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Errors in the Conduct of Systematic Reviews of Pharmacological Interventions for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Ford AC, Guyatt GH, Talley NJ, Moayyedi P.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19920807 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Steroid use in critically ill septic patients: acknowledging the uncertainty.

Jaeschke R, Guyatt G.

Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2009 Nov;119(11):694-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19920791 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Subgroup Analysis of Trials Is Rarely Easy (SATIRE): a study protocol for a systematic review to characterize the analysis, reporting, and claim of subgroup effects in randomized trials.

Sun X, Briel M, Busse JW, Akl EA, You JJ, Mejza F, Bala M, Diaz-Granados N, Bassler D, Mertz D, Srinathan SK, Vandvik PO, Malaga G, Alshurafa M, Dahm P, Alonso-Coello P, Heels-Ansdell DM, Bhatnagar N, Johnston BC, Wang L, Walter SD, Altman DG, Guyatt GH.

Trials. 2009 Nov 9;10:101.PMID: 19900273 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Corticosteroid therapy for acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and severe pneumonia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Lamontagne F, Briel M, Guyatt GH, Cook DJ, Bhatnagar N, Meade M.

J Crit Care. 2009 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19896324 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Disease-specific education in the primary care setting increases the knowledge of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial.

Hill K, Mangovski-Alzamora S, Blouin M, Guyatt G, Heels-Ansdell D, Bragaglia P, Tamari I, Jones K, Goldstein R.

Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Oct 21. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19853399 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The minimal detectable change cannot reliably replace the minimal important difference.

Turner D, Schünemann HJ, Griffith LE, Beaton DE, Griffiths AM, Critch JN, Guyatt GH.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19800198 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

"Pragmatic" clinical trials: from whose perspective?

Karanicolas PJ, Montori VM, Schünemann H, Guyatt GH.

Evid Based Med. 2009 Oct;14(5):130-1. No abstract available. PMID: 19794008 [PubMed]Related articles

The diabetes mellitus medication choice decision aid: a randomized trial.

Mullan RJ, Montori VM, Shah ND, Christianson TJ, Bryant SC, Guyatt GH, Perestelo-Perez LI, Stroebel RJ, Yawn BP, Yapuncich V, Breslin MA, Pencille L, Smith SA.

Arch Intern Med. 2009 Sep 28;169(17):1560-8.PMID: 19786674 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

2009 evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing a first episode of lower extremities deep vein thrombosis in ambulatory outpatients.

Jaeschke R, Gajewski P, Bates SM, Douketis J, Solnica B, Crowther M, Leśniak W, Brozek JL, Schünemann HJ, Zawilska K, Tomkowski W, Undas A, Sznajd J, Nizankowski R, Bała MM, Guyatt G.

Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2009 Sep;119(9):541-9.PMID: 19776698 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Incorporating multiple interventions in meta-analysis: an evaluation of the mixed treatment comparison with the adjusted indirect comparison.

O'Regan C, Ghement I, Eyawo O, Guyatt GH, Mills EJ.

Trials. 2009 Sep 21;10:86.PMID: 19772573 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Curricula for teaching the content of clinical practice guidelines to family medicine and internal medicine residents in the US: a survey study.

Akl EA, Mustafa R, Wilson MC, Symons A, Moheet A, Rosenthal T, Guyatt GH, Schünemann HJ.

Implement Sci. 2009 Sep 21;4:59.PMID: 19772570 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

How to ascertain drug safety in the context of benefit. Controversies and concerns.

Simon LS, Strand CV, Boers M, Brooks PM, Tugwell PS, Bombardier C, Fries JF, Henry D, Goldkind L, Guyatt G, Laupacis A, Lynd L, Macdonald T, Mamdani M, Moore A, Saag KS, Silman AJ, Stevens R, Tyndall A.

J Rheumatol. 2009 Sep;36(9):2114-21.PMID: 19738223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Combined corticosteroid and antiviral treatment for Bell palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

de Almeida JR, Al Khabori M, Guyatt GH, Witterick IJ, Lin VY, Nedzelski JM, Chen JM.

JAMA. 2009 Sep 2;302(9):985-93. Review.PMID: 19724046 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparing the USPSTF and GRADE approaches to recommendations.

