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Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms.

Brazzelli M, Sandercock PA, Chappell FM, Celani MG, Righetti E, Arestis N, Wardlaw JM, Deeks JJ.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD007424.PMID: 19821415 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men.

Siegfried N, Muller M, Deeks JJ, Volmink J.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 15;(2):CD003362. Review.PMID: 19370585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evidence of methodological bias in hospital standardised mortality ratios: retrospective database study of English hospitals.

Mohammed MA, Deeks JJ, Girling A, Rudge G, Carmalt M, Stevens AJ, Lilford RJ.

BMJ. 2009 Mar 18;338:b780. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b780. Erratum in: BMJ. 2009 Apr 1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1348. PMID: 19297447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

An empirical comparison of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy showed hierarchical models are necessary.

Harbord RM, Whiting P, Sterne JA, Egger M, Deeks JJ, Shang A, Bachmann LM.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;61(11):1095-103. Review.PMID: 19208372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic review of effect of community-level interventions to reduce maternal mortality.

Kidney E, Winter HR, Khan KS, Gülmezoglu AM, Meads CA, Deeks JJ, Macarthur C.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2009 Jan 20;9:2. Review.PMID: 19154588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use of T cell-based diagnosis of tuberculosis infection to optimize interpretation of tuberculin skin testing for child tuberculosis contacts.

Bakir M, Dosanjh DP, Deeks JJ, Soysal A, Millington KA, Efe S, Aslan Y, Polat D, Kodalli N, Yagci A, Barlan I, Bahceciler N, Demiralp EE, Lalvani A.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 1;48(3):302-12.PMID: 19123864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy.

Leeflang MM, Deeks JJ, Gatsonis C, Bossuyt PM; Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Working Group.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Dec 16;149(12):889-97.PMID: 19075208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

When should a new test become the current reference standard?

Glasziou P, Irwig L, Deeks JJ.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Dec 2;149(11):816-22.PMID: 19047029 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

No evidence of bias in the process of publication of diagnostic accuracy studies in stroke submitted as abstracts.

Brazzelli M, Lewis SC, Deeks JJ, Sandercock PA.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;62(4):425-30. Epub 2008 Nov 14.PMID: 19013759 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic value of a T-cell-based, interferon-gamma biomarker in children with tuberculosis contact.

Bakir M, Millington KA, Soysal A, Deeks JJ, Efee S, Aslan Y, Dosanjh DP, Lalvani A.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Dec 2;149(11):777-87. Epub 2008 Oct 20.PMID: 18936496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Screening tests for detecting open-angle glaucoma: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mowatt G, Burr JM, Cook JA, Siddiqui MA, Ramsay C, Fraser C, Azuara-Blanco A, Deeks JJ; OAG Screening Project.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Dec;49(12):5373-85. Epub 2008 Jul 9. Review.PMID: 18614810 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In the context of performance monitoring, the caterpillar plot should be mothballed in favor of the funnel plot.

Mohammed MA, Deeks JJ.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jul;86(1):348; author reply 349. No abstract available. PMID: 18573460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A simplified 4-site economical intradermal post-exposure rabies vaccine regimen: a randomised controlled comparison with standard methods.

Warrell MJ, Riddell A, Yu LM, Phipps J, Diggle L, Bourhy H, Deeks JJ, Fooks AR, Audry L, Brookes SM, Meslin FX, Moxon R, Pollard AJ, Warrell DA.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 Apr 23;2(4):e224.PMID: 18431444 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Graphical presentation of diagnostic information.

Whiting PF, Sterne JA, Westwood ME, Bachmann LM, Harbord R, Egger M, Deeks JJ.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Apr 11;8:20. Review.PMID: 18405357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improved diagnostic evaluation of suspected tuberculosis.

Dosanjh DP, Hinks TS, Innes JA, Deeks JJ, Pasvol G, Hackforth S, Varia H, Millington KA, Gunatheesan R, Guyot-Revol V, Lalvani A.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Mar 4;148(5):325-36. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med.2008 Apr 15;148(8):635. PMID: 18316751 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Three methods to construct predictive models using logistic regression and likelihood ratios to facilitate adjustment for pretest probability give similar results.

