BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine: 23 (6)

EBM opinion and debate

Redefining rapid reviews: a flexible framework for restricted systematic reviews (27 June, 2018) Free
Annette Plüddemann, Jeffrey K Aronson, Igho Onakpoya, Carl Heneghan, Kamal R Mahtani
A word about evidence: ‘rapid reviews’ or ‘restricted reviews’? (29 June, 2018)
Jeffrey K Aronson, Carl Heneghan, Kamal R Mahtani, Annette Plüddemann

General medicine: Developing tools to enhance the use of systematic reviews for clinical care in health systems (7 September, 2018)
Allison S Morrow, Stephen P Whiteside, Leslie A Sim, Juan P Brito, Zhen Wang, Mohammad H Murad

General medicine: When to include clinical study reports and regulatory documents in systematic reviews (11 October, 2018) Free
Tom Jefferson, Peter Doshi, Isabelle Boutron, Su Golder, Carl Heneghan, Alex Hodkinson, Mark Jones, Carol Lefebvre, Lesley A Stewart

General medicine: Edoxaban is non-inferior to low-molecular-weight heparin for treating cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (29 June, 2018)
Lori-Ann Linkins
General medicine: Hormone therapy should not be prescribed for primary prevention of chronic medical conditions in asymptomatic postmenopausal women (14 July, 2018)
Catriona Hilton, Henry Boardman
Primary care: Trimethoprim is associated with a greater risk of acute kidney injury and hyperkalaemia in older adults compared with other antibiotics used to treat UTIs (29 June, 2018)
Oghenekome Gbinigie
Primary care: Deprescribing cardiovascular drugs in low-risk patients increases the risk of uncontrolled blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol (17 July, 2018)
Daniel Caldeira
Surgery: Frailty and frailty-related factors are associated with postoperative complications in older patients undergoing elective surgery (19 July, 2018)
Jai Darvall, Ruth E Hubbard