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Table of contents http://ebm.bmj.com/content/vol15/issue1/ Monday 1 February 2010 In this email Purpose and procedure | Editorials | Therapeutics | Diagnosis | Reprinted from: DTB Purpose and procedure Purpose and procedure Editorials New look Evidence-Based Medicine Julie Solomon Therapeutics Simple physical interventions such as hand washing and wearing masks can reduce spread of respiratory viruses Benjamin J Cowling, Gabriel M Leung Combined educational and contraceptive interventions reduce unplanned teenage pregnancy, but how useful is this finding for policy and practice? Adam Fletcher Feedback to internal medicine ward physicians from multidisciplinary antimicrobial use teams improves appropriate antimicrobial use Forest W Arnold No difference between short-course and long-course antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in children, but available evidence limited Diederik van de Beek, Matthijs C Brouwer High efficacy of HPV 16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine shown against CIN2+ associated with HPV-16/18 and non-vaccine oncogenic HPV types Lisa Rambout Use of inhaled budesonide for 1 year does not increase risk of pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease P John Rees "Hospital at home" care shows similar mortality and subsequent hospital admissions to hospital care for older patients with acutely decompensated chronic heart failure Martin R Cowie Healthcare assistant case management may reduce depression symptoms in primary care patients with major depression more than usual care Tony Kendrick Induction of labour improves maternal outcomes compared with expectant monitoring in women with gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia Baha M Sibai Immediate colposcopy referral in women with low-grade abnormal results on cervical cytology detects more CIN2 or worse lesions than cytological surveillance in primary care, but might lead to overtreatment Marc Arbyn, Pierre Martin-Hirsch, Frank Buntinx Effects of physical fitness training on mortality, independence and disability after stroke unclear Gudrun Boysen Antipyretic drugs do not reduce recurrences of febrile seizures in children with previous febrile seizure Andrew L Lux Interactive booklet reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in children, but not parent satisfaction Alastair D Hay Web-based screening and brief motivational intervention reduces alcohol use in heavy-drinking undergraduates at up to 6 months John T P Hustad, Brian Borsari Preventive antibiotics reduce infections but not mortality in adults with acute stroke Stefan Schwarz Adding atypical antipsychotics to antidepressants increases response in treatment-resistant major depression but increases discontinuation as a result of adverse events Gabor I Keitner Neuraminidase inhibitors produce a small reduction in duration of seasonal influenza in children and reduce transmission in affected households, but effects on serious complications unclear Tom Jefferson Knee strengthening exercises at home, but not dietary intervention, reduce knee pain and improve knee function in overweight and obese people over 2 years Stephen P Messier Primary care screening and brief counselling for overweight or mildly obese children does not improve BMI, nutrition or physical activity Mark S Tremblay, Gary S Goldfield Corticosteroids added to antibiotic therapy aid pain resolution in adults with sore throat, particularly severe or exudative sore throat Warren McIsaac Cochrane Review highlights the need for more targeted research on the tolerability of malaria chemoprophylaxis in travellers Patricia Schlagenhauf No difference in peak troponin level in immediate versus delayed (next working day) intervention for acute coronary syndrome without ST-segment elevation Christopher B. Granger Diagnosis Point-of-care D-dimer tests can contribute to patient management in outpatients with suspected venous thromboembolism, particularly those at low risk M Tan, M V Huisman GPs good at ruling out depression in primary care, but false positives common Sharone Abramowitz, Chizobam Ani Reprinted from: DTB Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease?

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Table of contents http://ebm.bmj.com/content/vol14/issue6/ Tuesday 1 December 2009 In this email Purpose and procedure | EBM notebook | Resource reviews | Therapeutics | Diagnosis | Prognosis | Clinical prediction guide | Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club | Other articles noted | Glossary Purpose and procedure Purpose and procedure EBM notebook Jottings ... Paul Glasziou Stratification for exploring heterogeneity in systematic reviews Derrick A Bennett, Jonathan R Emberson A conversation with Per Vandvik about incorporating evidence-based medicine in clinical practice Letter: Looking at the bigger picture while treating type 2 diabetes mellitus Bimal K Agrawal Retraction of article from Evidence-Based Medicine Paul Glasziou Resource reviews Resource review Miriam Bell Resource reviews Joerg J Meerpohl Resource reviews Kamal R Mahtani Therapeutics Review: intensive glucose control reduced some CV events but did not change mortality in type 2 diabetes Lorraine L Lipscombe Rosiglitazone was non-inferior to metformin plus sulphonylurea for CV events but increased risk of HF and fractures in type 2 diabetes Lorraine L Lipscombe Minimally invasive and conventional glucose monitoring did not differ for long-term glycaemic control in insulin-treated diabetes Sean F Dinneen, M Conall Dennedy, Kalpana Muthusamy, Steven A Smith Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer may not reduce colorectal cancer incidence or mortality Ronald L Koretz Review: aspirin reduces vascular events but increases bleeding in primary and secondary prevention Debabrata Mukherjee Review: aspirin does not reduce CV events but may reduce non-fatal stroke in peripheral artery disease Paracetamol plus ibuprofen reduced fever in young children faster than paracetamol alone but not ibuprofen alone Inge Axelsson Benefits of budesonide or nedocromil for mild to moderate asthma in children were not sustained after discontinuation Craig Mellis Review: exercise interventions reduce falls in elderly people living in the community Jayna M Holroyd-Leduc In patients with type 2 diabetes, perindopril-indapamide had similar relative reductions in mortality and cardiac events regardless of AF status KL Venkatachalam, Gunjan Y Gandhi Both weight-bearing and non–weight-bearing exercise improved function in patients with knee osteoarthritis Olivier Bruyere Simulated acupuncture and real acupuncture both reduced low back pain dysfunction and symptoms Katherine Margo Review: evidence for the effectiveness of non-surgical interventions for low back pain and radiculopathy is limited Bruce Rothschild Review: evidence for the effectiveness of surgery for low back pain, radiculopathy, and spinal stenosis is limited Review: erythropoiesis-stimulating agents increase mortality in patients with cancer Ursula Matulonis Diagnosis The office-based blood agar plate culture was more sensitive than the rapid antigen detection test for detecting pharyngitis Marjan Kljakovic Review: the Ottawa Ankle rules are accurate for excluding fractures in acute blunt ankle/midfoot injury in children Anthony Crocco Prognosis Site of psoriasis (scalp or intergluteal/perianal), 3 affected sites, and nail dystrophy predicted psoriatic arthritis in incident psoriasis B Daniel McLeod Clinical prediction guide The Intermountain Risk Score, based on common laboratory tests, was highly predictive of short-term mortality Bruce E Johnson Review: 3 prediction rules, particularly ABCD, identify ED patients who can be discharged with low risk of stroke after TIA Andrew Worster Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club Additional articles abstracted in ACP Journal Club Other articles noted Other articles noted Glossary Glossary

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