Chan SF, Deeks JJ, Macaskill P, Irwig L.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;61(1):52-63. Epub 2007 Jul 16.PMID: 18083462 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dynamic relationship between IFN-gamma and IL-2 profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells and antigen load.

Millington KA, Innes JA, Hackforth S, Hinks TS, Deeks JJ, Dosanjh DP, Guyot-Revol V, Gunatheesan R, Klenerman P, Lalvani A.

J Immunol. 2007 Apr 15;178(8):5217-26.PMID: 17404305 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A one-item question with a Likert or Visual Analog Scale adequately measured current anxiety.

Davey HM, Barratt AL, Butow PN, Deeks JJ.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 Apr;60(4):356-60. Epub 2006 Dec 27.PMID: 17346609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Word limits best explain failings of industry supported meta-analyses.

Deeks JJ.

BMJ. 2006 Nov 11;333(7576):1021. No abstract available. PMID: 17095791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic reviews of clinical decision tools for acute abdominal pain.

Liu JL, Wyatt JC, Deeks JJ, Clamp S, Keen J, Verde P, Ohmann C, Wellwood J, Dawes M, Altman DG.

Health Technol Assess. 2006 Nov;10(47):1-167, iii-iv. Review.PMID: 17083855 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of needle size on immunogenicity and reactogenicity of vaccines in infants: randomised controlled trial.

Diggle L, Deeks JJ, Pollard AJ.

BMJ. 2006 Sep 16;333(7568):571. Epub 2006 Aug 4.PMID: 16891328 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Systematic reviews of diagnostic tests in cancer: review of methods and reporting.

Mallett S, Deeks JJ, Halligan S, Hopewell S, Cornelius V, Altman DG.

BMJ. 2006 Aug 26;333(7565):413. Epub 2006 Jul 18. Review.PMID: 16849365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dynamic antigen-specific T-cell responses after point-source exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Ewer K, Millington KA, Deeks JJ, Alvarez L, Bryant G, Lalvani A.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Oct 1;174(7):831-9. Epub 2006 Jun 23.PMID: 16799072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A unification of models for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies.

Harbord RM, Deeks JJ, Egger M, Whiting P, Sterne JA.

Biostatistics. 2007 Apr;8(2):239-51. Epub 2006 May 11. Erratum in: Biostatistics. 2008 Oct;9(4):779. PMID: 16698768 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A critical appraisal of the Australian comparative trial of methadone and buprenorphine maintenance.

Caplehorn J, Deeks JJ.

Drug Alcohol Rev. 2006 Mar;25(2):157-60. Review.PMID: 16627305 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Much ado about nothing: a comparison of the performance of meta-analytical methods with rare events.

Bradburn MJ, Deeks JJ, Berlin JA, Russell Localio A.

Stat Med. 2007 Jan 15;26(1):53-77.PMID: 16596572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: systematic review.

Whiting P, Harbord R, Main C, Deeks JJ, Filippini G, Egger M, Sterne JA.

BMJ. 2006 Apr 15;332(7546):875-84. Epub 2006 Mar 24. Review.PMID: 16565096 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

An assessment of the publicly disseminated evidence of safety used in decisions to withdraw medicinal products from the UK and US markets.

Clarke A, Deeks JJ, Shakir SA.

Drug Saf. 2006;29(2):175-81.PMID: 16454545 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

CT colonography in the detection of colorectal polyps and cancer: systematic review, meta-analysis, and proposed minimum data set for study level reporting.

Halligan S, Altman DG, Taylor SA, Mallett S, Deeks JJ, Bartram CI, Atkin W.

Radiology. 2005 Dec;237(3):893-904. Review.PMID: 16304111 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of BCG vaccination on risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children with household tuberculosis contact: a prospective community-based study.

Soysal A, Millington KA, Bakir M, Dosanjh D, Aslan Y, Deeks JJ, Efe S, Staveley I, Ewer K, Lalvani A.

Lancet. 2005 Oct 22-28;366(9495):1443-51.PMID: 16243089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The performance of tests of publication bias and other sample size effects in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy was assessed.

Deeks JJ, Macaskill P, Irwig L.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Sep;58(9):882-93.PMID: 16085191 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Indirect comparisons of competing interventions.

