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Journal Club - 2007-01-16

Numeracy

PubMed citations

1. Herbal medicine for low back pain: a Cochrane review.

Gagnier JJ, van Tulder MW, Berman B, Bombardier C.
Spine 2007;32:82-92. PMID: 17202897

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2. The relationship of indwelling urinary catheters to death, length of hospital stay, functional decline, and nursing home admission in hospitalized older medical patients.

Holroyd-Leduc JM, Sen S, Bertenthal D, Sands LP, Palmer RM, Kresevic DM, Covinsky KE, Seth Landefeld C.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:227-33. PMID: 17302659

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What is NNH for hospital death?

3. Meta-analysis: anticoagulant prophylaxis to prevent symptomatic venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients.

Dentali F, Douketis JD, Gianni M, Lim W, Crowther MA.
Ann Intern Med 2007;146:278-88. PMID: 17310052

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What is NNT for fatal PE?

4. Meta-analysis: new tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: areas of uncertainty and recommendations for research.

Menzies D, Pai M, Comstock G.
Ann Intern Med 2007;146:340-54. PMID: 17339619

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5. Anxiety disorders in primary care: prevalence, impairment, comorbidity, and detection.

Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB, Monahan PO, Löwe B.
Ann Intern Med 2007;146:317-25. PMID: 17339617

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What are typical predictive values?

6. Routine versus selective abdominal computed tomography scan in the evaluation of right lower quadrant pain: a randomized controlled trial.

Lee CC, Golub R, Singer AJ, Cantu R, Levinson H.
Acad Emerg Med 2007;14:117-22. PMID: 17192450

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What is NNT to avoid a perforation?