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BMJ Journals

Table of contents

February 2013 - Volume 18 - 1

Evidence Based Medicine: 18 (1)

Editorial

Evidence-based design: part of evidence-based medicine? (4 August, 2012)
Richard Saitz

Perspective

Evidence-based design: medical and design researcher collaboration (4 August, 2012)
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, Angela Watson

Primer

Principles for high-quality, high-value testing (27 June, 2012)
Michael Power, Greg Fell, Michael Wright

Systematic review

Uroradiological screening for upper and lower urinary tract anomalies in patients with hypospadias: a systematic literature review (19 July, 2012)
Vincent Chariatte, Pascal Ramseyer, François Cachat

Therapeutics

Cohort study: In patients with a first episode of severe alcoholic hepatitis non-responsive to medical therapy, early liver transplant increases 6-month survival (26 June, 2012)
Michael R Lucey
Systematic review: Insufficient evidence to recommend a specific bearing surface in implantable hip devices: comparative studies find little difference in outcomes (26 June, 2012)
Fares Haddad, Sam Oussedik
Randomised controlled trial: Telephone-based cognitive-behavioural therapy and a structured exercise programme are effective for chronic widespread pain (fibromyalgia) (26 June, 2012)
Kurt Kroenke
Randomised controlled trial: A 10-day course of amoxicillin does not reduce symptoms of acute rhinosinusitis at day 3 of treatment (7 July, 2012)
Jack Anon, Berrylin J Ferguson, Michael R Jacobs
Randomised controlled trial: Single-tablet double-dose famotidine plus ibuprofen decreases endoscopic upper GI ulcers compared with ibuprofen alone (7 July, 2012)
Kentaro Sugano
Randomised controlled trial: A small proportion of people with dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms experience clinically significant worsening when antidepressants are discontinued (5 September, 2012)
Clive Ballard, Anne Corbett
Systematic review: Prophylactic dose fondaparinux for 6 weeks in superficial thrombophlebitis of the legs reduces the risk for symptomatic thromboembolic complications (27 June, 2012)
Maria T DeSancho, Stephen M Pastores
Randomised controlled trial: Oral treatment of acute pulmonary embolism with a fixed dose of rivaroxaban is non-inferior to standard treatment (27 June, 2012)
Alexander Niessner
Randomised controlled trial: Mock treatments and real acupuncture affect osteoarthritic pain similarly: patients who believe in a treatment they are receiving have less pain (27 June, 2012)
M McDonough Suzanne
Randomised controlled trial: Antibiotics may not improve short-term or long-term outcomes in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis (21 June, 2012)
David A Westwood, Tim W Eglinton
Randomised controlled trial: Acupuncture prophylaxis of migraine no better than sham acupuncture for decreasing frequency of headaches (17 January, 2013)
Hans-Christoph Diener
Randomised controlled trial: Closure of a patent foramen ovale with a device does not offer a greater benefit than medical therapy alone for the prevention of recurrent cerebrovascular events (10 July, 2012)
Heinrich P Mattle, Marie-Luise Mono

Aetiology

Cohort study: Ranitidine use is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in very low birthweight infants (26 June, 2012)
C Michael Cotten, William F Malcolm
Systematic review: Children surviving intrauterine and neonatal insults have a significant risk of long-term adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes (26 June, 2012)
Sanjay Patole, Shripada C Rao
Cohort study: The association between proton pump inhibitor use and hip fracture cannot be explained by differences in dietary and lifestyle choices (10 July, 2012)
Laura E Targownik

Harm

Cohort study: Oxycodone administered as postpartum pain relief is associated with maternal report of infant central nervous system depression in breastfed infants (26 June, 2012)
Wibke Christina Jonas

Diagnosis

Cohort study: High-sensitivity troponin useful for diagnosis and prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome (7 July, 2012)
Eugenio Stabile, Alessia Agresta

Electronic pages

Brief health professional-provided interventions may lead to small improvements in physical activity (20 June, 2012)
Melvyn Hillsdon
Tai chi improves balance in people with Parkinson's disease (26 June, 2012)
Mollie Venglar
Steroid injection and regular shoulder-specific exercises reduce the need for surgery in subacromial impingement syndrome (7 July, 2012)
Philip G Conaghan
Dietary component of lifestyle interventions helps obese pregnant women (27 June, 2012)
Julie A Quinlivan
Family intervention focused on effective parenting is associated with decreased child obesity prevalence 3–5 years later (17 January, 2013)
Joseph Arnold Skelton
Primary care physicians surveyed in this study mistakenly interpreted improved survival and increased detection with screening as evidence that screening saves lives (7 July, 2012)
Alfredo Morabia
Transition to osteoporosis for 10% of women takes 17 years for those with normal bone density, 5 years for those with moderate osteopenia: implications for the frequency of bone density testing (10 July, 2012)
John Adam Robbins
Emotional and physical partner abuse are common in women reporting postnatal depressive symptoms (26 June, 2012)
Louise Michele Howard, Louise Bundock
Dabigatran associated with increased risk of acute coronary events (27 June, 2012)
Payal Kohli, Christopher Paul Cannon
Patient satisfaction associated with lower emergency department use but more hospitalisations and higher costs and mortality (27 June, 2012)
Matthew L Maciejewski, Jeffrey S Harman

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