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conferences
- Timing of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Urology. 2023
- EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PHARMACOLOGICAL THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING NONCARDIAC SURGERY: A NETWORK META-ANALYSIS. Journal of Urology. E175-E175. 2020
- Relation of Total Sugars, Sucrose, Fructose, and Added Sugars With the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2399-2414. 2019
- What proportion of ethically approved randomised clinical trials can be found in a trial registry?. Trials. 2019
- Decision Aids for Prostate Cancer Screening Choice. JAMA Internal Medicine. 1072-1072. 2019
- MP46-06 SERIES OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES OF THE RISK OF THROMBOSIS AND BLEEDING IN UROLOGICAL NON-CANCER SURGERY (ROTBUS NON-CANCER). Investigative Urology. E618-E619. 2016
- PD25-03 SERIES OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES OF THE RISK OF THROMBOSIS AND BLEEDING IN UROLOGICAL CANCER SURGERY (ROTBUS CANCER). Investigative Urology. E588-E588. 2016
- The Quality, Content, Accuracy and Readability of Information about Sickle Cell Anemia on the Internet. Blood. 4462-4462. 2015
- MP42-19 DECISION AIDS FOR LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT CHOICE: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Investigative Urology. E516-E517. 2015
- EFFECT OF STEROIDS ADMINISTRATION ON BRAIN DEAD ORGAN DONORS AND RECIPIENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Critical Care Medicine. 2014
- Use Of Economic Evidence To Inform Drug Reimbursement Decision Making: The Case For Ontario. Value in Health. A18-A18. 2014
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journal articles
- Duration of primary/secondary treatment to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Blood Advances. 9:1742-1761. 2025
- Treatment of Critical Bleeds in Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Systematic Review.. European Journal of Haematology. 114:458-468. 2025
- Successes, shortcomings and learning opportunities for evidence-based medicine from the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 30:1-4. 2025
- Metformin for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.. BMJ Medicine. 4:e001126. 2025
- Protocol for a Series of Systematic Reviews and Network Meta-analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials of Medications for Patients with Overactive Bladder Symptoms.. European Urology Open Science. 69:89-99. 2024
- Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors for adults with chronic kidney disease: a clinical practice guideline.. The BMJ. 387:e080257. 2024
- Canadian Rheumatology Association Living Guidelines for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Update #2. Journal of Rheumatology. 51:jrheum.2024-0540. 2024
- World Allergy Organization (WAO) Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow's Milk Allergy (DRACMA) guideline update - XI - Milk supplement/replacement formulas for infants and toddlers with CMA - Systematic review.. World Allergy Organization Journal. 17:100947. 2024
- Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies. Medicine (United States). 103:e39109-e39109. 2024
- A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts.. The Lancet Digital Health. 6:e507-e519. 2024
- Empiric antibiotic regimens in adults with non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 30:1351-1363. 2024
- Sex and gender-based analysis and diversity metric reporting in acute care trials published in high-impact journals: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 14:e081118-e081118. 2024
- Characteristics, Progression, and Output of Randomized Platform Trials. JAMA network open. 7:e243109-e243109. 2024
- Avoiding Risks of Thrombosis and Bleeding in Surgery (ARTS): An international, multicentre, randomised pragmatic trial. European Urology. 85:S409-S410. 2024
- Treatment of critical bleeding events in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 13:21. 2024
- Industry Funding by Itself is Not a Reason for Rating Down Studies for Risk of Bias.. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. 52:701-703. 2024
- Nutrition Users' Guides: RCTs Part 2 - structured guide for interpreting and applying study results from randomised controlled trials on therapy or prevention questions.. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. 7:e000834. 2024
- Nutrition users’ guides: RCTs part 1 – structured guide for assessing risk of bias in randomised controlled trials that address therapy or prevention questions. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. 7:e000833-e000833. 2024
- Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis.. BMJ Medicine. 3:e001009. 2024
- Recommandations pour des soins préventifs pour promouvoir l’équité en matière de santé. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 195:E1674-E1701. 2023
- Treatment of Critical Bleeding Events in Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Systematic Review. Blood. 142:7239-7239. 2023
- Preventive care recommendations to promote health equity. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 195:E1250-E1273. 2023
- Canadian Rheumatology Association Living Guidelines for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Update #1. Journal of Rheumatology. 50:1198-1199. 2023
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New‐onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill adult patients—an
SSAI clinical practice guideline. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 67:1110-1117. 2023 - Physician antimicrobial prescribing and patient outcomes on general medical wards: a multicentre retrospective cohort study. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 195:E1065-E1074. 2023
