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Contents: April 2006, Volume 11, Number 2   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:

Purpose and procedure        EBM notebooks        Therapeutics        Diagnosis        Prognosis        Economics        Clinical prediction guide        Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club        Other articles noted        Glossary

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Purpose and procedure:

Purpose and procedure

Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 33. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.33 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EBM notebooks:

Jottings

Paul Glasziou and Brian Haynes (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 34. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.34 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The GATE frame: critical appraisal with pictures

Rod Jackson, Shanthi Ameratunga, Joanna Broad, Jennie Connor, Anne Lethaby, Gill Robb, Sue Wells, Paul Glasziou, and Carl Heneghan (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 35-38. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.35 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching tip: balloons and teddy bears

Gervase Vernon (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 39. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.39 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evidence-Based Medicine—would you rather read 50 000 articles or 120?

Mike Wilson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 40. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.40 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evidently...

Richard Lehman (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 41. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.41 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Therapeutics:

Amlodipine plus perindopril was better than atenolol plus bendroflumethiazide for reducing complications in hypertension

Kelly B Zarnke (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 42. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.42 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: aspirin plus warfarin decreases cardiovascular morbidity with an increase in major bleeding in acute coronary syndromes

Richard G Bach (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 43. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.43 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

First line treatment with colchicine reduced recurrent pericarditis

Marcus Flather and Julian Collinson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 44. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.44 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: long term anticoagulation reduces recurrent venous thromboembolism

Daniel M Witt and Sergio Siragusa (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 45. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.45 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glargine dose titration by patients and physicians was equally effective for preventing severe hypoglycaemia

Sarah E Capes (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 46. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.46 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pioglitazone did not reduce macrovascular complications and increased HF in type 2 diabetes with macrovascular disease

William L Isley (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 47. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.47 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only table]  

Review: self help interventions for smoking cessation are not effective unless tailored to the individual

David L Bronson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 48. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.48 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Identifying hospice-appropriate nursing home residents for physicians increased hospice referrals and enrolment

Tara F Bishop (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 49. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.49 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A centralised telephone intervention reduced combined all cause mortality or admission for worsening HF in chronic heart failure

Adrian F Hernandez (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 50. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.50 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The 5 component acellular pertussis vaccine combined with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids was efficacious in adolescents and adults

Manjula Datta (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 51. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.51 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Parenteral artesunate reduced inhospital mortality more than quinine in severe falciparum malaria

Gary Victor (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 52. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.52 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: 6 RCTs show similar efficacy and safety for continuous dosing and 28 day combination contraceptive pills

Vivienne O’Connor (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 53. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.53 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: lorazepam provides the best control for status epilepticus

J Craig Henry and Robert Holloway (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 54. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.54 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: wearing graduated compression stockings during air travel reduces the risk of deep venous thromboembolism

Andrew Dunn (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 55. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.55 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diagnosis:

Review: the Wells rule is more useful than individual clinical features for predicting risk of deep venous thrombosis

Scott M Stevens and Walter Ageno (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 56. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.56 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Wells rule was not useful in ruling out deep venous thrombosis in a primary care setting

Scott M Stevens and Walter Ageno (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 57. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.57 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: medical history, physical examination, and routine tests are useful for diagnosing heart failure in dyspnoea

Peter C Wyer (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 58. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.58 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only table]  

Prognosis:

Male sex, first idiopathic deep venous thrombosis, and oral contraception were risk factors for recurrent venous thrombotic events

Marcel Levi (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 59. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.59 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Economics:

Cognitive therapy in addition to standard care was more cost effective than standard care alone in bipolar disorder

Marlene Taube-Schiff and Zindel Segal (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 60. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.60 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical prediction guide:

The Canadian CT Head Rule reduced the need for CT scans more than the New Orleans Criteria in minor head injury

Marcia Edmonds (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 61. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.61 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club:

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABSTRACTED IN ACP JOURNAL CLUB

Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 62. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.62 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other articles noted:

Other articles noted

Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 63-64. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.63 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Comprehensive List April 2006]  

Glossary:

Glossary

Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 63. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.2.63a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]