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Contents: June 2007, Volume 12, Number 3   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:

Purpose and procedure        EBM notebook        Therapeutics        Aetiology        Economics        Clinical prediction guide        Resource review        Letters        Correction        Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club        Other articles noted        Glossary

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Purpose and procedure:

Purpose and procedure

Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 65. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.65 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EBM notebook:

Jottings ...

Paul Glasziou
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 66. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.66 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Improving journal club presentations, or, I can present that paper in under 10 minutes

Mark D Schwartz, Deborah Dowell, Jaclyn Aperi, and Adina L Kalet
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 66-68. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.66-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evidently...

Richard Lehmann
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 69. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.69 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Therapeutics:

Continuing alendronate for an additional 5 years maintained bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

Cory Baillie (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 70. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.70 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]  

Annual mammographic screening beginning at 40 years of age did not significantly reduce breast cancer mortality after 10 years in women

Bruce E Hillner (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 71. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.71 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: SSRIs lead to improvement in depression by the end of the first week

Stephen A Wilson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 72. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.72 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Self management plus usual care was more effective than usual care alone for lower urinary tract symptoms in men

Diego Ponieman and Thomas McGinn (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 73. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.73 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: diacerein is more effective than placebo and is as effective as NSAIDs for knee and hip osteoarthritis

David J Hunter and Barton Wise (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 74. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.74 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: inhaled corticosteroids reduce hospital admission and increase discharge rate during the first 4 hours in the emergency department for acute asthma

Louis-Philippe Boulet (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 75. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.75 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: the current evidence does not suggest that oral contraceptives hasten resolution of functional ovarian cysts

Kathleen Hoeger (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 76. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.76 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Etomidate had shorter induction and recovery times than midazolam for fracture reduction

Peter C Wyer (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 77. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.77 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Herbal supplements did not relieve vasomotor symptoms of menopause in women

Bruce E Johnson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 78. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.78 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]  

Review: prokinetics, histamine H₂ receptor antagonists, antimuscarinics, and proton pump inhibitors improve global symptoms in non-ulcer dyspepsia

Richard J Saad and William D Chey (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 79. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.79 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prompt insertion of tympanostomy tubes in infants and toddlers with persistent middle ear effusion did not improve developmental outcomes at 9–11 years of age

Morten Lindbaek (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 80. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.80 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]  

Encouraging influenza vaccination for nursing home staff reduced mortality and influenza like illness in the residents

Henry S Sacks (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 81. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.81 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: LABAs are better than leukotriene receptor antagonists when added to inhaled corticosteroids in recurrent asthma

Bernard Adelsberg (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 82. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.82 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]  

Daily folic acid supplementation for 3 years improved cognitive function in older persons

Michael Bogaisky and Rosanne M Leipzig (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 83. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.83 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: eradication therapy supplemented by probiotics increased eradication rates and reduced side effects in H pylori infection

Paul Moayyedi (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 84. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.84 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aetiology:

After midtrimester amniocentesis the risk of spontaneous pregnancy loss was 6 per 10 000

Claudio Giorlandino (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 85. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.85 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Economics:

Collaborative care for depression in patients with diabetes increased depression free days and had economic benefit

Patrick G O’Malley (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 86. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.86 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical prediction guide:

Review: Framingham risk scores have variable accuracy in predicting CVD events in different patient populations

Edward P Havranek (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 87. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.87 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The ABCD, California, and unified ABCD² risk scores predicted stroke within 2, 7, and 90 days after TIA

Graeme J Hankey (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 88. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.88 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Manchester Self Harm Rule had good sensitivity but poor specificity for predicting repeat self harm or suicide

Simon Hatcher (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 89. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.89 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Resource review:

Lang TA, Secic M. How to report statistics in medicine. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2006. This book can be obtained from www.amazon.co.uk for £33.20.

John E Cornell and Valerie A Lawrence
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 90-91. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.90 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evans I, Thornton H, Chalmers I. Testing treatments. better research for better healthcare. London: The British Library, 2006. ISBN 0 712 3 4909 X.

Franz Porzsolt
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 91. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.91 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

How should clinicians interpret results reflecting the effect of an intervention on composite end points?

Jørgen Hilden
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 92. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.92 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]  

Viral infections need to be excluded from the cohort for the results to be truly meaningful • Author’s reply

Kashif M Qureshi, Scott Robbie, Shahram Kashani, and Peter Rose
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 93. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.93 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correction:

Correction

Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 92. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.92-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club:

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club

Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 94. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.94 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other articles noted:

Other articles noted

Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 95-96. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.95 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Comprehensive List June 2007]  

Glossary:

Glossary

Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 96. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.3.96 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]