- Reporting of costs and economic impacts in randomized trials of de-implementation interventions for low-value care: a systematic scoping review. Implementation Science. 18:36. 2023
- Protocol for the development of guidance for collaborator and partner engagement in health care evidence syntheses. Systematic Reviews. 12:134. 2023
- Moving Beyond the Doctor’s Perspective of the Patient’s Perspective. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38:1962-1965. 2023
- Reminding Peer Reviewers of Reporting Guideline Items to Improve Completeness in Published Articles. JAMA network open. 6:e2317651-e2317651. 2023
- Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound. Annals of Surgery. 277:e1331-e1347. 2023
- Predictors of Recovery Following Lumbar Microdiscectomy for Sciatica: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Cureus. 15:e39664. 2023
- Timing of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after surgery: meta-analysis. British Journal of Surgery. 110:553-561. 2023
- Benefits and harms of drug treatment for type 2 diabetes: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. The BMJ. 381:e074068-e074068. 2023
- Comparison of seven popular structured dietary programmes and risk of mortality and major cardiovascular events in patients at increased cardiovascular risk: systematic review and network meta-analysis. The BMJ. 380:e072003-e072003. 2023
- A1009 Timing of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Urology. 83:s1453-s1454. 2023
- Introducing the Library of Guidance for Health Scientists (LIGHTS). JAMA network open. 6:e2253198-e2253198. 2023
- External validation of FRISBEE 5-year fracture prediction models: a registry-based cohort study. Archives of Osteoporosis. 18:13. 2022
- Trustworthy Patient-Centered Guidelines: Insights From Atopic Dermatitis and a Proposal for the Future. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 10:2875-2877. 2022
- Canadian Rheumatology Association Living Guidelines for the Pharmacological Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis With Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs. Journal of Rheumatology. 49:1092-1099. 2022
- Consistency of covid-19 trial preprints with published reports and impact for decision making: retrospective review. BMJ Medicine. 1:e000309-e000309. 2022
- Randomized controlled trials in de-implementation research: a systematic scoping review. Implementation Science. 17:65. 2022
- Unclear reporting of secondary outcome in randomized trial of Lv et al. Irish Journal of Medical Science. 191:2431-2431. 2022
- Endovascular thrombectomy and intravenous alteplase in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion: A clinical practice guideline. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 15:263-271. 2022
- World Allergy Organization (WAO) Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow's Milk Allergy (DRACMA) guideline update – XIII – Oral immunotherapy for CMA – Systematic review. World Allergy Organization Journal. 15:100682-100682. 2022
- Parenteral Vitamin C in Patients with Severe Infection: A Systematic Review. NEJM Evid. 1:EVIDoa2200105. 2022
- Ku-gaa-gii pimitizi-win, the COVID-19 cohort study of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 12:e063234-e063234. 2022
- A Framework for the Development of Living Practice Guidelines in Health Care. ACP journal club. 175:1154-1160. 2022
- Fracture prediction tools in diabetes. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity. 29:326-332. 2022
- Long-term and serious harms of medical cannabis and cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review of non-randomised studies. BMJ Open. 12:e054282-e054282. 2022
- Viscosupplementation for knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis. The BMJ. 378:e069722-e069722. 2022
- Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study. The Lancet Global Health. 10:e1003-e1011. 2022
- Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation: Established and New Insights. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 43:461-470. 2022
- Performance of the Garvan Fracture Risk Calculator in Individuals with Diabetes: A Registry-Based Cohort Study. Calcified Tissue International. 110:658-665. 2022
- Shorter versus longer durations of antibiotic treatment for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 12:e062428-e062428. 2022
- Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Patients With Heart Failure. ACP journal club. 175:851-861. 2022
- The impact of surgical delay on resectability of colorectal cancer: An international prospective cohort study. Colorectal Disease. 24:708-726. 2022
- Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. New England Journal of Medicine. 386:1986-1997. 2022
- Reporting quality of clinical trial protocols: a repeated cross-sectional study about the Adherence to SPIrit Recommendations in Switzerland, CAnada and GErmany (ASPIRE-SCAGE). BMJ Open. 12:e053417-e053417. 2022
- A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19. The BMJ. 377:o1045-o1045. 2022
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P oCUS : Just because we can doesn't mean we should. Academic Emergency Medicine. 29:515-517. 2022 - Emerging evidence for non-pharmacologic interventions in reducing the burden of respiratory illnesses. Internal and emergency medicine. 17:639-644. 2022
- Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: A repeated metaresearch analysis. PLoS Medicine. 19:e1003980-e1003980. 2022
- Benefits and harms of direct oral anticoagulation and low molecular weight heparin for thromboprophylaxis in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. The BMJ. 376:e066785-e066785. 2022
- Association of Low- and No-Calorie Sweetened Beverages as a Replacement for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Body Weight and Cardiometabolic Risk. JAMA network open. 5:e222092-e222092. 2022
