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Comparative effectiveness of antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in adults: a systematic reviewRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA
Ann Intern Med 158:114-23. 2013..Multiple treatments are available for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection...
Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adults: a systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA
Ann Intern Med 158:101-8. 2013..Identification of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected persons through screening could lead to interventions that improve clinical outcomes...- Screening for HIV in pregnant women: systematic review to update the 2005 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendationRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code BICC, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 157:719-28. 2012..A 2005 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) review found good evidence that prenatal HIV screening is accurate and can lead to interventions that reduce the risk for mother-to-child transmission... - Screening for HIV: systematic review to update the 2005 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendationRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code BICC, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 157:706-18. 2012.... - Appropriate use of lumbar imaging for evaluation of low back painRoger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 50:569-85. 2012..This article reviews current trends and practice patterns in lumbar spine imaging, direct and downstream costs, benefits and harms, current recommendations, and potential strategies for reducing imaging overuse... - Pegylated interferons for chronic hepatitis C virus infection: an indirect analysis of randomized trialsR Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
J Viral Hepat 15:551-70. 2008..Head-to-head trials are needed to verify the results of indirect analyses and provide additional guidance on optimal treatment choices... - Interventional therapies, surgery, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for low back pain: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline from the American Pain SocietyRoger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:1066-77. 2009..Clinical practice guideline... - Nonsurgical interventional therapies for low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society clinical practice guidelineRoger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:1078-93. 2009..Systematic review... - Surgery for low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice GuidelineRoger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, OR Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:1094-109. 2009..Systematic review... - Research gaps on use of opioids for chronic noncancer pain: findings from a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine clinical practice guidelineRoger Chou
The Oregon Evidence based Practice Center, Department of Medicine, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
J Pain 10:147-59. 2009..Research funding priorities need to be set to address these critical research needs if the care of patients with chronic noncancer pain is to improve... - Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: prediction and identification of aberrant drug-related behaviors: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine clinical practice guidelineRoger Chou
The Oregon Evidence based Practice Center, Department of Medicine, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
J Pain 10:131-46. 2009..Research that performs external validation, uses standardized definitions for clinically relevant aberrant drug-related behaviors, and evaluates clinical outcomes associated with different assessment and monitoring strategies is needed... - Screening older adults for impaired visual acuity: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science Center, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 151:44-58, W11-20. 2009..Impaired visual acuity is common in older adults. Screening for impaired visual acuity could lead to interventions to improve vision, function, and quality of life... - 2009 Clinical Guidelines from the American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine on the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic noncancer pain: what are the key messages for clinical practice?Roger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR, United States
Pol Arch Med Wewn 119:469-77. 2009.... - Will this patient develop persistent disabling low back pain?Roger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, MC BICC, Portland, OR 97239, USA
JAMA 303:1295-302. 2010..Low back pain is extremely common. Early identification of patients more likely to develop persistent disabling symptoms could help guide decisions regarding follow-up and management... - Screening adults for bladder cancer: a review of the evidence for the U.S. preventive services task forceRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:461-8. 2010..Bladder cancer is 1 of the 10 most frequently diagnosed types of cancer. Screening could identify high-grade bladder cancer at earlier stages, when it may be more easily and effectively treated... - Screening for visual impairment in children ages 1-5 years: update for the USPSTFRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center and Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Pediatrics 127:e442-79. 2011..Screening could identify preschool-aged children with vision problems at a critical period of visual development and lead to treatments that could improve vision... - Routine screening for chronic human immunodeficiency virus infection: why don't the guidelines agree?Roger Chou
Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code BICC, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Epidemiol Rev 33:7-19. 2011..The case of screening for human immunodeficiency virus illustrates how discrepancies between guidelines may be related to different guideline development methods as well as the different perspectives of the guideline development groups... - Guideline warfare over interventional therapies for low back pain: can we raise the level of discourse?Roger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Pain 12:833-9. 2011.... - Screening asymptomatic adults with resting or exercise electrocardiography: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Ann Intern Med 155:375-85. 2011..Screening for abnormalities by using resting or exercise electrocardiography (ECG) might help identify persons who would benefit from interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk... - Screening for prostate cancer: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 155:762-71. 2011..Screening can detect prostate cancer at earlier, asymptomatic stages, when treatments might be more effective... - Clinical guidelines for the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic noncancer painRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Department of Medicine, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
J Pain 10:113-30. 2009..Although evidence is limited in many areas related to use of opioids for chronic noncancer pain, this guideline provides recommendations developed by a multidisciplinary expert panel after a systematic review of the evidence... 
Gabapentin versus tricyclic antidepressants for diabetic neuropathy and post-herpetic neuralgia: discrepancies between direct and indirect meta-analyses of randomized controlled trialsRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code BICC, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:178-88. 2009..Previous systematic reviews concluded that tricyclics antidepressants are superior to gabapentin for neuropathic pain, but were based on indirect comparisons from placebo-controlled trials...- AHRQ series paper 4: assessing harms when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the effective health-care programRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Medicine, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code BICC, Portland, OR, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 63:502-12. 2010.... - Challenges in systematic reviews that assess treatment harmsRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, USA
Ann Intern Med 142:1090-9. 2005..This article highlights examples of approaches to methodologic issues associated with performing systematic reviews of harms from 96 Evidence-based Practice Center evidence reports... - Prenatal screening for HIV: A review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:38-54. 2005..Each year in the United States, 6000 to 7000 women with HIV give birth. The management and outcomes of prenatal HIV infection have changed substantially since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued recommendations in 1996... - Screening for HIV: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:55-73. 2005..HIV infection affects 850,000 to 950,000 persons in the United States. The management and outcomes of HIV infection have changed substantially since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued recommendations in 1996... - Initial highly-active antiretroviral therapy with a protease inhibitor versus a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor: discrepancies between direct and indirect meta-analysesRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Lancet 368:1503-15. 2006..However, direct evidence for competing interventions is deemed more reliable than indirect evidence for making treatment decisions. We did a meta-analysis of head-to-head trials and compared the results with those of indirect analyses... - Methodological shortcomings predicted lower harm estimates in one of two sets of studies of clinical interventionsRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Portland, OR, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 60:18-28. 2007..Little is known, however, about whether perceived methodological shortcomings are associated with lower estimates of harms... - Recurrent thromboembolic disease following splenectomy for pyruvate kinase deficiencyR Chou
Department of Medicine, Portland Veteran s Affairs Medical Center, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Am J Hematol 67:197-9. 2001.... - Nonpharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guidelineRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence based Practice Center and Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:492-504. 2007..Many nonpharmacologic therapies are available for treatment of low back pain... - Medications for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guidelineRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence based Practice Center and Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:505-14. 2007..Medications are the most frequently prescribed therapy for low back pain. A challenge in choosing pharmacologic therapy is that each class of medication is associated with a unique balance of risks and benefits... - Using evidence in pain practice: Part I: Assessing quality of systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelinesRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Pain Med 9:518-30. 2008..A separate article discusses how to interpret and apply systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines, particularly when evidence is weak or inconclusive, or when different systematic reviews or guidelines are discordant... - Using evidence in pain practice: Part II: Interpreting and applying systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelinesRoger Chou
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Pain Med 9:531-41. 2008..This article discusses how to evaluate applicability and clinical relevance of systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines, and provides a framework for approaching clinical decisions when evidence is weak or conflicting... - Screening for osteoporosis: an update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceHeidi D Nelson
Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:99-111. 2010..This review updates evidence since the 2002 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on osteoporosis screening... - Rates of adverse events of long-acting opioids in a state Medicaid programDaniel M Hartung
College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University Campus, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Ann Pharmacother 41:921-8. 2007..Despite widespread use and emerging safety concerns, data on the comparative safety and effectiveness of long-acting opioid (LAO) analgesics are weak... - Comparative efficacy and safety of long-acting oral opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic reviewRoger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, and Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Center, Portland, Oregon, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 26:1026-48. 2003..A subgroup of three studies on long-acting versus short-acting oxycodone was more homogeneous and provided fair evidence that these formulations are equally effective for pain control... - Screening for hepatitis C virus infection: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Intern Med 140:465-79. 2004.... - Comparative efficacy and safety of skeletal muscle relaxants for spasticity and musculoskeletal conditions: a systematic reviewRoger Chou
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 28:140-75. 2004..Dantrolene, and to a lesser degree chlorzoxazone, have been associated with rare serious hepatotoxicity... - Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysisRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Lancet 373:463-72. 2009..We investigated the effects of routine, immediate lumbar imaging versus usual clinical care without immediate imaging on clinical outcomes in patients with low-back pain and no indication of serious underlying conditions... - Cost-effectiveness of echocardiography to identify intracardiac thrombus among patients with first stroke or transient ischemic attackRichard T Meenan
Oregon Health and Science University Evidence based Practice Center, Portland, USA
Med Decis Making 27:161-77. 2007..The authors' objective was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of imaging strategies that use transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal (TEE) echocardiography for identifying intracardiac thrombus in new stroke patients... - Pharmacological management of low back painRoger Chou
Departments of Medicine, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Drugs 70:387-402. 2010.... - Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain SocietyRoger Chou
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:478-91. 2007.... - Quality of adverse event assessment in randomized controlled trials and observational studiesRoger Chou
Mayo Clin Proc 78:119; author reply 119. 2003 - Helical CT in the diagnosis of acute lower gastrointestinal haemorrhageRohan Sabharwal
Department of Radiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Eur J Radiol 58:273-9. 2006..Positive CT will allow directed therapeutic angiography, while negative CT will triage patients into alternative management pathways... - Correction: Diagnosis and treatment of low back painRoger Chou
Ann Intern Med 148:247-8. 2008