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September 2004, Volume 9, Issue 5

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

Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 130 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.130

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club

  • ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABSTRACTED IN ACP JOURNAL CLUB

    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 131 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.131

EBM notebook

  • From research evidence to context: the challenge of individualising care

    • Saul J Weiner
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 132-133 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.132

Letters

  • The first symptom of hyperkalaemia is death

    • Charles M Grossman
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 134 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.134

  • The first symptom of hyperkalaemia is death

    • John R de Palma
    1. Commentator:
      • Paul Glasziou
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 134-135 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.134-a

Evidently...*

  • Evidently…

    • Richard Lehman
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 136 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.136

Therapeutics

  • Review: exercise training delays death and hospital admission in chronic heart failure

    1. Commentator:
      • Barry Massie
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 137 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.137

  • 6 monthly scheduled follow up of hypertension was equivalent to 3 monthly scheduled follow up

    1. Commentator:
      • Gene Feder
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 138 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.138

  • Review: inhaled long acting β2 agonists are effective and safe in stable chronic asthma

    1. Commentator:
      • Krishnan Parameswaran
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 139 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.139

  • Doubling the dose of inhaled corticosteroids during asthma deterioration did not improve asthma control

    1. Commentator:
      • Holger J Schünemann
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 140 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.140

  • Review: commonly used pharmacological treatments for bronchiolitis in children do not seem to be effective

    1. Commentator:
      • James D Kellner
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 141 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.141

  • Postexposure prophylaxis with oseltamivir reduced influenza transmission in households

    1. Commentator:
      • Peter A Gross
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 142 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.142

  • Cholesterol lowering with simvastatin reduced stroke in patients with, or at risk of, vascular disease

    1. Commentator:
      • S Claiborne Johnston
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 143 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.143

  • High dose atorvastatin was superior to standard dose pravastatin in reducing death or major CV events in acute coronary syndrome

    1. Commentator:
      • William B Hillegass and
      • Golam K Alam
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 144 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.144

  • Immediate carotid endarterectomy reduced non-perioperative stroke in severe asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

    1. Commentator:
      • Matthew Menken
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 145 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.145

  • Valacyclovir reduced genital herpes transmission in couples discordant for herpes simplex virus type 2 infection

    1. Commentator:
      • Morten Lindbaek
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 146 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.146

  • CBT added to tapering helped patients with chronic insomnia discontinue benzodiazepine use

    1. Commentator:
      • Patrick G O’Malley
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 147 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.147

  • Rofecoxib did not slow progression of dementia in patients with established Alzheimer’s disease

    1. Commentator:
      • Garrett Riggs and
      • Robert Holloway
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 148 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.148

  • Strontium ranelate reduced the risk of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

    1. Commentator:
      • Angela Cheung
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 149 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.149

  • Review: artesunate added to standard drug treatment reduces treatment failure in malaria

    1. Commentator:
      • Mary M Fanning
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 150 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.150

Diagnosis

  • Review: the Ottawa knee rule accurately rules out knee fractures and can substantially reduce the need for x rays in patients with acute knee injuries

    1. Commentator:
      • Eddy S Lang
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 151 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.151

  • Chest radiographs and BNP levels provided complementary information beyond clinical findings for diagnosing heart failure

    1. Commentator:
      • Peter Henriksson
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 152 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.152

  • Review: vaginal signs and symptoms perform poorly in diagnosing vaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, and vaginal trichomoniasis

    1. Commentator:
      • Jenny Doust
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 153 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.153

Clinical prediction guide

  • Routine clinical variables predicted mortality in patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction

    1. Commentator:
      • David M Kent
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 154 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.154

  • Review: clinical gestalt strategies and clinical prediction rules have similar discriminate pretest probabilities of pulmonary embolism

    1. Commentator:
      • Mandeep R Mehra
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 155 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.155

  • The BODE index predicted death in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    1. Commentator:
      • Joseph A Golish
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 156 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.156

Resource reviews

  • ebm2go. http://www.ebm2go.com/

    • Sharon Straus
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 157 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.157

  • Evidence-based public health

    • Nicholas R Hicks
    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 158 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.158

Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Med 2004;9:5 159 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.159-a

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