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Introduction Articles
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Wolf FM. Medical Statistics and Research Design. Chapter
in D. Wedding (ed.), Behavior and Medicine (1995, 2nd ed., pp. 491-506).
St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby.
Oxman AD, Sackett
DL, Guyatt GH. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: I. How to
Get Started, JAMA. 1993; 270:2093-2095.
Editorial: Users' Guides to the Medical Literature,
JAMA. 1993; 270:2096-2097.
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Critically Appraising Therapy Articles
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Guyatt GH, Sackett
DL, Cook DJ. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: I. How to
Use an Article About Therapy or Prevention. A. Are the Results of the
Study Valid? JAMA. 1993; 270:2598-2601.
Guyatt GH,
Sackett DL, Cook DJ. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: II.
How to Use an Article About Therapy or Prevention. B. What Were the Results
and Will They Help Me in Caring for My Patients? JAMA. 1994; 271:59-63.
Chapman KR, Verbeek PR, White JG, Rebuck AS. Effect of a Short
Course of Prednisone in the Prevention of Early Relapse After the Emergency
Room Treatment of Acute Asthma, New England Journal of Medicine.
1991; 324:788-794.
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Critically Appraising Overview / Review Articles
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Oxman AD, Cook
DJ, Guyatt GH. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: VI. How
to Use an Overview, JAMA. 1994; 272:1367-1371.
Oxman AD. Checklists for review articles, British Medical
Journal. 1994; 309:648-651.
Oxman AD, Guyatt GH. Guidelines for Reading Literature Reviews,
Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1988; 138:697-703.
Muldoon MF, Manuck SB, Matthews KA. Lowering Cholesterol Concentrations
and Mortality: a Quantitative Review of Primary Prevention Trials,
British Medical Journal. 1990; 301:309-314.
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Critically Appraising Prognosis Articles
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Sander JWAS, Hart YM, Johnson AL, Shorvon SD. National General
Practice Study of Epilepsy: Newly Diagnosed Epileptic Seizures in a General
Population, The Lancet. 1990; 336:1267-1271.
Hart YM, Sander JWAS, Johnson AL, Shorvon SD. National General
Practice Study of Epilepsy: Recurrence After a First Seizure,
The Lancet. 1990; 336:1271-74.
Laupacis A,
Wells G, Richardson WS, Tugwell P. Users' Guides to the Medical
Literature: V. How to Use an Article About Prognosis, JAMA. 1994;
272:234-237.
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Critically Appraising Clinical Measurement Articles
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O'Neill TW, Barry M, Smith M, Graham IM. Diagnostic Value of
the Apex Beat, The Lancet. February 25, 1989. 410-411.
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University.
Clinical Disagreement: I. How Often it Occurs and Why,
Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1980; 123:499-504.
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University.
Clinical Disagreement: II. How to Avoid it and How to Learn From
One's Mistakes, Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1980; 123:613-617.
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Critically Appraising Practice Guidelines Articles
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Hayward RSA,
Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Guyatt G. Users' Guides to the Medical
Literature: VIII. How to Use Clinical Practice Guidelines. A. Are the
Recommendations Valid? JAMA. 1995; 274:570-574.
Wilson
MC, Hayward RSA, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Guyatt G. Users' Guides to the
Medical Literature: VIII. How to Use Clinical Practice Guidelines. B.
What are the Recommendations and Will They Help You in Caring for Your
Patients? JAMA. 1995; 274:1630-1632.
The Fifth Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection,
Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Archives of
Internal Medicine. 1993; 153:154-183.
Editorials on Government Guidelines. American Journal
of Hypertension. 1994; 7:857-858.
Tobian L, Brunner HR, Cohn JN, Gavras H, Laragh JH, Materson BJ, Weber
MA. Modern Strategies to Prevent Coronary Sequelae and Stroke in
Hypertensive Patients Differ From the JNC V Consensus Guidelines,
American Journal of Hypertension. 1994; 7:859-872.
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Critically Appraising Causation Articles
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Thun MJ, et.al., Alcohol Comsumption and Mortality among Middle-Aged
and Elderly US Adults, New England Journal of Medicine. 1997;
337(24):1705-1714.
