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Contents: August 2007, Volume 12, Number 4   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:

Purpose and procedure        EBM notebook        Letters        Therapeutics        Diagnosis        Clinical prediction guide        Prognosis        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 2007; 12: 97. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.97 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EBM notebook:

Jottings

The Editors
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 98. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.98 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The 6 steps of evidence-based medicine: action plans and changing clinical practice through journal clubs

Karen Kearley
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 98-100. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.98-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

6Ts teaching tips for evidence-based practitioners

Deborah Cook, Jan Figurski, Rakesh Patel, Jorge Burneo, Sandra Langlands, and Sheri Keitz
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 100-101. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.100 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adding cost to number needed to treat: the COPE statistic

Rohan Maharaj
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 101-102. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.101 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evidently...

Richard Lehman
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 103. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.103 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

The evolving science of translating research evidence into clinical practice

Donald Venes
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 102. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Therapeutics:

Circumcision reduced the risk of contracting HIV infection in young sexually active Kenyan men

Guy de Bruyn (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 104. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: flight times >8 hours and presence of risk factors for VTE increases travel related VTE

Frederick A Spencer (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 105. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.105 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Intra-articular corticosteroid injections with the reciprocating procedure device reduced procedural pain and duration more than the conventional syringe

Oliver Sander (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 106. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.106 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Percutaneous coronary intervention plus optimal medical therapy was not more effective than medical therapy alone in stable CAD

Bertram Pitt (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 107. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.107 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: lifestyle or pharmacological interventions prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in impaired glucose tolerance

Sumit Bhagra and Steven A Smith (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 108. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.108 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: collaborative care was effective for depression in primary care in the short and longer term

Lisa V Rubenstein (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 109. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.109 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A hospital-based violence prevention intervention reduced hospital recidivism for violent injury and arrests for violent crimes

Kelvin Ford (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 110. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.110 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Booklet-based education in vestibular rehabilitation or symptom control improved subjective health in Ménière disease

Martin J Burton (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 111. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.111 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: available evidence does not support the use of ß blockers as first line treatment for hypertension

Barry M Massie (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 112. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.112 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only table]  

An intensive smoking cessation intervention reduced hospital admissions and mortality in high risk smokers with CVD

Charles J Bentz (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 113. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.113 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate did not reduce mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Holger Schünemann (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 114. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.114 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only appendix]  

Once daily oral controller therapy with low dose theophylline or montelukast was not effective in poorly controlled asthma

Francis Thien (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 115. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.115 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only table]  

Review: drugs for mild to moderate hypertension in pregnancy reduce the risk of severe hypertension but not pre-eclampsia

Laura A Magee (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 116. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.116 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only table]  

Reducing infant exposure to food and dust mite allergens reduced the incidence of asthma and allergy at age 8 years

Craig Mellis (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 117. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.117 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: periodic health examination increases delivery of some clinical preventive services and reduces patient worry

Robert H Fletcher (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 118. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.118 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stress echocardiography safely classified more patients as low risk of serious CAD than exercise electrocardiography

Paul A Heidenreich (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 119. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.119 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [web only table]  

Diagnosis:

Review: ultra-short screening tests are not highly accurate for detecting depression in primary care

David R Gutknecht (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 120. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.120 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: heterogeneous studies show that nucleic acid amplification tests accurately rule in but do not rule out TB

Anne V Gonzalez and Dick Menzies (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 121. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.121 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical prediction guide:

The 4 item Fracture and Mortality Index predicted hip fracture and all cause mortality in elderly women

Sudeep S Gill (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 122. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.122 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prognosis:

Absolute risk of subsequent fracture was similar in women and men

Sarah D Berry and Douglas P Kiel (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 123. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.123 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Resource review:

Hatcher S, Butler R, Oakley-Browne M. Evidence-based mental health care. London: Churchill Livingstone, 2005.

Vinod Srihari
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 124-125. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.124 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gibson P. Evidence-based respiratory medicine. Oxford: Blackwell BMJ, 2005.

Robert Parker
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 125. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.125 [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: 126. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.126 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other articles noted:

Other articles noted

Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 127-128. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.127 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Comprehensive List August 2007]  

Glossary:

Glossary

Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 128a. doi:10.1136/ebm.12.4.128a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]