Volume 16; Issue 3

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Volume 16; Issue 3

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volume 16; Issue 3

1

Tricyclic antidepressants reduce frequency of tension-type and migraine headaches compared with placebo, and intensity of headaches compared with SSRIs, but cause greater adverse effects

Molyneux, P. D.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 51 KB

english, 2011

2

Evidence from two small randomised controlled trials suggests that probiotics may reduce the duration of persistent diarrhoea in children

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 74 KB

english, 2011

3

A 3-year lifestyle intervention for adults at moderate to high risk of cardiovascular disease is cost effective when added to standard care and improves physical health-related quality of life

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 88 KB

english, 2011

4

Mortality is reduced while on opiate maintenance treatment, but there is a temporary increase in mortality immediately after starting and stopping treatment, a finding that may vary by setting

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 72 KB

english, 2011

5

Making GRADE accessible: a proposal for graphic display of evidence quality assessments

Khan, K. S., Borowiack, E., Roos, C., Kowalska, M., Zapalska, A., Mol, B. W., Mignini, L., Meads, C., Walczak, J.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 312 KB

english, 2011

6

A programme of culturally tailored dance plus an intervention to reduce screen media use does not reduce BMI over 2 years compared with health education in preadolescent low-income African American girls but does reduce depressive symptoms and lipid levels

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 74 KB

english, 2011

7

Prospective studies show that magnetic resonance angiography has high sensitivity and specificity for clinically relevant arterial steno-occlusions in adults with peripheral arterial disease symptoms

Malcolm, P. N., Lewis, M.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 72 KB

english, 2011

8

A decision aid to enhance informed decision making about bowel cancer screening improved knowledge but reduced screening uptake

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 73 KB

english, 2011

9

Morning-only polyethylene glycol preparation for afternoon colonoscopy is superior to traditional evening-before preparation

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 75 KB

english, 2011

10

Extended colonic release low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) not ready for use in ulcerative colitis

Baumgart, D. C.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 75 KB

english, 2011

11

Several clinical signs and symptoms are associated with the likelihood of bacterial meningitis in children; the most reliable diagnostic combination is uncertain

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 72 KB

english, 2011

12

Symptomatic carotid stenosis: relative to endarterectomy, stenting increases short-term risk of stroke or death in those aged over 70 years but not in younger patients

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 73 KB

english, 2011

13

Combined prophylactic -blocker and behavioural migraine management improves 30-day migraine outcomes compared with either strategy alone, or optimised acute treatment only

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 76 KB

english, 2011

14

Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome: no difference in 48-h bleeding rate or vascular access-site complications with low- or standard-dose unfractionated heparin in patients initially treated with fondaparinux

Krishnaswamy, A., Lincoff, A. M.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 77 KB

english, 2011

15

Purpose and procedure

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 49 KB

english, 2011

16

Repeated dosing of nebulised 5% saline improves respiratory scores in inpatients with mild to moderate bronchiolitis at 48 h

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 74 KB

english, 2011

17

Pregnancy-related cardiac risk in women with congenital heart disease: is it over when it's over?

Khairy, P., Fernandes, S. M., Landzberg, M. J.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 72 KB

english, 2011

18

Automated external defibrillator use for in-hospital cardiac arrest is not associated with improved survival

Gibbison, B., Soar, J.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 75 KB

english, 2011

19

In people with severe aortic stenosis unsuitable for surgery transcatheter aortic valve implantation reduces 1-year mortality compared with standard care

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 76 KB

english, 2011

20

Chinese acupuncture for chronic shoulder pain: 65% response rate at 6 weeks compared with 24% with sham acupuncture and 37% with standard conservative orthopaedic treatment

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 70 KB

english, 2011

21

Ultrasound scan for suspected appendicitis in children: risk of diagnostic inaccuracy increases with BMI at or above 85th percentile and clinical probability of appendicitis of 50% or lower

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 71 KB

english, 2011

22

Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: no difference in 30-day efficacy or safety of high- and low-dose aspirin; double-dose clopidogrel reduces 30-day risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction or stroke compared with standard dose but increases risk of major bleeding

Lala, A., Berger, J. S.

Journal:

Evidence-Based Medicine

Year:

2011

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 75 KB

english, 2011