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Evidence Based Medicine References

1. AUTHOR Oxman-A-D, Guyatt-G-H.

INSTITUTION Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

TITLE The science of reviewing research.

SOURCE Ann-N-Y-Acad-Sci 1993 Dec 31, VOL: 703, P: 125-33; discussion 133-4, ISSN: 0077-8923 29 Refs.

2. AUTHOR Evidence-Based Care Resource Group

TITLE Evidence-based care: 2. setting guidelines: how should we manage this problem?

SOURCE Can Med Assoc J 1994; 150 (9), 1417-1423

3. AUTHOR Williamson-J-W, Goldschmidt-P-G, Colton-T

TITLE The quality of medical literature: an analysis of validation assessments.

SOURCE In Bailar-J-C, Mosteller-F (eds): Medical Uses of Statistics, NEJM Books, Waltham, Mass, l986: 370-391

4. AUTHOR Antman-E-M, Lau-J, Kupelnick-B, Mosteller-F, Chalmers-T-C.

INSTITUTION Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

TITLE A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomized control trials and recommendations of clinical experts. Treatments for myocardial infarction (see comments).

SOURCE JAMA 1992 Jul 8, VOL: 268 (2), P: 240-8, ISSN: 0098-7484. Comment in: JAMA 1993 Jan 13; 269(2):214.

5. AUTHOR Evidence-Based Care Resource Group

TITLE Evidence-based care: 1. setting priorities: how important is this problem?

SOURCE Can Med Assoc J 1994; 150 (8), 1249-1254

6. AUTHOR Chalmers I

TITLE Diethylstilbestrol (DES) in pregnancy.

SOURCE [article] In Enkin MW, Keierse MJNC, Renfrew MJ et al (eds): Pregnancy and Childbirth Module, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (review no 02891, Sept 3, l92). Cochrane Updates on Disk, Update Software, Oxford, England, l993: disk issue 2, [1250 words]

7.AUTHOR Chalmers TC

TITLE The impact of controlled trials on the practice of medicine

SOURCE Mt Sinai J Med l974; 41: 753-759

8. AUTHOR Clarke-A-M, Stillwell-S, Paterson-M-E, Getty-C-J.

INSTITUTION Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

TITLE Role of the surgical position in the development of postoperative low back pain.

SOURCE J-Spinal-Disord 1993 Jun, VOL: 6 (3), P: 238-41, ISSN: 0895-0385.

9. AUTHOR Hickmott-K-C, Healy-T-E, Roberts-S-P, Faragher-E-B.

INSTITUTION University of Manchester, Department of Anaesthesia, UK.

TITLE Back pain following general anaesthesia and surgery: evaluation of risk factors and the effect of an inflatable lumbar support.

SOURCE Br-J-Surg 1990 May, VOL: 77 (5), P: 571-5, ISSN: 0007-1323.

10. AUTHOR O-Donovan-N, Healy-T-E, Faragher-E-B, Wilkins-R-G, Hamilton-A-A.

INSTITUTION Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington.

TITLE Postoperative backache: the use of an inflatable wedge.

SOURCE Br-J-Anaesth 1986 Mar, VOL: 58 (3), P: 280-3, ISSN: 0007-0912.

11. AUTHOR Grimes-D-A.

INSTITUTION Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

TITLE Introducing evidence-based medicine into a department of obstetrics and gynecology.

SOURCE Obstet-Gynecol 1995 Sep, VOL: 86 (3), P: 451-7, ISSN: 0029-7844.

12. AUTHOR Battista-R-N, Hodge-M-J.

INSTITUTION Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Que.

TITLE Clinical practice guidelines: between science and art.

SOURCE Can-Med-Assoc-J 1993 Feb 1, VOL: 148 (3), P: 385-9, ISSN: 0008-4409.

13. AUTHOR Oxman-A-D.

INSTITUTION Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, ON.

TITLE Coordination of guidelines development.

SOURCE Can-Med-Assoc-J 1993 Apr 15, VOL: 148 (8), P: 1285-8, ISSN: 0008-4409.

14.AUTHOR Hayward-R-S, Laupacis-A.

INSTITUTION Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont.

TITLE Initiating, conducting and maintaining guidelines development programs.

SOURCE Can-Med-Assoc-J 1993 Feb 15, VOL: 148 (4), P: 507-12, ISSN: 0008-4409.

15.AUTHOR Hayward-R-S, Wilson-M-C, Tunis-S-R, Bass-E-B, Rubin-H-R, Haynes-R-B.

INSTITUTION Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

TITLE More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines.

16.AUTHOR Williamson-J-W, German-P-S, Weiss-R, Skinner-E-A, Bowes-F-3d.