- Predictive performance of the Garvan Fracture Risk Calculator: a registry-based cohort study. Osteoporosis International. 33:541-548. 2022
- Administration of Parenteral Vitamin C in Patients With Severe Infection: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JMIR Research Protocols. 11:e33989-e33989. 2022
- Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: analysis of the COVIDSurg data. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 62:558-570. 2022
- Less intensive antileukemic therapies (monotherapy and/or combination) for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia who are not candidates for intensive antileukemic therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 17:e0263240-e0263240. 2022
- More work needed on decision analysis for shared decision-making: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 141:106-120. 2022
- Non-COVID outcomes associated with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic effects study (COPES): A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 17:e0269871-e0269871. 2022
- The Usefulness of the Rapid Shallow Breathing Index in Predicting Successful Extubation. Chest. 161:97-111. 2022
- Adherence of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pharmacologic Treatments of Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 to Trustworthy Standards. JAMA network open. 4:e2136263-e2136263. 2021
- Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 10:315. 2021
- Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score. British Journal of Surgery. 108:1274-1292. 2021
- Global wealth disparities drive adherence to COVID-safe pathways in head and neck cancer surgery. BJS open. 5:zrab112. 2021
- Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection. BJS open. 5:zrab131. 2021
- Clinical trials in COVID-19 management & prevention: A meta-epidemiological study examining methodological quality. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 139:68-79. 2021
- Drug–drug interactions with warfarin: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 87:4051-4100. 2021
- Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study. The Lancet Oncology. 22:1507-1517. 2021
- Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 76:1454-1464. 2021
- Outcomes after perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with proximal femoral fractures: an international cohort study. BMJ Open. 11:e050830-e050830. 2021
- Reporting quality of trial protocols improved for non-regulated interventions but not regulated interventions: A repeated cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 139:340-349. 2021
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. British Journal of Surgery. 108:1056-1063. 2021
- Sodium‐Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors, All‐Cause Mortality, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Bayesian Meta‐Analysis and Meta‐Regression. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10:e019918. 2021
- Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 162:e355-e372. 2021
- In adults hospitalized with COVID-19, the 5-variable SOARS score predicted in-hospital mortality. ACP journal club. 174:JC95-JC95. 2021
- Head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international, multicenter, observational cohort study.. Cancer. 127:2476-2488. 2021
- In healthy older adults, daily aspirin increased cancer mortality. ACP journal club. 174:JC74-JC74. 2021
- Mortality at For-Profit Versus Not-For-Profit Hemodialysis Centers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services. 51:371-378. 2021
- Annals Graphic Medicine - Last Human Contact in COVID-19. ACP journal club. 174:W58-W59. 2021
- Accuracy of Cardiovascular Trial Outcome Ascertainment and Treatment Effect Estimates from Routine Health Data: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 14:e007903. 2021
- An International Survey on the Use of Thromboprophylaxis in Urological Surgery. European Urology Focus. 7:653-658. 2021
- Prophylaxis against covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis. The BMJ. 373:n949-n949. 2021
- A living WHO guideline on drugs to prevent covid-19. The BMJ. 372:n526-n526. 2021
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as pancreatic disease. BMJ Case Reports. 14:e241033-e241033. 2021
- Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic. Colorectal Disease. 23:732-749. 2021
- Risk of dispersion or aerosol generation and infection transmission with nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for detection of COVID-19: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 11:e040616-e040616. 2021
- Visual Analogue Scale has higher assay sensitivity than WOMAC pain in detecting between-group differences in treatment effects: a meta-epidemiological study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 29:304-312. 2021
- Prophylaxis for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis 2021
- Blastomycosis with rapid-onset acute respiratory distress syndrome in an urban setting. BMJ Case Reports. 14:e239498-e239498. 2021
- Therapies for Preventing Bone Loss with Glucocorticoid Treatment. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 19:34-39. 2021
- Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. British Journal of Surgery. 108:88-96. 2021
- Developing trustworthy recommendations as part of an urgent response (1–2 weeks): a GRADE concept paper. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 129:1-11. 2021
- Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19–Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 39:66-78. 2021
- Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries. The Lancet. 397:387-397. 2021
- Approaches of integrating the development of guidelines and quality indicators: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. 20:875. 2020
