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BMJ Journals

Table of contents

February 2014 - Volume 19 - 1

Evidence Based Medicine: 19 (1)

Perspective

EBM, CME and the EMR (6 March, 2013)
Roland M Grad, Pierre Pluye, Michael Shulha, David L Tang, Karen Tu, Ken Goodman, Jamie Meuser
Loss of population data sources when health systems are not responsible for geographically defined populations: implications of the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 in England (3 May, 2013) Free
Allyson M Pollock, David Price

Methods

Implementing GRADE: calculating the risk difference from the baseline risk and the relative risk (22 August, 2013)
Robert G Newcombe, Ralf Bender

Therapeutics

Systematic review and meta-analysis: Oral antibiotics confer small benefits and small harms in low-risk children with acute otitis media (22 June, 2013)
Hasantha Gunasekera
Randomised controlled trial: A Mediterranean diet supplemented with olive oil or nuts reduces the incidence of major cardiovascular events in high-risk patients (19 June, 2013)
Demosthenes Panagiotakos
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Impact of honey as a topical treatment for wounds remains unclear (8 June, 2013)
Rose Cooper
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Medical management strategies to prevent recurrent nephrolithiasis are stagnant and stronger evidence is needed to reduce morbidity (8 June, 2013)
Yair Lotan
Randomised controlled trial: Presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is beneficial to family members in the out-of-hospital setting (14 June, 2013)
Scott Compton, Rosemarie Fernandez
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Normal diagnostic test results do not reassure patients (11 July, 2013)
Keith J Petrie, Rebekah Sherriff
Randomised controlled trial: Combination therapy of steroids and antivirals improves the recovery rate in patients with severe Bell's palsy (5 August, 2013)
J Alexander De Ru, Peter Paul G Van Benthem
Randomised controlled trial: Ramipril improves walking times and quality of life in patients with stable intermittent claudication (10 July, 2013)
Julie Brittenden
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Prophylactic antibiotics for caesarean section administered preoperatively rather than post cord clamping significantly reduces the rate of endometritis (31 July, 2013)
R F Lamont, J S Joergensen
Randomised controlled trial: Limited impact of omega-3 fatty acids in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors (9 August, 2013)
Philip Calder
Randomised controlled trial: Self-management support has potential but is difficult to deliver in routine primary care (14 August, 2013)
Nicholas Zwar
Randomised controlled trial: Lower target oxygen saturation levels in preterm infants are associated with increased mortality and decreased rates of retinopathy of prematurity (23 August, 2013)
Daniele Trevisanuto, Veronica Mardegan
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Conclusions about the benefits and risks associated with iron supplementation for anaemia prevention and control for preschoolers are limited by poor study quality (23 August, 2013)
Maureen M Black
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Dietary salt reduction; further lowering of target lowers blood pressure but may increase risk (3 September, 2013)
Franz H Messerli, Sripal Bangalore
Randomised clinical trial: Varenicline may reduce negative effect while aiding smoking cessation (29 August, 2013)
J Taylor Hays
Randomised controlled trial: Routine antibiotics given for uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition reduce mortality and improve nutritional recovery (21 May, 2013)
Marko Kerac
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Inconclusive evidence about the efficacy of diverse strategies for intermittent versus daily inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthma in adults and children (17 June, 2013)
Helen K Reddel, Juliet M Foster

Prognosis

Cohort study: Two-thirds of female smokers aged over 50 die from smoking-related causes, but quitting before 40 decreases this by 90% (25 May, 2013)
Mary E Cooley, Elyse R Park
Cohort study: Weight gain does not attenuate cardiovascular benefits of smoking cessation (30 May, 2013)
Serena Tonstad

Aetiology

Cohort study: Perioperative β-blockade improves outcomes in higher risk patients following non-cardiac surgery (13 July, 2013)
Prashant Vaishnava, Kim A Eagle
Cohort study: Maternal alcohol use increases risk of infant mortality (25 May, 2013)
Larry Burd
Cohort study: High-potency statins are associated with increased hospitalisations with acute kidney injury (25 May, 2013)
Daniel O Keys, Charles L Edelstein
Commentary: Randomised controlled trial: extended-duration dabigatran is non-inferior to warfarin and more effective than placebo for symptomatic VTE (8 June, 2013)
Timothy K Liem, Thomas G DeLoughery
Cohort study: Caffeine is modestly associated with lower birth weight and fetal growth (25 May, 2013)
Elizabeth W Triche, Lisbet S Lundsberg
Randomised controlled trial: For proton pump inhibitor-dependent gastro-oesophageal reflux, laparoscopic fundoplication is superior to medical therapy at 5 years of follow-up (10 July, 2013)
David I Watson, Tim Bright
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Need for standardising adverse event reporting in testosterone trials (17 July, 2013)
Shehzad Basaria
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Lower sodium intake reduces blood pressure in adults and children, but is not associated with a reduced risk of all CVD or all cause mortality (19 July, 2013)
Michael H Alderman, Hillel Cohen
Systematic review: Sublingual immunotherapy improves symptoms of allergical rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma (9 August, 2013)
Deborah A Gentile
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Text messaging interventions increase adherence to antiretroviral therapy and smoking cessation (22 June, 2013)
Holly Blake
Cohort study: Increased cancer risk associated with CT in childhood (12 August, 2013)
Sabah Servaes
Case control: Use of narcotic analgesics associated with increased falls and fractures in elderly patients with osteoarthritis (13 August, 2013)
Rajender R Aparasu, Satabdi Chatterjee
Cohort study: Some more evidence of long-term psychosocial harms from receiving false-positive screening mammography results (20 August, 2013)
Jessica DeFrank, Noel T Brewer
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment and dementia with or without a history of clinical stroke (25 May, 2013)
Paola Forti
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes (31 July, 2013)
Adrian R Martineau, Khalid Khan
Cohort study: Short sleep duration is associated with increased BMI in adolescents over time (9 August, 2013)
Christopher Magee, Jeong Kyu Lee
Cohort study: Long-term aspirin use and neovascular age-related macular degeneration: association or causation? (14 June, 2013)
William G Christen

Economic analysis

Cost-effectiveness analysis: Conservative management for low-risk prostate cancer improves quality-adjusted life expectancy at lower cost compared with initial treatment (29 August, 2013)
Laurence Klotz

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