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Details of the articles selected to be abstracted in future issues of Evidence Based Medicine

Most recent content listed first, PubMed IDs link to abstracts. Last updated: 28th July 2009

28/07 ¦ 08/07 ¦ 02/06 ¦

Articles selected 05/05/2009

Effects of weight-bearing versus nonweight-bearing exercise on function, walking speed, and position sense in participants with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.
Jan MH, Lin CH, Lin YF, Lin JJ, Lin DH
19480863

Articles selected 08/07/2009

Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community.
Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Gillespie WJ, Lamb SE, Gates S, Cumming RG, Rowe BH
19370674

Long-term budesonide or nedocromil treatment, once discontinued, does not alter the course of mild to moderate asthma in children and adolescents.
Strunk RC, Sternberg AL, Szefler SJ, Zeiger RS, Bender B, Tonascia J
19167726

Paracetamol and ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children: the PITCH randomised controlled trial.
Hay AD, Redmond NM, Costelloe C, Montgomery AA, Fletcher M, Hollinghurst S, Peters TJ
19454182

Risk of colorectal cancer seven years after flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: randomised controlled trial.
Hoff G, Grotmol T, Skovlund E, Bretthauer M
19483252

A randomized trial comparing acupuncture, simulated acupuncture, and usual care for chronic low back pain.
Cherkin DC, Sherman KJ, Avins AL, Erro JH, Ichikawa L, Barlow WE, Delaney K, Hawkes R, Hamil
19433697

Risks of cardiovascular events and effects of routine blood pressure lowering among patients with type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation: results of the ADVANCE study.
Du X, Ninomiya T, de Galan B, Abadir E, Chalmers J, Pillai A, Woodward M, Cooper M, Harrap S
19282274

Exceptional mortality prediction by risk scores from common laboratory tests.
Horne BD, May HT, Muhlestein JB, Ronnow BS, Lappe DL, Renlund DG, Kfoury AG, Carlquist JF, Fisher PW
19486718

Articles selected 02/06/2009

Cognitive function at 3 years of age after fetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs
Meador KJ, Baker GA, Browning N, Clayton-Smith J, Combs-Cantrell DT, Cohen M, Kalayjian LA, Kanner A, Liporace JD, Pennell PB, Privitera M, Loring DW; NEAD Study Group.
19369666

Self-administered Vaginal Swabs Are a Feasible Alternative to Physician-assisted Cervical Swabs for Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening in the Emergency Department.
Berwald N, Cheng S, Augenbraun M, Abu-Lawi K, Lucchesi M, Zehtabchi S
19220203

Accuracy of Ottawa Ankle Rules to Exclude Fractures of the Ankle and Midfoot in Children: A Meta-analysis.
Dowling S, Spooner CH, Liang Y, Dryden DM, Friesen C, Klassen TP, Wright RB
19187397

Dipsticks and diagnostic algorithms in urinary tract infection: development and validation, randomised trial, economic analysis, observational cohort and qualitative study.
Little P, Turner S, Rumsby K, Warner G, Moore M, Lowes J, Smith H, Hawke C, Turner D, Leydo
19364448

Dipsticks and diagnostic algorithms in urinary tract infection: development and validation, randomised trial, economic analysis, observational cohort and qualitative study.
Little P, Turner S, Rumsby K, Warner G, Moore M, Lowes J, Smith H, Hawke C, Turner D, Leydo
19364448

Incidence and clinical predictors of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis: A population-based study.
Wilson FC, Icen M, Crowson CS, McEvoy MT, Gabriel SE, Kremers HM
19177544

Manuka honey vs. hydrogel--a prospective, open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial to compare desloughing efficacy and healing outcomes in venous ulcers.
Gethin G, Cowman S
18752540