BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Methylphenidate denied access to WHO’s list of essential medicines for the third time

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 3%–5% of children and about 2.5% of adults, though prevalence varies ...
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Efficacy of smartphone apps used alone or with traditional interventions for smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To assess the efficacy of smartphone apps for smoking cessation (SC) used alone or combined with traditional interventions, and to determine whether apps based on psychological-behavioural ...
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EBHC pyramid 5.0 for accessing preappraised evidence and guidance

Correspondence to: Dr Brian S Alper, DynaMed, EBSCO Health, 10 Estes Street, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA; balper{at}ebsco.com Practising evidence-based healthcare (EBHC) is integrating the best research ...
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Rapid access to innovative medicinal products while ensuring relevant health technology assessment. Position of the French National Authority for Health

Correspondence to Doctor Antoine Vanier, Health Technology Assessment Department, Haute Autorité de Santé, La Plaine Saint-Denis, 93210, France; a.vanier{at}has-sante.fr In France, decisions for ...
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Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions for primary dysmenorrhoea: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Jian-peng Huang, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; hopis{at}sina.com Objectives To assess the relative ...
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Reducing the environmental impact of healthcare to improve health, sustainability and equity

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Wrong guidelines: why and how often they occur

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011 Development and nation-wide implementation of a patient decision aid including real-world outcome information to support shared decision making about treatment for non ...

3 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht/Nieuwegein, The Netherlands 4 Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical ...
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Review: avulsion with phenol prevents recurrence of ingrown toenails

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28 Dealing with retrieval bias for an evidence-informed individual patient data network meta-analysis

Objectives The synthesis of individual patient data (IPD) from randomised clinical trials (RCTs) can strengthen evidence used for decision-making. Network meta-analyses (NMA) modelling IPD usually ...
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181 The work of shared decision-making: a systematic review

6 Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Rochester, USA 7 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and ...
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121 Systematic review of learning theories in patient education

3 University of Utah College of Educational Psychology 1721 Campus Center Drive Saec, 3220 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84109 4 University of Utah School of Medicine 375 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 ...