Glenny AM, Altman DG, Song F, Sakarovitch C, Deeks JJ, D'Amico R, Bradburn M, Eastwood AJ; International Stroke Trial Collaborative Group.

Health Technol Assess. 2005 Jul;9(26):1-134, iii-iv.PMID: 16014203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Schizophrenia and suicide: systematic review of risk factors.

Hawton K, Sutton L, Haw C, Sinclair J, Deeks JJ.

Br J Psychiatry. 2005 Jul;187:9-20. Review.PMID: 15994566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae and nonspecific morbidity in infants and their families: a cohort study.

Sleeman KL, Daniels L, Gardiner M, Griffiths D, Deeks JJ, Dagan R, Gupta S, Moxon ER, Peto TE, Crook DW.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Feb;24(2):121-7.PMID: 15702039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Concerning: 'The number needed to treat needs an associated odds estimation'.

Alderson P, Deeks JJ.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2004 Dec;26(4):400; author reply 401. No abstract available. PMID: 15598862 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists on mortality and renal outcomes in diabetic nephropathy: systematic review.

Strippoli GF, Craig M, Deeks JJ, Schena FP, Craig JC.

BMJ. 2004 Oct 9;329(7470):828. Epub 2004 Sep 30. Review.PMID: 15459003 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults.

Demicheli V, Rivetti D, Deeks JJ, Jefferson TO.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(3):CD001269. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(2):CD001269. PMID: 15266445 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Amantadine and rimantadine for preventing and treating influenza A in adults.

Jefferson T, Deeks JJ, Demicheli V, Rivetti D, Rudin M.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(3):CD001169. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006;(2):CD001169. PMID: 15266442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios.

Deeks JJ, Altman DG.

BMJ. 2004 Jul 17;329(7458):168-9. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15258077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Systematic review and modelling of the investigation of acute and chronic chest pain presenting in primary care.

Mant J, McManus RJ, Oakes RA, Delaney BC, Barton PM, Deeks JJ, Hammersley L, Davies RC, Davies MK, Hobbs FD.

Health Technol Assess. 2004 Feb;8(2):iii, 1-158. Review.PMID: 14754562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies.

Deeks JJ, Dinnes J, D'Amico R, Sowden AJ, Sakarovitch C, Song F, Petticrew M, Altman DG; International Stroke Trial Collaborative Group; European Carotid Surgery Trial Collaborative Group.

Health Technol Assess. 2003;7(27):iii-x, 1-173. Review.PMID: 14499048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses.

Higgins JP, Thompson SG, Deeks JJ, Altman DG.

BMJ. 2003 Sep 6;327(7414):557-60. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12958120 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Validity of indirect comparison for estimating efficacy of competing interventions: empirical evidence from published meta-analyses.

Song F, Altman DG, Glenny AM, Deeks JJ.

BMJ. 2003 Mar 1;326(7387):472.PMID: 12609941 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Efficacy, tolerability, and upper gastrointestinal safety of celecoxib for treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Deeks JJ, Smith LA, Bradley MD.

BMJ. 2002 Sep 21;325(7365):619. Review.PMID: 12242171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Accuracy of history, wheezing, and forced expiratory time in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Straus SE, McAlister FA, Sackett DL, Deeks JJ; CARE-COAD2 Group. Clinical Assessment of the Reliability of the Examination-Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease.

J Gen Intern Med. 2002 Sep;17(9):684-8.PMID: 12220364 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Amantadine and rimantadine for preventing and treating influenza A in adults.

Jefferson TO, Demicheli V, Deeks JJ, Rivetti D.

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Issues in the selection of a summary statistic for meta-analysis of clinical trials with binary outcomes.

Deeks JJ.

Stat Med. 2002 Jun 15;21(11):1575-600.PMID: 12111921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Meta-analysis, Simpson's paradox, and the number needed to treat.

Altman DG, Deeks JJ.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2002;2:3. Epub 2002 Jan 25.PMID: 11860606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A systematic review of the evidence for rapid access chest pain clinics.

McManus RJ, Mant J, Davies MK, Davis RC, Deeks JJ, Oakes RA, Hobbs FD.

Int J Clin Pract. 2002 Jan-Feb;56(1):29-33. Review.PMID: 11833553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults.

Demicheli V, Rivetti D, Deeks JJ, Jefferson TO.

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