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BMJ Journals

Table of contents

February 2015 - Volume 20 - 1

Evidence Based Medicine: 20 (1)

Perspectives

Peer review of human studies run amok: a break in the fiduciary relation between scientists and the public (13 August, 2014)
Sarah W Feldstein Ewing, Richard Saitz
Harms of CT scanning prior to surgery for suspected appendicitis (27 November, 2014) Free
William Rogers, Jerome Hoffman, Naudereh Noori

Therapeutics/Prevention

Randomised controlled trial: Naloxegol increases frequency of bowel movements and combats inadequate response to laxatives (10 September, 2014) Free
Peter Holzer
Randomised controlled trial: ABT-450/r-ombitasvir and dasabuvir with ribavirin eliminates viraemia in most patients with HCV infection with cirrhosis (10 September, 2014) Free
Valérie Martel-Laferrière
Systematic review with meta analysis: Zanamivir for influenza in adults and children shows limited benefit for treatment of symptomatic influenza and no effect on relevant complications (16 September, 2014) Free
Barbara Michiels
Randomised controlled trial: Effects of screening and lifestyle counselling on incidence of ischaemic heart disease in general population are limited (10 September, 2014) Free
Scott A Lear
Randomised controlled trial: Phase 3 trial with the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine shows protection against clinical and severe malaria in infants and children in Africa (16 September, 2014) Free
Geoffrey Targett
Randomised controlled trial: Antithrombotic therapy for pregnancy complications: let's not throw the baby out with the bath water (15 September, 2014) Free
Ian A Greer
Systematic review: Updated review identifies no adverse impact on mother or offspring during the perinatal period of aspirin use for prevention of preeclampsia (19 September, 2014) Free
Paul Leeson
Systematic review with meta analysis: With statin co-administration, drugs designed to increase HDL have no impact on cardiovascular outcomes (23 September, 2014) Free
Paul N Durrington
Randomised controlled trial: Calcaneal fractures have universally poor outcomes regardless of management (17 October, 2014) Free
Tun Hing Lui, Samuel Ka Kin Ling
Systematic review with meta-analysis: Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (24 October, 2014) Free
Francesca L Crowe
Randomised controlled trial: Delaying initiation of ART for 5 weeks improves survival in patients with HIV infection with cyrptococcal meningitis (30 October, 2014) Free
A Tariro Makadzange, Nomvuyo Mothobi
Randomised controlled trial: Epidural steroid injections are not effective for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (30 October, 2014) Free
Steven J Atlas
Randomised controlled trial: Initial choice of medication has little effect on short-term or long-term outcome for most patients with Parkinson's disease (18 December, 2014) Free
Robert A Hauser
Systematic review: Gastric bypass has better long-term outcomes than gastric banding (16 December, 2014) Free
Daniel P Schauer
Randomised controlled trial: Pulse oximetry may lead to unnecessary hospital admissions for infants with bronchiolitis and mild hypoxaemia (30 December, 2014) Free
Joseph J Zorc
Randomised controlled trial: Collaborative care improves clinical outcomes for adolescents with depression treated in primary care (18 December, 2014) Free
Janine Archer
Systematic review with meta analysis: Blood pressure-lowering treatment should be based on the level of cardiovascular risk, not on the level of blood pressure (22 December, 2014) Free
Malcolm R Law
Systematic review with meta analysis: Gum chewing is associated with early recovery of bowel motility and shorter length of hospital stay for women after caesarean section (18 December, 2014) Free
Mario Lepore, J Edward Fitzgerald
Systematic review: Treatment of hepatitis C, then, now and tomorrow (30 December, 2014) Free
Richard K Sterling, Narayan Dharel
Randomised controlled trial: The therapeutic value of hypertonic saline in acute bronchiolitis remains unclear (19 September, 2014) Free
Jay Pershad

Prognosis

Cohort study: For patients who underwent elective non-cardiac surgery, a history of stroke is associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and death, particularly if time elapsed between stroke and surgery is less than 9 months (24 October, 2014) Free
Murat Biteker
Cohort study: Aiming too high or too low? Searching for the appropriate therapeutic thresholds in hypertension is not over yet (8 December, 2014) Free
Artur Fedorowski
Observational study: The unprecedented scale of the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak is due to environmental and sociological factors, not special attributes of the currently circulating strain of the virus (18 December, 2014) Free
Derek Gatherer
Cohort study: Long-term follow-up after removal of colorectal adenomas provides evidence for risk stratification of patients at colonoscopic polypectomy (30 December, 2014) Free
Sidney J Winawer
Cohort study: Study results suggest a positive effect of light-to-moderate physical activity on disability among those with or at risk of knee arthritis (19 September, 2014) Free
Maura D Iversen

Diagnosis

Systematic review: Evidence is lacking to support pelvic examinations as a screening tool for non-cervical cancers or other conditions (26 September, 2014) Free
Mona Saraiya
Prediction rule: CT should not be relied on for cases of isolated vomiting in children with blunt head trauma (28 October, 2014) Free
Thierry A G M Huisman
Prediction rule: Physician practice and PECARN rule outperform CATCH and CHALICE rules based on the detection of traumatic brain injury as defined by PECARN (9 December, 2014) Free
Franz E Babl, Silvia Bressan

Aetiology/Harm

Cohort study: Pertussis: a significant cause of prolonged acute cough in previously vaccinated school-aged children (15 October, 2014) Free
Michael D Shields
Cohort study: Risk of warfarin-associated intracerebral haemorrhage after ischaemic stroke is low and unchanged during the 2000s (15 December, 2014) Free
Sean Ruland, José Biller
Systematic review with meta analysis: Potential confounding still clouds the possible association of maternal caffeine intake and low birth weight (18 December, 2014) Free
Michael B Bracken
Cohort study: Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis sheds doubt on protective associations between ‘moderate’ alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (4 November, 2014) Free
Tanya N Chikritzhs, Timothy S Naimi, Tim R Stockwell, Wenbin Liang

Letters

Low-dose opioids should be considered for symptom relief also in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (6 January, 2015) Free
Magnus Ekström, Anna Bornefalk-Hermansson, Amy Abernethy, David Currow
Response to Ekström et al regarding low-dose opioids in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(6 January, 2015) Free
Nicholas T Vozoris

Corrections

Correction (20 June, 2012) Free
Correction (20 June, 2012) Free

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