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The purpose and procedure section in each issue of Evidence-Based Medicine describes the criteria for selecting articles for inclusion. The journals read are listed at http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/journalslist.asp. All articles that meet our criteria in the reviewed journals are cited in Evidence-Based Medicine, but there is not enough space to abstract them all. The following articles passed all criteria but were not abstracted. Practising clinicians rated them for clinical relevance and newsworthiness, and the mean scores are displayed. A fuller list of articles and a sample of the rating form are available on the Evidence-Based Medicine web site (http://ebm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/14/1/e5).
Therapeutics
Baruch L, Agarwal S, Gupta B, et al. Effect on serum lipid levels of switching dose of ezetimibe from 10 to 5 mg. Am J Cardiol 2009;103:1568–71. IM/Ambulatory care 6/7; Endocrine 6/7; GP/FP/Primary care 5/7
Becker DJ, Gordon RY, Halbert SC, et al. Red yeast rice for dyslipidemia in statin-intolerant patients: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2009;150:830–9. Endocrine 6/7; GP/FP/Primary care 6/7; IM/Ambulatory care 5/7; Cardiology 5/7
Buse JB, Wolffenbuttel BH, Herman WH, et al. DURAbility of basal versus lispro mix 75/25 insulin efficacy (DURABLE) trial 24-week results: safety and efficacy of insulin lispro mix 75/25 versus insulin glargine added to oral antihyperglycemic drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2009;32:1007–13. GP/FP/Primary care 7/7
Cahill K, Stead LF, Lancaster T. Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008;(3):CD006103. Public health 6/7; IM/Ambulatory care 6/7; Cardiology 5/7
Cipriani A, La Ferla T, Furukawa TA, et al. Sertraline versus other antidepressive agents for depression. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009;(2):CD006117. GP/FP/Mental health 6/7; IM/Ambulatory care 6/7; GP/FP/Primary care 5/7; Psychiatry 5/7
Cohen SP, Strassels SA, Foster L, et al. …