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Contents: March/April 2002, Volume 7, Number 2 [Index by Author]

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Purpose and procedure:

PURPOSE AND PROCEDURE: Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 34. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.34

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Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal club:

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABSTRACTED IN ACP JOURNAL CLUB: Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 35. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.35

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EBM notebook:

Clinical expertise in the era of evidence-based medicine and patient choice: R Brian Haynes, P J Devereaux, and Gordon H Guyatt

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 36-38. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.36

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Resource corner:

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Jennifer Kleinbart and Mark V Williams

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 39. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.39

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Critical Appraisal for Psychiatry: Patrick G O'Malley

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 40. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.40

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Therapeutics:

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet lowered systolic blood pressure in stage 1 isolated systolic hypertension: David Blecker (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 41. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.41

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Combined treatment with indapamide and perindopril but not perindopril alone reduced the risk for recurrent stroke: David Tirschwell (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 42. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.42

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Clopidogrel plus aspirin was effective but increased bleeding in acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation: Itzhak Kronzon and Frederick Feit (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 43. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.43

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A nurse-led intervention reduced risk factors, anxiety, and depression in patients waiting for CABG: Richard Grimm, III (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 44. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.44

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Revascularisation led to less angina and fewer adverse cardiac events than did optimal medical care in angina pectoris in the elderly: Clinton E Baisden (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 45. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.45

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Continuous and intermittent sibutramine were equally effective at 44 weeks for reducing weight in obesity: Lawrence J Cheskin (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 46. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.46

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Levodopa plus carbidopa before physiotherapy increased motor recovery after stroke: David J Stott and Fiona Wright (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 47. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.47

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Review: thrombolysis increases short term death and intracranial haemorrhage but decreases long term death or dependence: Geoffrey A Donnan (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 48. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.48

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Review: studies on the cardiovascular effects of selective COX-2 inhibitors show mixed results: Steven Belknap (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 49. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.49

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Review: long term lithium treatment lowers suicide risk in major affective disorder: Sally Burgess (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 50. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.50

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Review: problem solving treatment after deliberate self harm improves depression, hopelessness, and personal problems: Simon Hatcher (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 51. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.51

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Review: behavioural interventions show the most promise for chronic fatigue syndrome: Robert C Smith (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 52. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.52

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Review: mucolytic drugs reduce exacerbations, illness days, and antibiotic use in chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Herbert P Wiedemann (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 53. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.53

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Zinc or vitamin A reduced diarrhoea in young, poor Bangladeshi children: Manjula Datta (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 54. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.54

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A rice based diet with green banana or pectin reduced diarrhoea in infants better than a rice alone diet: Clay Triplehorn and Peter S Millard (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 55. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.55

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Physiotherapy, aerobics, and training devices reduced pain intensity and frequency in chronic low back pain: Eric W Vogel (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 56. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.56

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Review: antidepressants improve headache in patients with chronic headache: Robert Badgett (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 57. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.57

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Diagnosis:

Review: CT angiography and magnetic resonance imaging are the best less invasive tests for renal artery stenosis: Wolfgang J Weise and Jonathan B Jaffery (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 58. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.58

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B-natriuretic peptide concentrations had high sensitivity and specificity for detecting abnormal ventricular function: Neil Gibson (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 59. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.59

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Prognosis:

Children infected with meningitis before 1 year of age were at increased risk for disability at 5 years of age: Max Perlman (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 60. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.60

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Etiology:

Low level prenatal alcohol exposure was associated with adverse behavioural outcomes in children at 6 to 7 years of age: Pamela J Frid (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 61. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.61

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Quality improvement:

Review: multidisciplinary coronary heart disease management programmes improve the process of care and reduce hospital admissions: Tim Lancaster and Michael Moher (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 62. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.62

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Economics:

An intranasal influenza vaccine for the prevention of influenza in healthy children was cost effective: Ben Schwartz (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 63. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.63

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Differential diagnosis:

A standardised sequential clinical examination identified probable causes of syncope in 69% of patients: Wishwa N Kapoor (commentator)

Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 64. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.64

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Glossary:

Glossary: Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 64. doi:10.1136/ebm.7.2.64-a

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