Guyatt GH, Helfand M, Kunz R.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Sep 1;151(5):363; author reply 363-4. No abstract available. PMID: 19721027 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Assessing disease activity in ulcerative colitis: Patients or their physicians?

Turner D, Griffiths AM, Mack D, Otley AR, Seow CH, Steinhart AH, Silverberg MS, Hyams J, Guyatt GH.

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2009 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19708058 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Comondore VR, Devereaux PJ, Zhou Q, Stone SB, Busse JW, Ravindran NC, Burns KE, Haines T, Stringer B, Cook DJ, Walter SD, Sullivan T, Berwanger O, Bhandari M, Banglawala S, Lavis JN, Petrisor B, Schünemann H, Walsh K, Bhatnagar N, Guyatt GH.

BMJ. 2009 Aug 4;339:b2732. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2732. Review.PMID: 19654184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of quality of evidence on the strength of recommendations: an empirical study.

Djulbegovic B, Trikalinos TA, Roback J, Chen R, Guyatt G.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Jul 21;9:120.PMID: 19622148 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Should clinicians deliver decision AIDS? Further exploration of the statin choice randomized trial results.

Jones LA, Weymiller AJ, Shah N, Bryant SC, Christianson TJ, Guyatt GH, Gafni A, Smith SA, Montori VM.

Med Decis Making. 2009 Jul-Aug;29(4):468-74. Epub 2009 Jul 15.PMID: 19605885 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Stopping randomized trials early for benefit: a protocol of the Study Of Trial Policy Of Interim Truncation-2 (STOPIT-2).

Briel M, Lane M, Montori VM, Bassler D, Glasziou P, Malaga G, Akl EA, Ferreira-Gonzalez I, Alonso-Coello P, Urrutia G, Kunz R, Culebro CR, da Silva SA, Flynn DN, Elamin MB, Strahm B, Murad MH, Djulbegovic B, Adhikari NK, Mills EJ, Gwadry-Sridhar F, Kirpalani H, Soares HP, Elnour NO, You JJ, Karanicolas PJ, Bucher HC, Lampropulos JF, Nordmann AJ, Burns KE, Mulla SM, Raatz H, Sood A, Kaur J, Bankhead CR, Mullan RJ, Nerenberg KA, Vandvik PO, Coto-Yglesias F, Schünemann H, Tuche F, Chrispim PP, Cook DJ, Lutz K, Ribic CM, Vale N, Erwin PJ, Perera R, Zhou Q, Heels-Ansdell D, Ramsay T, Walter SD, Guyatt GH.

Trials. 2009 Jul 6;10:49.PMID: 19580665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Interobserver reliability of classification systems to rate the quality of femoral neck fracture reduction.

Karanicolas PJ, Bhandari M, Walter SD, Heels-Ansdell D, Sanders D, Schemitsch E, Guyatt GH.

J Orthop Trauma. 2009 Jul;23(6):408-12.PMID: 19550226 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

ACP Journal Club. "Pragmatic" clinical trials: from whose perspective?

Karanicolas PJ, Montori VM, Schünemann HJ, Guyatt GH.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jun 16;150(12):JC6-2, JC6-3. No abstract available. PMID: 19528548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

LOST to follow-up Information in Trials (LOST-IT): a protocol on the potential impact.

Akl EA, Briel M, You JJ, Lamontagne F, Gangji A, Cukierman-Yaffe T, Alshurafa M, Sun X, Nerenberg KA, Johnston BC, Vera C, Mills EJ, Bassler D, Salazar A, Bhatnagar N, Busse JW, Khalid Z, Walter S, Cook DJ, Schünemann HJ, Altman DG, Guyatt GH.

Trials. 2009 Jun 11;10:40.PMID: 19519891 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does ratification of human-rights treaties have effects on population health?

Palmer A, Tomkinson J, Phung C, Ford N, Joffres M, Fernandes KA, Zeng L, Lima V, Montaner JS, Guyatt GH, Mills EJ.

Lancet. 2009 Jun 6;373(9679):1987-92.PMID: 19501746 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines: Part 2 of 3. The GRADE approach to grading quality of evidence about diagnostic tests and strategies.