INSTITUTION Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, Utah.

TITLE Health science information management and continuing education of physicians. A survey of U.S. primary care practitioners and their opinion leaders.

SOURCE Ann-Intern-Med 1989 Jan 15, VOL: 110 (2), P: 151-60, ISSN: 0003-4819.

17. AUTHOR Neilson JP

TITLE Routine ultrasound in early pregnancy.

SOURCE In Enkin MW, Keirse MJNC, Renfrew MJ et al (eds): Pregnancy and Childbirth Module, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (review no 03872, June 9, l993). Cochrane Updates on Disk, Update Software, Oxford, England, l993: disk issue 2 [1500 words]

SOURCE Ann-Intern-Med 1993 May 1, VOL: 118 (9), P: 731-7, ISSN: 0003-4819.

18. AUTHOR Bridgen-M-L, Leadbeater-A.

TITLE Stick 'em up: Optimizing results with urinalysis dipsticks.

SOURCE MLO, June, 1994, 32-36.

19. AUTHOR Green-C-J, Friesen-K-D et al.

TITLE The erythrocyte sedimentation rate-an examination of the evidence.

SOURCE BC Medical Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, 108-112, February, 1994

20. AUTHOR Holbrook-A-M, Langton-K-B, Haynes-R-B, Mathieu-A, Cowan-S.

INSTITUTION Health Information Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada.

TITLE PREOP: development of an evidence-based expert system to assist with preoperative assessments.

SOURCE Proc-Annu-Symp-Comput-Appl-Med-Care 1991, P: 669-73, ISSN: 0195-4210.

21. AUTHOR Silagy-C, Lancaster-T.

INSTITUTION Department of General Practice, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park.

TITLE The Cochrane Collaboration in Primary Care: an international resource for evidence-based practice of family medicine.

SOURCE Fam-Med 1995 May, VOL: 27 (5), P: 302-5, ISSN: 0742-3225.

22.AUTHOR Tyson-J.

INSTITUTION University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA

TITLE Evidence-based ethics and the care of premature infants.

SOURCE Future-Child 1995 Spring, VOL: 5 (1), P: 197-213, ISSN: 1054-8289 78 Refs.

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1. AUTHOR	Oxman-A-D, Guyatt-G-H.
INSTITUTION	Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
TITLE	The science of reviewing research.
SOURCE	Ann-N-Y-Acad-Sci 1993 Dec 31, VOL: 703, P: 125-33; discussion 133-4, ISSN: 0077-8923 29 Refs.

2. AUTHOR	Evidence-Based Care Resource Group
TITLE	Evidence-based care: 2. setting guidelines: how should we manage this problem?
SOURCE	Can Med Assoc J 1994; 150 (9), 1417-1423

3. AUTHOR	Williamson-J-W, Goldschmidt-P-G, Colton-T
TITLE	The quality of medical literature: an analysis of validation assessments.
SOURCE	In Bailar-J-C, Mosteller-F (eds): Medical Uses of Statistics, NEJM Books, Waltham, Mass, l986: 370-391

4. AUTHOR	Antman-E-M, Lau-J, Kupelnick-B, Mosteller-F, Chalmers-T-C.
INSTITUTION	Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
TITLE	A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomized control trials and recommendations of clinical experts. Treatments for myocardial infarction (see comments).
SOURCE	JAMA 1992 Jul 8, VOL: 268 (2), P: 240-8, ISSN: 0098-7484. Comment in: JAMA 1993 Jan 13; 269(2):214.

5. AUTHOR	Evidence-Based Care Resource Group
TITLE	Evidence-based care: 1. setting priorities: how important is this problem?
SOURCE	Can Med Assoc J 1994; 150 (8), 1249-1254

6. AUTHOR	Chalmers I
TITLE	Diethylstilbestrol (DES) in pregnancy.
SOURCE	[article] In Enkin MW, Keierse MJNC, Renfrew MJ et al (eds): Pregnancy and Childbirth Module, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (review no 02891, Sept 3, l92). Cochrane Updates on Disk, Update Software, Oxford, England, l993: disk issue 2, [1250 words]

7.AUTHOR	Chalmers TC
TITLE	The impact of controlled trials on the practice of medicine
SOURCE	Mt Sinai J Med l974; 41: 753-759

8. AUTHOR	Clarke-A-M, Stillwell-S, Paterson-M-E, Getty-C-J.
INSTITUTION	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
TITLE	Role of the surgical position in the development of postoperative low back pain.
SOURCE	J-Spinal-Disord 1993 Jun, VOL: 6 (3), P: 238-41, ISSN: 0895-0385.

