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Contents: March/April 2000, Volume 5, Number 2   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:

Purpose and procedure        Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club        EBM notebook        Correction        Resource corner        Therapeutics        Diagnosis        Aetiology        Quality improvement        Glossary

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Purpose and procedure:

PURPOSE AND PROCEDURE (ABBREVIATED)

Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 34. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.34 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club:

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABSTRACTED IN ACP JOURNAL CLUB

Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 35. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.35 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EBM notebook:

Assessing allocation concealment and blinding in randomised controlled trials: why bother?

Kenneth F Schulz
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 36-38. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.36 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Incorporating allocation concealment and blinding in randomised controlled trials

R Brian Haynes
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 38. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.38 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correction:

Correction

Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 38. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.38-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correction

Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 38. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.38-b [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Resource corner:

Clinical Evidence

Andrew Polmear
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 39. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.39 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Up To Date

Roman Jaeschke
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 40. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.40 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Therapeutics:

Review: glucocorticoids improve symptoms of croup within 6 hours

Johannes Forster (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 41. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.41 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: antibiotics have a slight beneficial effect on acute bronchitis

Tom Fahey (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 42. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.42 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: penicillin V or amoxicillin is better than placebo and equal to non-penicillins for acute maxillary sinusitis

Frank Sparandero (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 43. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.43 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Intranasal, live, attenuated influenza virus vaccine reduced severe febrile illness in healthy adults

Bradley S Bender (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 44. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.44 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Attendance at an asthma clinic did not reduce asthma morbidity more than did standard medical treatment

Goutham Rao (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 45. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.45 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grass pollen immunotherapy for 3 to 4 years was still effective 3 years after being discontinued

James T Li (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 46. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.46 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramipril reduced mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in high risk adults

Klas Malmberg and Lars Rydén (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 47. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.47 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: multiple interventions modestly reduce cardiovascular risk factors in primary prevention, but effects on mortality are uncertain

Robert Gluckman (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 48. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.48 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gemfibrozil reduced the risk for coronary events in men with coronary artery disease and low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol

Edward P Havranek (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 49. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.49 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Empirical eradication therapy was better than endoscopy based management for Helicobacter pylori infection and dyspepsia

Nicholas J Talley (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 50. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.50 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

More people with depression continued treatment with fluoxetine than with desipramine or imipramine

Ian Anderson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 51. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.51 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methylprednisolone injection improved symptoms for 1 year in patients with the carpal tunnel syndrome

Herman Weinreb (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 52. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.52 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: exercise therapy may reduce pain and disability in osteoarthritis of the hip or knee

Jean Y Reginster (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 53. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.53 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raloxifene reduced vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women

Kenneth R Phelps (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 54. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.54 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole decreased morbidity and mortality in HIV-1 infected patients with tuberculosis

Manjula Datta (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 55. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.55 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cutaneous lumbosacral injections of sterile water were more effective than "placebo" injections for relieving first stage labour pain

Cheryl Nikodem (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 56. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.56 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tamoxifen added to lumpectomy and radiation therapy reduced breast cancer events in ductal carcinoma in situ

Edith A Perez and Bernard Fisher (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 57. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.57 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Use of an impervious wound edge protector decreased postoperative wound infection

John C Marshall (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 58. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.58 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Omeprazole was better than cisapride or placebo for controlling heartburn at 4 and 8 weeks

Colin P Bradley (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 59. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.59 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: health care decision aids improve knowledge, decrease decisional conflict, and increase active participation

Robert McNutt (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 60. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.60 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diagnosis:

Review: screening tests are not as accurate as overnight polysomnography for the diagnosis of adult sleep apnoea

Neil Douglas (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 61. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.61 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aetiology:

Surgical volume was not related to 30 day mortality in 8 common operations

John D Birkmeyer (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 62. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.62 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: high levels of homocysteine are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease

Bernard A Cooper (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 63. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.63 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quality improvement:

Review: interactive, but not didactic, continuing medical education is effective in changing physician performance

Hans A Holm (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 64. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.64 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glossary:

Glossary

Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 64. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.64-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]