EBM Topics


Introduction Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Therapy Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Overview / Review Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Prognosis Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Clinical Measurement Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Practice Guidelines Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Causation Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Harm Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Diagnostic Test Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Economic Evaluation Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Quality of Care Articles

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.

Critically Appraising Decision Analysis Articles

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.

Grading Health Care Recommendations

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.

Variations in the Outcomes

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.

Clinical Utilization Review

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.

Quality of Life

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.

Applicability of Clinical Trials

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.




Send comments on this site to Fredric M. Wolf, Ph.D.
School of Medicine Logo©1999, University of Washington. All Rights Reserved.
HSCER ITS Team: Ralph Warren Jr., Ph.D., Charles Lai, Becky Smurr
Health Sciences Library Liason Consultant: Sarah Safranek
Date last modified: May, 1999