9. AUTHOR	Hickmott-K-C, Healy-T-E, Roberts-S-P, Faragher-E-B.
INSTITUTION	University of Manchester, Department of Anaesthesia, UK.
TITLE	Back pain following general anaesthesia and surgery: evaluation of risk factors and the effect of an inflatable lumbar support.
SOURCE	Br-J-Surg 1990 May, VOL: 77 (5), P: 571-5, ISSN: 0007-1323.

10. AUTHOR	O-Donovan-N, Healy-T-E, Faragher-E-B, Wilkins-R-G, Hamilton-A-A.
INSTITUTION	Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington.
TITLE	Postoperative backache: the use of an inflatable wedge.
SOURCE	Br-J-Anaesth 1986 Mar, VOL: 58 (3), P: 280-3, ISSN: 0007-0912.

11. AUTHOR	Grimes-D-A.
INSTITUTION	Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
TITLE	Introducing evidence-based medicine into a department of obstetrics and gynecology.
SOURCE	Obstet-Gynecol 1995 Sep, VOL: 86 (3), P: 451-7, ISSN: 0029-7844.

12. AUTHOR	Battista-R-N, Hodge-M-J.
INSTITUTION	Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Que.
TITLE	Clinical practice guidelines: between science and art.
SOURCE	Can-Med-Assoc-J 1993 Feb 1, VOL: 148 (3), P: 385-9, ISSN: 0008-4409.

13. AUTHOR	Oxman-A-D.
INSTITUTION	Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, ON.
TITLE	Coordination of guidelines development.
SOURCE	Can-Med-Assoc-J 1993 Apr 15, VOL: 148 (8), P: 1285-8, ISSN: 0008-4409.

14.AUTHOR	Hayward-R-S, Laupacis-A.
INSTITUTION	Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont.
TITLE	Initiating, conducting and maintaining guidelines development programs.
SOURCE	Can-Med-Assoc-J 1993 Feb 15, VOL: 148 (4), P: 507-12, ISSN: 0008-4409.

15.AUTHOR	Hayward-R-S, Wilson-M-C, Tunis-S-R, Bass-E-B, Rubin-H-R, Haynes-R-B.
INSTITUTION	Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
TITLE	More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines.

16.AUTHOR	Williamson-J-W, German-P-S, Weiss-R, Skinner-E-A, Bowes-F-3d.
INSTITUTION	Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, Utah.
TITLE	Health science information management and continuing education of physicians. A survey of U.S. primary care practitioners and their opinion leaders.
SOURCE	Ann-Intern-Med 1989 Jan 15, VOL: 110 (2), P: 151-60, ISSN: 0003-4819.

17. AUTHOR	Neilson JP
TITLE	Routine ultrasound in early pregnancy.
SOURCE	In Enkin MW, Keirse MJNC, Renfrew MJ et al (eds): Pregnancy and Childbirth Module, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (review no 03872, June 9, l993). Cochrane Updates on Disk, Update Software, Oxford, England, l993: disk issue 2 [1500 words]
SOURCE	Ann-Intern-Med 1993 May 1, VOL: 118 (9), P: 731-7, ISSN: 0003-4819.

18. AUTHOR	Bridgen-M-L, Leadbeater-A.
TITLE	Stick 'em up: Optimizing results with urinalysis dipsticks.
SOURCE	MLO, June, 1994, 32-36.

19. AUTHOR	Green-C-J, Friesen-K-D et al.
TITLE	The erythrocyte sedimentation rate-an examination of the evidence.
SOURCE	BC Medical Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, 108-112, February, 1994

20. AUTHOR	Holbrook-A-M, Langton-K-B, Haynes-R-B, Mathieu-A, Cowan-S.
INSTITUTION	Health Information Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada.
TITLE	PREOP: development of an evidence-based expert system to assist with preoperative assessments.
SOURCE	Proc-Annu-Symp-Comput-Appl-Med-Care 1991, P: 669-73, ISSN: 0195-4210.

21. AUTHOR	Silagy-C, Lancaster-T.
INSTITUTION	Department of General Practice, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park.
TITLE	The Cochrane Collaboration in Primary Care: an international resource for evidence-based practice of family medicine.
SOURCE	Fam-Med 1995 May, VOL: 27 (5), P: 302-5, ISSN: 0742-3225.

22.AUTHOR	Tyson-J.
INSTITUTION	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
TITLE	Evidence-based ethics and the care of premature infants.
SOURCE	Future-Child 1995 Spring, VOL: 5 (1), P: 197-213, ISSN: 1054-8289 78 Refs.