- Rationale and design of repeated cross-sectional studies to evaluate the reporting quality of trial protocols: the Adherence to SPIrit REcommendations (ASPIRE) study and associated projects. Trials. 21:896. 2020
- Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study. BMJ Global Health. 5:e003429-e003429. 2020
- Timing of nasogastric tube insertion and the risk of postoperative pneumonia: an international, prospective cohort study. Colorectal Disease. 22:2288-2297. 2020
- Management of Acute Pain From Non–Low Back, Musculoskeletal Injuries. ACP journal club. 173:730-738. 2020
- Clinical Trial Evidence Supporting US Food and Drug Administration Approval of Novel Cancer Therapies Between 2000 and 2016. JAMA network open. 3:e2024406-e2024406. 2020
- Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. British Journal of Surgery. 107:e601-e602. 2020
- Risk-assessment models for VTE and bleeding in hospitalized medical patients: an overview of systematic reviews. Blood Advances. 4:4929-4944. 2020
- Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans. British Journal of Surgery. 107:1440-1449. 2020
- The UpPriority tool was developed to guide the prioritization of clinical guideline questions for updating. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 126:80-92. 2020
- A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19. The BMJ. 370:m3379-m3379. 2020
- High-flow nasal cannula for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19: systematic reviews of effectiveness and its risks of aerosolization, dispersion, and infection transmission. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 67:1217-1248. 2020
- Potential impact of missing outcome data on treatment effects in systematic reviews: imputation study. The BMJ. 370:m2898-m2898. 2020
- American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for treating newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia in older adults. Blood Advances. 4:3528-3549. 2020
- Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis. The BMJ. 370:m2980-m2980. 2020
- Remdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline. The BMJ. 370:m2924-m2924. 2020
- Erratum to “A systematic survey identified 36 criteria for assessing effect modification claims in randomized trials or meta-analyses” [J Clin Epidemiol. 2019;113:159-67]. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 123:189-189. 2020
- Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study. The Lancet. 396:27-38. 2020
- Reporting of conflicts of interest by authors of primary studies on health policy and systems research: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 10:e032425-e032425. 2020
- Pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in adult patients undergoing neurosurgical interventions for preventing venous thromboembolism. Blood Advances. 4:2798-2809. 2020
- Risk models for VTE and bleeding in medical inpatients: systematic identification and expert assessment. Blood Advances. 4:2557-2566. 2020
- Comparing low-molecular-weight heparin dosing for treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with obesity (RIETE registry). Blood Advances. 4:2460-2467. 2020
- Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54:665-673. 2020
- Prognostic factors for VTE and bleeding in hospitalized medical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Blood. 135:1788-1810. 2020
- PD09-03 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PHARMACOLOGICAL THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING NONCARDIAC SURGERY: A NETWORK META-ANALYSIS. Investigative Urology. 203. 2020
- The Impact of Nocturia on Falls and Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Investigative Urology. 203:674-683. 2020
- Patient values and preferences regarding VTE disease: a systematic review to inform American Society of Hematology guidelines. Blood Advances. 4:953-968. 2020
- The Impact of Nocturia on Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Investigative Urology. 203:486-495. 2020
- <p>Meta-Analyses Proved Inconsistent in How Missing Data Were Handled Across Their Included Primary Trials: A Methodological Survey</p>. Clinical Epidemiology. Volume 12:527-535. 2020
- A Single-Center Retrospective Study on the Initiation of Peritoneal Dialysis in Patients With Cardiorenal Syndrome and Subsequent Hospitalizations. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 7:205435812097923-205435812097923. 2020
- Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 15:e0241955-e0241955. 2020
- The worldwide clinical trial research response to the COVID-19 pandemic - the first 100 days. F1000Prime Reports. 9:1193-1193. 2020
- Effect of Lower Versus Higher Red Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes. ACP journal club. 171:721-721. 2019
- Health-Related Values and Preferences Regarding Meat Consumption. ACP journal club. 171:742-742. 2019
- Reporting Quality of Journal Abstracts for Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials Before and After the Implementation of the CONSORT Extension for Abstracts. World Journal of Surgery. 43:2371-2378. 2019
- Single pivotal trials with few corroborating characteristics were used for FDA approval of cancer therapies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 114:49-59. 2019
- A systematic survey identified 36 criteria for assessing effect modification claims in randomized trials or meta-analyses. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 113:159-167. 2019
- Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left‐sided colorectal resection. BJS open. 3:403-414. 2019
- Public, health professional and legislator perspectives on the concept of psychiatric disease: a population-based survey. BMJ Open. 9:e024265-e024265. 2019
- Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment for retinal conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 9:e022031-e022031. 2019
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis in the Management of Open Fractures: A Systematic Survey of Current Practice and Recommendations. JBJS Reviews. 7:1-1. 2019
