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Contents: March/April 2004, Volume 9, Number 2 [Index by Author]

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Purpose and procedure: Back

Purpose and procedure
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 34. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.34
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Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club: Back

Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 35. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.35
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EBM notebook: Back

What makes evidence-based journal clubs succeed?
Robert S Phillips and Paul Glasziou
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 36-37. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.36
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Superiority trials, non-inferiority trials, and prisoners of the 2-sided null hypothesis
David L Sackett
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 38-39. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.38
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Letters: Back

Patients at the centre: in our practice, and in our use of language
David S Goldfarb, Victor Montori, P J Devereaux, Holger Schünemann, Mohit Bhandari, and Gordon Guyatt
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 39-40. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.39
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Therapeutics: Back

Review: the only effect for surgery plus antiobiotics in vesicoureteric reflux is fewer febrile urinary tract infections
Steven McTaggart (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 41. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.41
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Angioplasty at an invasive treatment centre reduced mortality compared with first contact thrombolysis
Eric R Bates (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 42. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.42
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Ximelagatran was non-inferior to warfarin in preventing stroke and systemic embolism in atrial fibrillation
Carl van Walraven (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 43. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.43
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Candesartan reduced mortality and hospital admissions in chronic heart failure
Bertram Pitt (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 44-45. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.44
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Sertraline reduced the severity of patients’ depressive symptoms in major depressive disorder
John March (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 46. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.46
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Oral iron therapy reduced unexplained fatigue in non-anaemic women with serum ferritin concentrations <=50 µg/l
Lorne A Becker (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 47. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.47
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Review: adjuvant corticosteroid therapy reduces death, hearing loss, and neurological sequelae in bacterial meningitis
Andrew M Morris (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 48. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.48
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Cognitive stimulation therapy improved cognition and quality of life in dementia
Calvin H Hirsch (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 49. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.49
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Suprascapular nerve block reduced chronic shoulder pain and disability in degenerative disease or rheumatoid arthritis
Deborah Symmons (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 50. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.50
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Lumbar fusion did not differ from cognitive therapy plus exercise for reducing disability and pain in chronic low back pain
Katherine Margo (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 51. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.51
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Oestrogen plus progestogen did not reduce the risk of coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women
Carolyn Crandall (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 52. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.52
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Short course nevirapine was better than zidovudine for reducing the risk of mother to child transmission of HIV-1 infection
Susan King (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 53. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.53
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Educational interventions improved some quality of life outcomes in prostate cancer
Tom Sensky (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 54. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.54
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Diagnosis: Back

Symptoms and signs plus erythrocyte sedimentation rate or C-reactive protein predicted pneumonia in lower respiratory tract infection
Thomas J Marrie (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 55. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.55
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A 3 item screening instrument had moderate sensitivity and specificity for detecting migraine headaches
Alexander W Chessman (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 56. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.56
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Review: several diagnostic aids have moderate to high accuracy for detecting abnormalities in acute knee pain
Ken Trinh (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 57. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.57
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Review: ear pain and a cloudy, bulging, or distinctly immobile tympanic membrane appear to help diagnose acute otitis media in children
Matti Uhari (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 58. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.58
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Prognosis: Back

The risk of suicide after deliberate self harm was significant and persistent over the long term
Peter Tyrer (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 59. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.59
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Quality improvement: Back

Review: interventions focusing on patient behaviours in provider patient interactions improve diabetes outcomes
Victor M Montori (commentator)
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 60. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.60
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Resource review: Back

EBM Guidelines: Evidence-Based Medicine
Carl Heneghan
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 61. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.61
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Evidence-Based Nursing
Jeanine Young
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 62. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.62
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Other articles noted: Back

Other articles noted
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 63-64. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.63
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Glossary: Back

Glossary
Evid Based Med 2004; 9: 64. doi:10.1136/ebm.9.2.64
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