Adjunctive methotrexate for treatment of giant cell arteritis: an individual patient data meta‐analysis

AD Mahr, JA Jover, RF Spiera… - Arthritis & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To reevaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive low‐dose methotrexate (MTX)
in giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods An individual patient data meta‐analysis of 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple treatment comparisons in epilepsy monotherapy trials

C Tudur Smith, AG Marson, DW Chadwick… - Trials, 2007 - Springer
Background The choice of antiepileptic drug for an individual should be based upon the
highest quality evidence regarding potential benefits and harms of the available treatments …

Efficacy and safety of 1,000 mg effervescent aspirin: individual patient data meta-analysis of three trials in migraine headache and migraine accompanying symptoms

C Lampl, M Voelker, HC Diener - Journal of neurology, 2007 - Springer
Migraine is often associated with health consequences including impaired quality of life, and
the cost of treating migraine headaches places a significant financial burden on patients …

Medicine and evidence: knowledge and action in clinical practice

A Miles, M Loughlin… - Journal of evaluation in …, 2007 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Medicine and evidence: knowledge and action in clinical practice Medicine and evidence:
knowledge and action in clinical practice J Eval Clin Pract. 2007 Aug;13(4):481-503. doi …

A comparison of methods for fixed effects meta-analysis of individual patient data with time to event outcomes

C Tudur Smith, PR Williamson - Clinical trials, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Alternative methods for individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis of time-to-
event outcomes have been established and utilized in practice. The most common approach …

Evidence-based Practice in Radiology: Steps 3 and 4—Appraise and Apply Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses1

S Halligan, DG Altman - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
A systematic review is performed in attempt to answer a specific research question by
means of objective, unbiased evaluation of all pertinent available evidence. Component …

[PDF][PDF] Systematische Übersichtsarbeiten in qualitativer Gesundheits-und Pflegeforschung–eine erste Annäherung

M Hasseler - Pflege & Gesellschaft, 2007 - dg-pflegewissenschaft.de
Systematic Reviews gain more and more importance in evidence-based-practice. So far the
most developed review methods are on quantitative research. There are some publications …

Qualitative Methoden: Systematische Übersichtsarbeiten in qualitativer Gesundheitsforschung als Grundlage evidenz-basierter Praxis

M Hasseler - Das Gesundheitswesen, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
Systematische Reviews haben eine hohe Bedeutung für eine evidenz-basierte Gesundheits-
und Pflegeversorgung. Bislang sind systematische Verfahren für das Erstellen von …

Concerns about methodology used in real-world experiments on transport and transport safety

TP Hutchinson - Journal of transportation engineering, 2007 - ascelibrary.org
Real-world experiments in which some experimental units (eg, people or roadway sites or
vehicles) are randomized to treatment and others to no treatment are increasingly regarded …

Evidence-based medical information technology: the next generation

FA Moore - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2007 - journals.lww.com
The 2000 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “To Err is Human” identified hospitals to be
unsafe environments. Medical errors are rampant. 1–3 By conservative estimates, these …