Brozek JL, Akl EA, Jaeschke R, Lang DM, Bossuyt P, Glasziou P, Helfand M, Ueffing E, Alonso-Coello P, Meerpohl J, Phillips B, Horvath AR, Bousquet J, Guyatt GH, Schünemann HJ; GRADE Working Group.

Allergy. 2009 Aug;64(8):1109-16. Epub 2009 May 29. Review.PMID: 19489757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The more the better?: the impact of surgeon and hospital volume on in-hospital mortality following colorectal resection.

Karanicolas PJ, Dubois L, Colquhoun PH, Swallow CJ, Walter SD, Guyatt GH.

Ann Surg. 2009 Jun;249(6):954-9.PMID: 19474684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire: development and psychometric properties.

Hilditch JR, Lewis J, Peter A, van Maris B, Ross A, Franssen E, Guyatt GH, Norton PG, Dunn E.

Maturitas. 2008 Sep-Oct;61(1-2):107-21.PMID: 19434884 [PubMed]Related articles

Evaluating agreement: conducting a reliability study.

Karanicolas PJ, Bhandari M, Kreder H, Moroni A, Richardson M, Walter SD, Norman GR, Guyatt GH; Collaboration for Outcome Assessment in Surgical Trials (COAST) Musculoskeletal Group.

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 May;91 Suppl 3:99-106.PMID: 19411507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Design, analysis, and presentation of crossover trials.

Mills EJ, Chan AW, Wu P, Vail A, Guyatt GH, Altman DG.

Trials. 2009 Apr 30;10:27. Review.PMID: 19405975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Optimizing the use of patient data to improve outcomes for patients: narcotics for chronic noncancer pain.

Busse JW, Guyatt GH.

Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2009 Apr;9(2):171-9. Review.PMID: 19402805 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical experts or methodologists to write clinical guidelines?

Hirsh J, Guyatt G.

Lancet. 2009 Jul 25;374(9686):273-5. Epub 2009 Apr 23. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 19394076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Composite outcomes can distort the nature and magnitude of treatment benefits in clinical trials.

Ferreira-Gonzalez I, Permanyer-Miralda G, Busse JW, Devereaux PJ, Guyatt GH, Alonso-Coello P, Montori VM.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Apr 21;150(8):566-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19380859 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use of both Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire and Short Form-36 among tibial-fracture patients was redundant.

Busse JW, Bhandari M, Guyatt GH, Heels-Ansdell D, Mandel S, Sanders D, Schemitsch E, Swiontkowski M, Tornetta P 3rd, Wai E, Walter SD; SPRINT Investigators.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Nov;62(11):1210-7. Epub 2009 Apr 11.PMID: 19364637 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Immunotherapy improves health-related quality of life of adult patients with dermal reactions following yellow jacket stings.

Oude Elberink JN, van der Heide S, Guyatt GH, Dubois AE.

Clin Exp Allergy. 2009 Jun;39(6):883-9. Epub 2009 Apr 2.PMID: 19364334 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Choice of data extraction tools for systematic reviews depends on resources and review complexity.

Elamin MB, Flynn DN, Bassler D, Briel M, Alonso-Coello P, Karanicolas PJ, Guyatt GH, Malaga G, Furukawa TA, Kunz R, Schünemann H, Murad MH, Barbui C, Cipriani A, Montori VM.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 May;62(5):506-10. Review.PMID: 19348977 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The practicalists' response.

Karanicolas PJ, Montori VM, Devereaux PJ, Schünemann H, Guyatt GH.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 May;62(5):489-94. No abstract available. PMID: 19348974 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epistemologic inquiries in evidence-based medicine.

Djulbegovic B, Guyatt GH, Ashcroft RE.

Cancer Control. 2009 Apr;16(2):158-68.PMID: 19337202 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Low intensity pulsed ultrasonography for fractures: systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Busse JW, Kaur J, Mollon B, Bhandari M, Tornetta P 3rd, Schünemann HJ, Guyatt GH.

BMJ. 2009 Feb 27;338:b351. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b351. Review.PMID: 19251751 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A treatment decision aid may increase patient trust in the diabetes specialist. The Statin Choice randomized trial.

