Empirical evaluation of very large treatment effects of medical interventions

TV Pereira, RI Horwitz, JPA Ioannidis - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
… Thus, we randomly selected (using a random number generator) for further in-depth
evaluation 250 forest plots from each group. We estimated that in-depth evaluation of 750 forest …

[PDF][PDF] Evidence-based guideline: Clinical evaluation and treatment of transverse myelitis:[RETIRED] Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment …

TF Scott, EM Frohman, J De Seze, GS Gronseth… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
… assessing the current status of evidence-based information and for revealing the need for
much work before credible algorithms can be applied to the treatment of this syndrome. …

Evaluation and treatment of low back pain: An evidence‐based approach to clinical care

SJ Atlas, RA Nardin - Muscle & nerve, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… , efforts to summarize evidence supporting common treatments for low back … evidence. The
panel focused on recommendations for the initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment of …

Distinctions between treatment outcomes and their implications for treatment evaluation.

A Rosen, EK Proctor - Journal of Consulting and Clinical …, 1981 - psycnet.apa.org
… Unlike the intervention-outcome links that are commonly addressed in treatment evaluation,
… , intermediate and instrumental outcomes are essential components of the total interventive …

Practice Parameter: The diagnostic evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (an evidence-based review) Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the …

G Gronseth, G Cruccu, J Alksne, C Argoff, M Brainin… - Neurology, 2008 - AAN Enterprises
… There is little evidence to guide the clinician on the treatment of patients with TN who fail
first-line therapy. Some evidence supports add-on therapy with lamotrigine or a switch to …

Simultaneous comparison of multiple treatments: combining direct and indirect evidence

DM Caldwell, AE Ades, JPT Higgins - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
… , rely on evidence based evaluation of the different treatment … are the main sources of
evidence. However, most systematic … on costs and total life years gained for each treatment. The …

Evidence-based evaluation of calcium channel blockers for hypertension: equality of mortality and cardiovascular risk relative to conventional therapy

LH Opie, R Schall - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives : We present a meta-analysis based on three recent, substantial, randomized
outcome trials and several smaller trials that compared calcium channel blockers (CCBs) with …

Outcome evaluation of a high-intensity inpatient sex offender treatment program

ME Olver, SCP Wong… - Journal of Interpersonal …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
… Using Cox regression analysis, age at release and total number of prior sexual convictions
were entered as covariates into the first block followed by the binary treatment variable (ie, …

… of Helicobacter pylori eradication in chronic urticaria: evidence-based analysis using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation …

A Shakouri, E Compalati, DM Lang… - Current opinion in …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… We identified a total of 19 studies in which H. pylori eradication was undertaken in the
treatment of chronic urticaria that fit our inclusion criteria, as stated above (Table 4) [10,16–33] . …

Systematics and biogeography of hard ticks, a total evidence approach

JSH Klompen, WC Black IV, JE Keirans, DE Norris - Cladistics, 2000 - Elsevier
… on molecular data about 40% for the total evidence forces the … For example, the total
evidence analyses ing with … Relationships among the basal Ixodidae based on total evidence