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University
Health Sciences Centre. How to Read Clinical Journals: IV. To Determine
Etiology or Causation, Canadian Medical Association Journal.
1981; 124:985-990.
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Critically Appraising Harm Articles
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Levine M, Walter
S, Lee H, Haines T, Holbrook A, Moyer V. Users' Guides to the Medical
Literature: IV. How to Use an Article About Harm, JAMA. 1994;
271:1615-1619.
Suissa S, Ernst P, Boivin JF, Horwitz RI, Habbick B, Cockroft D, Blais
L, McNutt M, Buist AS, Spitzer WO. A Cohort Analysis of Excess
Mortality in Asthma and the Use of Inhaled b-Agonists, Am. J.
Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1994; 149:604-610.
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Critically Appraising Diagnostic Test Articles
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Guyatt GH, Patterson C, Ali M, Singer J, Levine M, Turpie I, Meyer R.
Diagnosis of Iron-Deficiency Anemia in the Elderly, The
American Journal of Medicine. 1990; 88:205-209.
Jaeschke R,
Guyatt G, Sackett DL. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: III.
How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test. A. Are the Results of the
Study Valid? JAMA. 1994; 271:?
Jaeschke
R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature:
III. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test. B. What Are the Results
and Will They Help Me in Caring for My Patients? JAMA. 1994; 271:703-707.
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Critically Appraising Economic Evaluation Articles
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Drummond MF,
Richardson WS, O'Brien BJ, Levine M, Heyland D. Users' guides to
the medical literature. XIII. How to use an article on economic analysis
of clinical practice. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based
Medicine Working Group, JAMA. 1997; 277:1552-7.
O'Brien
BJ, Heyland D, Richardson WS, Levine M, Drummond MF. Users' guides
to the medical literature. XIII. How to use an article on economic analysis
of clinical practice. B. What are the results and will they help me in
caring for my patients? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group,
JAMA. 1997; 277:1802-6.
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Critically Appraising Quality of Care Articles
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Tierney WM, McDonald CJ, Martin DK, Hui SL, Rogers MP, Computerized
Display of Past Test Results, Annals of Internal Medicine. 1987;
107:569-574.
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University
Health Sciences Centre, How to Read Clinical Journals: VI. To Learn
About the Quality of Clinical Care, Canadian Medical Association
Journal. 1984; 130:377-381.
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Critically Appraising Decision Analysis Articles
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Richardson
WS, Detsky AS. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: VII. How
to Use a Clinical Decision Analysis. A. Are the Results of the Study Valid?
JAMA. 1995; 273:1292-1295.
Richardson
WS, Detsky AS. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: VII. How
to Use a Clinical Decision Analysis. B. What Are the Results and Will
They Help Me in Caring for My Patients? JAMA. 1995; 273:1610-1613.
Hueston WJ, Lenhart JG. A decision analysis to guide antibiotic
selection for Chlamydia infection during pregnancy, Archives
of Family Medicine. 1997; 6(6):551-555.
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Grading Health Care Recommendations
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Guyatt GH, Sackett
DL, Sinclair JC, Hayward R, Cook DJ, Cook RJ. Users' guides to the
medical literature. IX. A method for grading health care recommendations.
Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group, JAMA. 1995; 274:1800-4.
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Variations in the Outcomes
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Naylor CD, Guyatt
GH. Users' guides to the medical literature. X. How to use an article
reporting variations in the outcomes of health services. The Evidence-Based
Medicine Working Group, JAMA. 1996; 275:554-8.
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Clinical Utilization Review
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Naylor CD, Guyatt
GH. Users' guides to the medical literature. XI. How to use an article
about a clinical utilization review. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group,
JAMA. 1996; 275:1435-9.
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Quality of Life
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Guyatt GH, Naylor
CD, Juniper E, Heyland DK, Jaeschke R, Cook DJ. Users' guides to
the medical literature. XII. How to use articles about health-related
quality of life. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group, JAMA.
1997; 277:1232-7.
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Applicability of Clinical Trials
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Dans AL, Dans
LF, Guyatt GH, Richardson S. Users' guides to the medical literature:
XIV. How to decide on the applicability of clinical trial results to your
patient. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group, JAMA. 1998; 279:545-9.
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