Register for email alerts and news feeds:
This journal | BMJ Group
rss

Receive tables of contents (and more) by e-mail each issue:
Subscribe to Customised @lerts

Contents: November/December 2001, Volume 6, Number 6 [Index by Author]

[Search ALL Issues]

Table of Contents (PDF) | Cover (PDF)

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstracts' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

Purpose and procedure: Back

PURPOSE AND PROCEDURE
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 162. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.162
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club: Back

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABSTRACTED IN ACP JOURNAL CLUB
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 163. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.163
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EBM notebook: Back

Which methods for bedside Bayes?
Paul Glasziou
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 164-166. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.164
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Resource corner: Back

Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis
David L Simel
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 167. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.167
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Evidence-Based On Call Acute Medicine
Jon C Tilburt and Rajesh S Mangrulkar
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 168. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.168
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Therapeutics: Back

Wearing elastic compression stockings during long-haul flights prevented the development of deep venous thrombosis
Thomas G DeLoughery (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 169. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.169
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
No difference existed in developmental outcomes at 3 years of age between early or delayed tympanostomy for otitis media
Martin Burton and Mark Haggard (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 170. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.170
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Review: aspirin reduces the incidence of coronary artery disease in people at risk
Eric R Bates (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 171. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.171
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Bucindolol reduced mortality and hospitalisation related to cardiovascular causes in advanced chronic heart failure
Goutham Rao (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 172. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.172
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Carvedilol reduced mortality and hospitalisation in severe chronic heart failure
Goutham Rao (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 173. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.173
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Stents had similar clinical outcomes but more repeated revascularisation than did bypass surgery in multivessel disease
Mark A Hlatky (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 174. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.174
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Gemfibrozil reduced the risk for stroke in men with coronary heart disease and low concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Geoffrey A Donnan (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 175. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.175
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Changes in diet and physical activity prevented type 2 diabetes mellitus in people with impaired glucose tolerance
Victor Montori (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 176. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.176
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Warm water bathing did not reduce use of pharmacological analgesia during the first stage of labour
Ellen Hodnett (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 177. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.177
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Prenatal and postnatal administration of Lactobacillus GG reduced the occurrence of atopic disease in offspring
Hywel C Williams (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 178. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.178
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Salmonella typhi Vi conjugate vaccine reduced the incidence of typhoid fever in 2 to 5 year old children
Andrew T Pavia (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 179. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.179
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Surgery was more effective than orthosis for hallux valgus
Hans J Kreder (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 180. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.180
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Review: cognitive care and combined cognitive and emotional care interventions may influence patients' health outcomes
Paul Haidet (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 181. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.181
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
A home-based, nurse-delivered exercise programme reduced falls and serious injuries in people >= 80 years of age
John A Robbins, M Clare Robertson, and A John Campbell (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 182. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.182
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Review: pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions improve outcomes in patients with dementia and for their caregivers
A Mark Clarfield (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 183. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.183
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Review: antidepressants plus benzodiazepines lead to fewer drop outs and less depression severity in major depression
Harm Gijsman (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 184. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.184
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
St John's wort was no better than placebo for reducing depression scores
Chris Hawley and Tim Gale (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 185. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.185
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Review: oral melatonin reduces jet lag in air travellers
Colin M Shapiro (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 186. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.186
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diagnosis: Back

Short scales were as effective as long scales in screening for depression in older patients
Scott Sherman (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 187. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.187
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
A negative quantitative latex D-dimer assay helped to rule out venous thromboembolism
Guy-Andre Pelouze (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 188. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.188
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Economics: Back

Helicobactor pylori testing and endoscopy were less cost-effective than usual management for patients with dyspepsia
Nicholas J Talley (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 189. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.189
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Quality improvement: Back

Review: some interventions are effective in reducing medical errors
Eric Thomas (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 190. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.190
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
A tailored, multifaceted programme in capitation-based family practices improved appropriate use of preventive care manoeuvres
Lorne A Becker (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 191. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.191
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical prediction guide: Back

A clinical decision aid was accurate for predicting survival to hospital discharge after in-hospital cardiac resuscitation
Raul J Gazmuri (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 192. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.192
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Glossary: Back

Glossary
Evid Based Med 2001; 6: 192. doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.192-a
[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstracts' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

Register for free content

The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.