentator:
      • Cory Baillie
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 70 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.70

  • Annual mammographic screening beginning at 40 years of age did not significantly reduce breast cancer mortality after 10 years in women

    1. Commentator:
      • Bruce E Hillner
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 71 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.71

  • Review: SSRIs lead to improvement in depression by the end of the first week

    1. Commentator:
      • Stephen A Wilson
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 72 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.72

  • Self management plus usual care was more effective than usual care alone for lower urinary tract symptoms in men

    1. Commentator:
      • Diego Ponieman and
      • Thomas McGinn
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 73 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.73

  • Review: diacerein is more effective than placebo and is as effective as NSAIDs for knee and hip osteoarthritis

    1. Commentator:
      • David J Hunter and
      • Barton Wise
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 74 doi:10.1136/ebm.200X.000na

  • Review: inhaled corticosteroids reduce hospital admission and increase discharge rate during the first 4 hours in the emergency department for acute asthma

    1. Commentator:
      • Louis-Philippe Boulet
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 75 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.75

  • Review: the current evidence does not suggest that oral contraceptives hasten resolution of functional ovarian cysts

    1. Commentator:
      • Kathleen Hoeger
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 76 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.76

  • Etomidate had shorter induction and recovery times than midazolam for fracture reduction

    1. Commentator:
      • Peter C Wyer
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 77 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.77

  • Herbal supplements did not relieve vasomotor symptoms of menopause in women

    1. Commentator:
      • Bruce E Johnson
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 78 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.78

  • Review: prokinetics, histamine H2 receptor antagonists, antimuscarinics, and proton pump inhibitors improve global symptoms in non-ulcer dyspepsia

    1. Commentator:
      • Richard J Saad and
      • William D Chey
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 79 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.79

  • Prompt insertion of tympanostomy tubes in infants and toddlers with persistent middle ear effusion did not improve developmental outcomes at 9–11 years of age

    1. Commentator:
      • Morten Lindbaek
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 80 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.80

  • Encouraging influenza vaccination for nursing home staff reduced mortality and influenza like illness in the residents

    1. Commentator:
      • Henry S Sacks
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 81 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.81

  • Review: LABAs are better than leukotriene receptor antagonists when added to inhaled corticosteroids in recurrent asthma

    1. Commentator:
      • Bernard Adelsberg
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 82 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.82

  • Daily folic acid supplementation for 3 years improved cognitive function in older persons

    1. Commentator:
      • Michael Bogaisky and
      • Rosanne M Leipzig
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 83 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.83

  • Review: eradication therapy supplemented by probiotics increased eradication rates and reduced side effects in H pylori infection

    1. Commentator:
      • Paul Moayyedi
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 84 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.84

Aetiology

  • After midtrimester amniocentesis the risk of spontaneous pregnancy loss was 6 per 10 000

    1. Commentator:
      • Claudio Giorlandino
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 85 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.85

Economics

  • Collaborative care for depression in patients with diabetes increased depression free days and had economic benefit

    1. Commentator:
      • Patrick G O’Malley
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 86 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.86

Clinical prediction guide

  • Review: Framingham risk scores have variable accuracy in predicting CVD events in different patient populations

    1. Commentator:
      • Edward P Havranek
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 87 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.87

  • The ABCD, California, and unified ABCD2 risk scores predicted stroke within 2, 7, and 90 days after TIA

    1. Commentator:
      • Graeme J Hankey
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 88 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.88

  • The Manchester Self Harm Rule had good sensitivity but poor specificity for predicting repeat self harm or suicide

    1. Commentator:
      • Simon Hatcher
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 89 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.89

Resource reviews

  • Lang TA, Secic M. How to report statistics in medicine. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2006. This book can be obtained from www.amazon.co.uk for £33.20.

    • John E Cornell,
    • Valerie A Lawrence
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 90-91 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.90

  • Evans I, Thornton H, Chalmers I. Testing treatments. better research for better healthcare. London: The British Library, 2006. ISBN 0 712 3 4909 X.

    • Franz Porzsolt
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 91 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.91

Letters

  • How should clinicians interpret results reflecting the effect of an intervention on composite end points?

    • Jørgen Hilden
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 92 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.92

  • Viral infections need to be excluded from the cohort for the results to be truly meaningful

    • Kashif M Qureshi,
    • Scott Robbie,
    • Shahram Kashani
    1. Commentator:
      • Peter Rose
    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 93 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.93

Correction

  • Correction

    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 92 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.92-a

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club

  • Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club

    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 94 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.94

Other articles noted

Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Med 2007;12:3 96 doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.96

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