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Contents: June 2006, Volume 11, Number 3   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:

Purpose and procedure        EBM notebook        Letters        Therapeutics        DIAGNOSIS        Aetiology        Quality improvement        Resource review        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: 65. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.65 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EBM notebook:

Jottings ...

Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 66. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.66 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Why fair tests are needed: a brief history

Iain Chalmers
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 67-68. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.67 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Erratum]  

Was the study big enough? Two café rules

Paul Glasziou and Helen Doll
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 69-70. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.69 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evidently...

Richard Lehman
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 71. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.71 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

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

David A Nardone and Peter Wyer
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 72. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.72 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only table]  

Therapeutics:

Watchful waiting was as safe as surgical repair for minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias

Patrick J O’Dwyer and Lucia Chung (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 73. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.73 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: empirical atypical coverage does not reduce mortality in hospitalised patients with community acquired pneumonia

Andrew M Morris (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 74. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.74 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: oxytocin receptor antagonists for preterm labour do not improve infant outcomes more than placebo or other tocolytics

Solange Wyatt and Debra A Guinn (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 75. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.75 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oestrogen did not improve health related quality of life in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy

Bruce E Johnson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 76. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.76 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Inhaled insulin added onto or replacing 2 oral agents reduced haemoglobin A_1c concentrations in type 2 diabetes

Matthew Murphy and Sean Dinneen (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 77. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.77 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Self treatment after Epley procedure was effective for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal

Doron Sommer (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 78. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.78 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prednisolone plus a disease modifying antirheumatic drug improved outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis

Ami Schattner (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 79. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.79 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Improved access to emergency contraception did not increase risky sexual behaviour in adolescents

Colin P Bradley (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 80. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.80 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only table]  

Olanzapine led to fewer withdrawals than other antipsychotic drugs but increased weight gain, glucose, and lipids

Mary V Seeman (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 81. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.81 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Addition of clopidogrel to aspirin, but not early use of metoprolol, improved overall outcome in acute myocardial infarction

David Massel (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 82-83. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.82 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: cardioselective ß blockers do not produce adverse respiratory effects in COPD

Yves Lacasse (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 84. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.84 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: ß blockers are less effective than other antihypertensive drugs for reducing risk of stroke in primary hypertension

Peter Rudd (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 85. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.85 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Long term fenofibrate did not reduce major coronary events but may reduce total CVD events in type 2 diabetes

Matthew McQueen (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 86. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.86 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: secondary prevention programmes with and without exercise reduce all cause mortality and recurrent MI

Tim Lancaster (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 87. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.87 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A handwashing intervention in a low income community in the developing world reduced disease incidence in children

Kelechi E Nnoaham (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 88. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.88 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only tables]  

Low dose iron supplementation was effective in older patients with iron deficiency anaemia

George Ioannou and Cara Debley (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 89. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.89 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Web-only table]  

DIAGNOSIS:

The Thessaly test at 20° of knee flexion accurately detected meniscal tears

Michael Yelland (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 90. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.90 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aetiology:

Dyspnoea at cardiac stress testing was associated with an increased risk of death in symptomatic and asymptomatic people

Victor Froelich (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 91. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.91 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quality improvement:

Review: care assisted by nurses or pharmacists provides better blood pressure control

David Gutknecht (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 92. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.92 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Resource review:

Resource review

Alexandra Barratt
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 93. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.93 [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: 94. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.94 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other articles noted:

Other articles noted

Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 95-96. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.95 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Comprehensive List June 2006]  

Glossary:

Glossary

Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 95. doi:10.1136/ebm.11.3.95a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]