Nannenga MR, Montori VM, Weymiller AJ, Smith SA, Christianson TJ, Bryant SC, Gafni A, Charles C, Mullan RJ, Jones LA, Bolona ER, Guyatt GH.

Health Expect. 2009 Mar;12(1):38-44.PMID: 19250151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estimating risk difference from relative association measures in meta-analysis can infrequently pose interpretational challenges.

Murad MH, Montori VM, Walter SD, Guyatt GH.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;62(8):865-7. Epub 2009 Feb 20.PMID: 19230610 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Association between change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

Briel M, Ferreira-Gonzalez I, You JJ, Karanicolas PJ, Akl EA, Wu P, Blechacz B, Bassler D, Wei X, Sharman A, Whitt I, Alves da Silva S, Khalid Z, Nordmann AJ, Zhou Q, Walter SD, Vale N, Bhatnagar N, O'Regan C, Mills EJ, Bucher HC, Montori VM, Guyatt GH.

BMJ. 2009 Feb 16;338:b92. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b92. Review.PMID: 19221140 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines. Part 1 of 3. An overview of the GRADE approach and grading quality of evidence about interventions.

Brozek JL, Akl EA, Alonso-Coello P, Lang D, Jaeschke R, Williams JW, Phillips B, Lelgemann M, Lethaby A, Bousquet J, Guyatt GH, Schünemann HJ; GRADE Working Group.

Allergy. 2009 May;64(5):669-77. Review.PMID: 19210357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effects of metformin on endogenous androgens and SHBG in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Barba M, Schünemann HJ, Sperati F, Akl EA, Musicco F, Guyatt G, Muti P.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 May;70(5):661-70. Epub 2008 Oct 21.PMID: 19178532 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How to use an article about genetic association: C: What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?

Attia J, Ioannidis JP, Thakkinstian A, McEvoy M, Scott RJ, Minelli C, Thompson J, Infante-Rivard C, Guyatt G.

JAMA. 2009 Jan 21;301(3):304-8.PMID: 19155457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

How to use an article about genetic association: B: Are the results of the study valid?

Attia J, Ioannidis JP, Thakkinstian A, McEvoy M, Scott RJ, Minelli C, Thompson J, Infante-Rivard C, Guyatt G.

JAMA. 2009 Jan 14;301(2):191-7.PMID: 19141767 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The safety of formoterol among patients with asthma using inhaled corticosteroids. Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jaeschke R, O'Byrne PM, Nair P, Mejza F, Leśniak W, Brozek J, Thabane L, Cheng J, Bała M, Schünemann HJ, Sears MR, Guyatt G.

Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2008 Nov;118(11):627-35. Review.PMID: 19140566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

How to use an article about genetic association: A: Background concepts.

Attia J, Ioannidis JP, Thakkinstian A, McEvoy M, Scott RJ, Minelli C, Thompson J, Infante-Rivard C, Guyatt G.

JAMA. 2009 Jan 7;301(1):74-81. Erratum in: JAMA. 2009 Mar 11;301(10):1024. PMID: 19126812 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Duration of pulmonary rehabilitation to achieve a plateau in quality of life and walk test in COPD.

Solanes I, Güell R, Casan P, Sotomayor C, Gonzalez A, Feixas T, Gonzalez M, Guyatt G.

Respir Med. 2009 May;103(5):722-8. Epub 2008 Dec 30.PMID: 19117744 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

GRADE: assessing the quality of evidence for diagnostic recommendations.

Schünemann HJ, Oxman AD, Brozek J, Glasziou P, Bossuyt P, Chang S, Muti P, Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH.

ACP J Club. 2008 Dec 16;149(6):2. No abstract available. PMID: 19071869 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mesenteric angiography for the localization and treatment of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Karanicolas PJ, Colquhoun PH, Dahlke E, Guyatt GH.

Can J Surg. 2008 Dec;51(6):437-41.PMID: 19057731 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Incorporating patient preferences in evidence-based medicine.

Murad MH, Montori VM, Guyatt GH.

JAMA. 2008 Dec 3;300(21):2483; author reply 2483-4. No abstract available. PMID: 19050187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles