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Systematic reviews for the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research: going where the science takes usH J Schünemann
National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
J Exp Clin Cancer Res 26:169-74. 2007
LOST to follow-up Information in Trials (LOST-IT): a protocol on the potential impactElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
Trials 10:40. 2009..The secondary objectives are to describe, for published RCTs, (1) the reporting of loss to follow-up information, (2) the analytic methods used for handling loss to follow-up information, and (3) the extent of reported loss to follow-up...- Stopping randomized trials early for benefit: a protocol of the Study Of Trial Policy Of Interim Truncation-2 (STOPIT-2)Matthias Briel
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Trials 10:49. 2009..The aim of STOPIT-2 is to determine the magnitude and determinants of possible bias introduced by stopping RCTs early for benefit... - Value of supplemental interventions to enhance the effectiveness of physical exercise during respiratory rehabilitation in COPD patients. A systematic reviewMilo A Puhan
University of Zurich, Horten Centre, Switzerland
Respir Res 5:25. 2004..The aim of this research was to assess randomised controlled trials (RCTs) testing the additional benefit of supplemental interventions during respiratory rehabilitation in COPD patients... - Urinary estrogen metabolites and prostate cancer: a case-control study and meta-analysisMaddalena Barba
Department of Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
J Exp Clin Cancer Res 28:135. 2009..To investigate prostate cancer (Pca) risk in relation to estrogen metabolism, expressed as urinary 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OHE1), 16alpha-hydroxyestrone (16alpha-OHE1) and 2-OHE1 to 16alpha-OHE1 ratio... - Low-molecular-weight heparins are superior to vitamin K antagonists for the long term treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer: a cochrane systematic reviewElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
J Exp Clin Cancer Res 27:21. 2008..The objective of this study was to compare low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral anticoagulants (vitamin K antagonist (VKA) and ximelagatran) for the long term treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer... - Parenteral anticoagulation may prolong the survival of patients with limited small cell lung cancer: a Cochrane systematic reviewElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA
J Exp Clin Cancer Res 27:4. 2008..To determine the efficacy and safety of heparin (unfractionated heparin (UFH) or low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH)) and fondaparinux in improving the survival of patients with cancer... - Self-administration and interviewer-administration of the German Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire: instrument development and assessment of validity and reliability in two randomised studiesMilo A Puhan
Horten Centre, University Hospital of Zurich, Postfach Nord CH 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:1. 2004.... - Internal consistency reliability is a poor predictor of responsivenessMilo A Puhan
Horten Centre, University Hospital, Postfach Nord, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:33. 2005..We addressed the claims of a recent study, which suggested that investigators could rely on internal consistency to reflect instrument responsiveness... - Combining scores from different patient reported outcome measures in meta-analyses: when is it justified?Milo A Puhan
Horten Centre, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:94. 2006.... - The influence of demographic factors and health-related quality of life on treatment satisfaction in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease treated with esomeprazoleAlessio Degl' Innocenti
AstraZeneca R and D, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:4. 2005..The objective of this study was to assess correlates of treatment satisfaction in patients with GERD receiving a proton pump inhibitor, esomeprazole... - Detecting myocardial infarction in critical illness using screening troponin measurements and ECG recordingsWendy Lim
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada
Crit Care 12:R36. 2008..This is a prospective screening study... - Post-graduation migration intentions of students of Lebanese medical schools: a survey studyElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Public Health 8:191. 2008..Given that residency training abroad is a critical step in the migration of physicians, the objective of this study was to survey students of Lebanese medical schools about their intentions to train abroad and their post training plans... - A decision aid for COPD patients considering inhaled steroid therapy: development and before and after pilot testingElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 7:12. 2007..An area not covered by a DA is the decision of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to use inhaled steroids which requires balancing the benefits and downsides of therapy... - An educational game for teaching clinical practice guidelines to Internal Medicine residents: development, feasibility and acceptabilityElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Med Educ 8:50. 2008..The objectives of this study were to develop an educational game to teach CPGs in Internal Medicine residency programs and to evaluate its feasibility and acceptability... - Graduates of Lebanese medical schools in the United States: an observational study of international migration of physiciansElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 7:49. 2007.... - Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations II: pilot study of a new systemDavid Atkins
Center for Practice and Technology Assessment, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd Rokville, MD 20852, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 5:25. 2005..The GRADE Working Group has developed an approach that addresses key shortcomings in these systems. The aim of this study was to pilot test and further develop the GRADE approach to grading evidence and recommendations... - Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working GroupDavid Atkins
Center for Practice and Technology Assessment, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd Rockville, MD 20852, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 4:38. 2004.... - Pulmonary function is a long-term predictor of mortality in the general population: 29-year follow-up of the Buffalo Health StudyH J Schünemann
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Chest 118:656-64. 2000..The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive value of pulmonary function by gender after 29 years of follow-up... - Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy: from evidence to application: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic TherapyHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, ECMC CC142, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Chest 126:688S-696S. 2004..Fully informed decisions will require additional research to identify effective guideline implementation strategies to optimize antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy... - Methodology for guideline development for the Seventh American College of Chest Physicians Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic TherapyHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo, ECMC CC 142, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14226, USA
Chest 126:174S-178S. 2004..In combination with our previous practice of grading recommendations according to their strength, and the methodological quality of the supporting studies, these innovations establish our guidelines as, by and large, evidence based... 
Methodology for antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy guideline development: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition)Holger J Schunemann
Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Via Elio Chianesi 53, Rome, Italy
Chest 133:113S-122S. 2008..In combination with our previous practice of grading recommendations according to their strength and the methodologic quality of the supporting studies, these methods establish our guideline methodology as evidence based...- Letters, numbers, symbols and words: how to communicate grades of evidence and recommendationsHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
CMAJ 169:677-80. 2003..Before promoting the use of specific symbols, numbers, letters or words, the extent to which the intended message is comprehended should be evaluated... - The relation of serum levels of antioxidant vitamins C and E, retinol and carotenoids with pulmonary function in the general populationH J Schünemann
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 163:1246-55. 2001..Our findings support the hypothesis that antioxidant vitamins may play a role in respiratory health and that vitamin E and beta-cryptoxanthin appear to be stronger correlates of lung function than other antioxidant vitamins... - Lung function in relation to intake of carotenoids and other antioxidant vitamins in a population-based studyHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, 207 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:463-71. 2002..Their findings support the hypothesis that carotenoids, vitamin C, and vitamin E may play a role in respiratory health and that carotenoids other than beta-carotene may be involved... - Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines. Part 1 of 3. An overview of the GRADE approach and grading quality of evidence about interventionsJ L Brozek
Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
Allergy 64:669-77. 2009..The system classifies quality of evidence as high, moderate, low, or very low according to factors that include the study methodology, consistency and precision of the results, and directness of the evidence... - Is being breastfed as an infant associated with adult pulmonary function?Aasma Shaukat
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 24:327-33. 2005..Our aim was to determine whether a history of having been breastfed as an infant is a determinant of adult pulmonary function... - Oxidative stress and pulmonary function in the general populationHeather M Ochs-Balcom
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:1137-45. 2005..These results suggest that oxidative stress may be associated with airflow limitation in men, and that gender differences may exist in the relation of oxidative stress to pulmonary function... - A survey of internal medicine residents and faculty about the duration of attendings' inpatient rotationsElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1133-9. 2004..This tradeoff requires further evaluation including objective medical education and patient care outcomes... - Oral anticoagulation may prolong survival of a subgroup of patients with cancer: a cochrane systematic reviewE A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Exp Clin Cancer Res 26:175-84. 2007..34; 95% CI 1.66-6.74). The evidence suggests a survival benefit from warfarin in patients with extensive SCLC, but not in other patient groups. This survival benefit should be weighed against the increased risk for hemorrhage... - Markers of insulin resistance and sex steroid hormone activity in relation to breast cancer risk: a prospective analysis of abdominal adiposity, sebum production, and hirsutism (Italy)P Muti
Divisione di Epidemiologia, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
Cancer Causes Control 11:721-30. 2000.... - Thromboprophylaxis for patients with cancer and central venous catheters: a systematic review and a meta-analysisElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Cancer 112:2483-92. 2008..The objective of this systematic review was to determine the efficacy and safety of anticoagulation in reducing mortality and thromboembolic events in cancer patients with a CVC... - The effects of tracking responses and the day of mailing on physician survey response rate: three randomized trialsElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e16942. 2011..e., determining whether each potential participant has responded or not). A secondary objective was to assess the effects of day of mailing (Monday vs. Friday) on physician survey response rate... - Low-molecular-weight heparin vs unfractionated heparin for perioperative thromboprophylaxis in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysisElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Erie County Medical Center CC 142, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1261-9. 2008..We systematically reviewed the literature to quantify these effects... - Support for and aspects of use of educational games in family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in the US: a surveyElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Med Educ 10:26. 2010..The objective of this study was to explore the support for and the different aspects of use of educational games in family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in the United States... - The effect of educational games on medical students' learning outcomes: a systematic review: BEME Guide No 14Elie A Akl
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Med Teach 32:16-27. 2010..An educational game is 'an instructional method requiring the learner to participate in a competitive activity with preset rules.' A number of studies have suggested beneficial effects of educational games in medical education... - Anticoagulation for the initial treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer: a systematic reviewElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA
Cancer 113:1685-94. 2008..The authors compared the relative efficacy and safety of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and unfractionated heparin (UFH) for the initial treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) between patients with and without cancer... - Anticoagulation in patients with cancer: an overview of reviewsElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Pol Arch Med Wewn 118:183-93. 2008..Relative benefits and harms of anticoagulants are required for judgments regarding appropriate anticoagulation in patients with cancer... - Extended perioperative thromboprophylaxis in patients with cancer. A systematic reviewElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, ECMC CC 142, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Thromb Haemost 100:1176-80. 2008..More and better quality evidence is needed to justify extended regimens... - The United States physician workforce and international medical graduates: trends and characteristicsElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:264-8. 2007..International medical graduates (IMGs) have been a valuable resource for the United States physician workforce, and their contribution to the United States workforce is likely to increase... - Brief report: Internal medicine residents', attendings', and nurses' perceptions of the night float systemElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:494-7. 2006..Residency training programs use the night float system increasingly to meet the new resident work hour regulations... - Integrating an evidence-based medicine rotation into an internal medicine residency programElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, ECMC-CC 142, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Acad Med 79:897-904. 2004..This multifaceted educational approach with an "on-the-ward" EBM resident, may improve the EBM knowledge and skills of targeted students and residents... - Relation between lung function and RBC distribution width in a population-based studyBrydon J B Grant
Veterans Affairs Western New York Health Care System, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA
Chest 124:494-500. 2003..Since an increased RBC distribution width (RDW) has been associated with nutritional deficiencies, we postulated that RDW has an inverse relation to pulmonary function. The purpose of this study was to test this hypothesis... - Why are you draining your brain? Factors underlying decisions of graduating Lebanese medical students to migrateElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, ECMC CC 142, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:1278-84. 2007..The marketing of abroad training and the culture of migration are prevalent in the academic institutions... - EBM user and practitioner models for graduate medical education: what do residents prefer?Elie A Akl
Department of Sociology, University at Buffalo, State University of NY, Buffalo, NY, USA
Med Teach 28:192-4. 2006..The user model had the advantage of reduced time requirements. In sum, the majority of residents preferred a curriculum that focuses on the practitioner over the user model... - Educational games in geriatric medicine education: a systematic reviewZiad Alfarah
Geriatrics Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Geriatr 10:19. 2010..To systematically review the medical literature to assess the effect of geriatric educational games on the satisfaction, knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of health care professionals... - Evidence for a positive association between pulmonary function and wine intake in a population-based studyHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, USA
Sleep Breath 6:161-73. 2002..We analyzed the relation of beverage-specific alcohol intake with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) in a random sample of 1555 residents of Western New York, USA... - Interpreting the results of patient reported outcome measures in clinical trials: the clinician's perspectiveHolger J Schunemann
Division of Clinical Research Development and INFORMAtion Translation, Department of Epidemiology, Istituto Regina Elena Italian National Cancer Institute Rome, Rome, Italy
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:62. 2006..Thus, there are several steps investigators can take to facilitate this process to help bringing HRQL information closer to the bedside... - Pulmonary function and abdominal adiposity in the general populationHeather M Ochs-Balcom
INFORMA, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy
Chest 129:853-62. 2006..CONCLUSION: These results suggest that abdominal adiposity is a better predictor of pulmonary function than weight or BMI, and investigators should consider it when investigating the determinants of pulmonary function... - Evaluation of the minimal important difference for the feeling thermometer and the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire in patients with chronic airflow obstructionHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:1170-6. 2003..The objective of our study is to explore the interpretation of the SGRQ and FT... - Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines: Part 2 of 3. The GRADE approach to grading quality of evidence about diagnostic tests and strategiesJ L Brozek
Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
Allergy 64:1109-16. 2009..Well-designed and conducted studies of allergy tests in parallel with efforts to evaluate allergy treatments critically will encourage improved guideline development for allergic diseases... - A randomized multicenter trial to evaluate simple utility elicitation techniques in patients with gastroesophageal reflux diseaseHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
Med Care 42:1132-42. 2004..We evaluated whether the administration of marker states improves measurement properties of the FT and SG... - A novel approach for quality control of total lung capacity in the clinical pulmonary function laboratory: a study in a veteran populationHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Respirology 8:365-70. 2003..Second, we measured the test-retest variability of TLCb, TLCm and TLC measured by single breath helium dilution (TLCs) to assess the consistency of the measurements... - Electronic mail was not better than postal mail for surveying residents and facultyElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, ECMC-CC 142, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 58:425-9. 2005..CONCLUSION: E-surveys were not superior to postal surveys in terms of response rate, but resulted in shorter time to response and equivalent data quality... - Can contraindications compromise evidence-based, patient-centered clinical practice?Victor M Montori
Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Can J Clin Pharmacol 13:e92-101. 2006..The impact of contraindications on treatment decisions remains unexplored... - Urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal womenEva S Schernhammer
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:898-905. 2008..Low urinary melatonin levels have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. However, the association between melatonin levels and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women remains unclear... - A clinical trial to evaluate the measurement properties of 2 direct preference instruments administered with and without hypothetical marker statesHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Med Decis Making 23:140-9. 2003..However, there is no evidence to support improvement in measurement properties with the use of CMS. The authors evaluated validity and responsiveness of the SG and FT with and without administration of the CMS... - Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategiesHolger J Schunemann
Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, 00144 Rome, Italy
BMJ 336:1106-10. 2008 - Symbols were superior to numbers for presenting strength of recommendations to health care consumers: a randomized trialElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 60:1298-305. 2007..To compare health care consumers' understanding, evaluations, and preferences for symbols vs. numbers and letters for the representation of strength of recommendations (SOR) and quality of evidence (QOE)... - A comparison of the original chronic respiratory questionnaire with a standardized versionHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Chest 124:1421-9. 2003..Because the individualized domain is unwieldy in multicenter clinical trials, we developed a standardized version and tested its discriminative and evaluative properties... - Role of supplemental calcium in the recurrence of colorectal adenomas: a metaanalysis of randomized controlled trialsAasma Shaukat
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 100:390-4. 2005..80, CI: 0.68, 0.93; p-value = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that calcium supplementation prevents recurrent colorectal adenomas... - Do clinical marker states improve responsiveness and construct validity of the standard gamble and feeling thermometer: a randomized multi-center trial in patients with chronic respiratory diseaseHolger J Schunemann
Division of Clinical Research Development and INFORMAtion Translation INFROMA, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
Qual Life Res 15:1-14. 2006..We evaluated the impact of clinical marker state (CMS) rating prior to patients' rating their own health on two utility instruments (feeling thermometer (FT) and standard gamble (SG)) in patients with chronic respiratory disease (CRD)... - Specific HRQL instruments and symptom scores were more responsive than preference-based generic instruments in patients with GERDJan L Brozek
Department of Epidemiology, CLARITY Research Group, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
J Clin Epidemiol 62:102-10. 2009..To determine relative responsiveness of disease-specific and generic preference-based health-related quality of life instruments in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)... - Association between anemia and quality of life in a population sample of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseGokul Krishnan
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
BMC Pulm Med 6:23. 2006..However, there is little evidence regarding the association of anemia with HRQL in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... - Application of generalizability theory confirmed lower reliability of the standard gamble than the feeling thermometerHolger J Schunemann
Department of Epidemiology, INFORMA Unit CLARITY Research Group, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy
J Clin Epidemiol 60:1256-62. 2007..Further, lack of interrater reliability may compromise the use of CMS in interpreting health state ratings. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of CMS ratings for the SG and the FT... - Measurement properties and interpretability of the Chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ)Holger J Schunemann
Departments of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
COPD 2:81-9. 2005..These objectives include the exploration of presentation of quality of life information and prospective anchor-based approaches... - Transparent development of the WHO rapid advice guidelinesHolger J Schunemann
Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Department of Epidemiology, Rome, Italy
PLoS Med 4:e119. 2007..The process could be improved by shortening the time required to commission evidence profiles. Further development is needed to facilitate stakeholder involvement, and evaluate and ensure the guideline's usefulness... - A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of informing patients about their pretreatment responses to two respiratory questionnairesHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Chest 122:1701-8. 2002..George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) with a 3-month interval between questionnaire completion...
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- Integrating and coordinating efforts in COPD guideline developmentHolger Schunemann; Fiscal Year: 2007..End of Abstract) ..