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Is topical nifedipine effective for chronic anal fissures?Dan Merenstein
Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University, Arlington, VA, USA
J Fam Pract 52:190-2. 2003..5% lidocaine and 0.3% nifedipine were applied twice daily for 6 weeks. This extremely safe, well tolerated, and effective treatment should provide family physicians with a reliable nonsurgical method for treating chronic anal fissures...- Use and costs of nonrecommended tests during routine preventive health examsDan Merenstein
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:521-7. 2006..Investigation included how often diagnostic tests and procedures were performed for which evidence and guidelines recommend against in asymptomatic individuals during routine PHEs, and the costs associated with the tests and procedures... - Are antibiotics beneficial for patients with sinusitis complaints? A randomized double-blind clinical trialDan Merenstein
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe St, Carnegie 291, Baltimore, MD 21287 6220, USA
J Fam Pract 54:144-51. 2005..Sinusitis is the fifth most common reason for patients to visit primary care physicians, yet clinical outcomes relevant to patients are seldom studied... - Lengths of stay and costs associated with children's hospitalsDan Merenstein
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 115:839-44. 2005..Our hypothesis is that, for similar diagnoses, freestanding children hospitals will have longer LOSs and higher costs than other hospitals... - An assessment of the shared-decision model in parents of children with acute otitis mediaDan Merenstein
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 116:1267-75. 2005.... - Systematic review: the value of the periodic health evaluationL Ebony Boulware
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Intern Med 146:289-300. 2007..The periodic health evaluation (PHE) has been a fundamental part of medical practice for decades despite a lack of consensus on its value... - The trial of infant response to diphenhydramine: the TIRED study--a randomized, controlled, patient-oriented trialDan Merenstein
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:707-12. 2006..To determine if infants aged 6 to 15 months with frequent parent-reported nighttime awakenings require reduced parental aid during a week of diphenhydramine hydrochloride treatment and 2 and 4 weeks after its discontinuation... - How well do family physicians manage skin lesions?Dan Merenstein
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Fam Pract 56:40-5. 2007 - Rhinosinusitis: what is the desired outcome?Dan Merenstein
Am Fam Physician 70:1642, 1645. 2004 
Antibiotics for adults with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient dataJim Young
Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Lancet 371:908-14. 2008..We undertook a meta-analysis of randomised trials based on individual patients' data to assess whether common signs and symptoms can be used to identify a subgroup of patients who benefit from antibiotics...