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Contents: July/August 2000, Volume 5, Number 4 [Index by Author]

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Purpose and procedure: Back

Purpose and procedure
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 98. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.98
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Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club: Back

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 99. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.99
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EBM notebook: Back

The need and means for evidence-based medicine in developing countries
Antonio L Dans and Leonila F Dans
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 100-101. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.100
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Resource corner: Back

The Cochrane Library
Martin Dawes
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 102. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.102
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Evidence Based Gastroenterology and Hepatology
William Rosenberg
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 103. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.103
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Correction: Back

Correction
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 104. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.104
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Therapeutics: Back

Anti-androgen treatment immediately after surgery for prostate cancer improved survival
Michael J Barry (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 105. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.105
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Review: providing recordings or summaries of consultations may help patients with cancer
Robert C Smith (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 106. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.106
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Review: ipratropium bromide with ß-agonists improves pulmonary function and reduces admissions to hospital in acute asthma
Jay Peters (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 107. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.107
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Review: oral Haemophilus influenzae vaccination reduces the number and severity of recurrent bronchitis episodes
Thomas J Marrie (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 108. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.108
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Oral montelukast was better than inhaled salmeterol for reducing exercise induced bronchoconstriction in adults with asthma
Peter K Honig (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 109. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.109
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High dose lisinopril was more effective than low dose for reducing combined mortality and cardiovascular events in congestive heart failure
Eva Lonn (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 110. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.110
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Review: high dose and moderate dose oral anticoagulants reduce events in coronary artery disease but increase major bleeding and are no more effective than aspirin
Rebecca J Beyth (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 111. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.111
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Low volume, high frequency cows' milk feedings sped recovery from diarrhoea in infants
Manjula Datta (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 112. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.112
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Lactobacillus GG reduced diarrhoea incidence in children treated with antibiotics
Shally Awasthi (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 113. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.113
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Review: newer and older antidepressants have similar efficacy and total discontinuation rates but different side effects
Anthony J Pelosi and Liz Ashton (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 114. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.114
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Review: antidepressive agents improve symptoms and reduce pain in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders
John Calam (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 115. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.115
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Hypericum extract was better than placebo and equivalent to imipramine for moderate depression
Etienne Vermeire (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 116. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.116
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Review: inadequate data exist on prevention and treatment strategies for foot ulcer in diabetes mellitus
Dereck L Hunt (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 117. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.117
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Review: antimicrobial prophylaxis reduces asymptomatic bacteriuria in patients with neurogenic bladder
Ralph Bloch (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 118. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.118
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Alendronate reduced days of bed rest and limited activity in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and existing fractures
Olof Johnell (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 119. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.119
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Local injection, naproxen, and simple analgesia led to similar 1 year rates of symptom relief in lateral epicondylitis
Anthony S Dixon (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 120. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.120
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Review: injection treatment is not better than placebo for relieving pain in benign chronic low back pain
Robert Badgett (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 121. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.121
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Pacifiers have greater analgesic effect than sweet solutions during venipuncture in full term newborns
Douglas D McMillan (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 122. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.122
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Review: the extended tip spatula is more effective than the Ayre's spatula for detecting karyosis in cervical smears
Jim Nuovo and Joy Melnikow (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 123. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.123
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Diagnosis: Back

Review: newer technologies improve sensitivity in detecting uterine cervical lesions but at a substantially increased cost
Joy Melnikow and James Nuovo (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 124. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.124
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Review: diagnostic tests for bacterial rhinosinusitis have moderate accuracy; antibiotics reduce clinical failures
Laura R Willett (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 125. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.125
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The Uriscreen test was not better than standard urinalysis and dipstick tests for detecting urinary tract infection in children
Robert S Wigton (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 126. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.126
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The near-patient test FlexSure had low sensitivity and high specificity for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection
Walter L Peterson (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 127. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.127
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Aetiology: Back

Older adults who reported strain when caring for a spouse with disabilities had increased mortality
Georgina Charlesworth (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 128. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.128
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Glossary: Back

Glossary
Evid Based Med 2000; 5: 128. doi:10.1136/ebm.5.4.128-a
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