- Subacromial decompression surgery for rotator cuff disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019:CD005619. 2019
- Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy. British Journal of Surgery. 106:e103-e112. 2019
- Assessing Patient Perspectives on Receiving Bad News: A Survey of 1337 Patients With Life-Changing Diagnoses. AJOB Empirical Bioethics. 10:36-43. 2019
- Potentially missing data are considerably more frequent than definitely missing data: a methodological survey of 638 randomized controlled trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 106:18-31. 2019
- Patient Values and Preferences Regarding Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Systematic Review. Pain Medicine. 19:2469-2480. 2018
- The Comparative Effectiveness of Innovative Treatments for Cancer (CEIT-Cancer) project: Rationale and design of the database and the collection of evidence available at approval of novel drugs. Trials. 19:505. 2018
- American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: optimal management of anticoagulation therapy. Blood Advances. 2:3257-3291. 2018
- Source and Quality of Enteral Nutrition Influences Oxidative Stress in Preterm Infants: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 42:1288-1294. 2018
- Applying GRADE to a network meta-analysis of antidepressants led to more conservative conclusions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 102:87-98. 2018
- Attitudes Toward and Management of Fibromyalgia. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 24:243-249. 2018
- Laparoscopy in management of appendicitis in high-, middle-, and low-income countries: a multicenter, prospective, cohort study. Surgical Endoscopy. 32:3450-3466. 2018
- A systematic review on how patients value chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outcomes. European Respiratory Journal. 52:1800222-1800222. 2018
- Perioperative mortality rates in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Global Health. 3:e000810-e000810. 2018
- Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 18:516-525. 2018
- Incidence and Management of Thrombotic and Thromboembolic Complications Following the Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis Procedure: A Literature Review. Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. 24:405-415. 2018
- MP57-03 DECISION AIDS FOR PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Investigative Urology. 199:e764-e765. 2018
- Systematic review on costs and resource use of randomized clinical trials shows a lack of transparent and comprehensive data. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 96:1-11. 2018
- 1104 An international survey on the use of thromboprophylaxis in urological surgery. European Urology Open Science. 17:e1563-e1564. 2018
- Decision aids for prostate cancer screening choice: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Urology Open Science. 17:e381-e382. 2018
- Addition of Ezetimibe to statins for patients at high cardiovascular risk: Systematic review of patient‐important outcomes. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 24:222-231. 2018
- Procedure-specific Risks of Thrombosis and Bleeding in Urological Cancer Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European Urology. 73:242-251. 2018
- Procedure-specific Risks of Thrombosis and Bleeding in Urological Non-cancer Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European Urology. 73:236-241. 2018
- Funding characteristics of randomised clinical trials supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation: a retrospective cohort study. Swiss Medical Weekly. 148:w14587. 2018
- Acute kidney injury in cats and dogs: A proportional meta-analysis of case series studies. PLoS ONE. 13:e0190772-e0190772. 2018
- Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 320:2448-2460. 2018
- Strategies to optimize MEDLINE and EMBASE search strategies for anesthesiology systematic reviews. An experimental study. Sao Paulo Medical Journal. 136:103-108. 2018
- Systematic reviews do not adequately report or address missing outcome data in their analyses: a methodological survey. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 99:14-23. 2018
- Vitamin D supplementation in primary allergy prevention: Systematic review of randomized and non‐randomized studies. Acta Allergologica. 73:37-49. 2018
- Antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women living with HIV or hepatitis B: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 7:e019022-e019022. 2017
- Clinical predictors and clinical prediction rules to estimate initial patient risk for infective endocarditis in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 23:900-906. 2017
- Relationship between family caregiver burden and physical frailty in older adults without dementia: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 6:55. 2017
- Incidence and Management of Thrombotic and Thromboembolic Complications Following the Norwood Procedure: A Systematic Review. Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. 23:911-921. 2017
- Prebiotics for the prevention of allergies: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 47:1468-1477. 2017
- Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 140:950-958. 2017
- Cannabinoids for spasticity due to multiple sclerosis or paraplegia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 34:170-185. 2017
- Mandated reporters’ experiences with reporting child maltreatment: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ Open. 7:e013942-e013942. 2017
- First-year medical students use of ultrasound or physical examination to diagnose hepatomegaly and ascites: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Ultrasound. 20:199-204. 2017
- Inhalation versus intravenous anaesthesia for adults undergoing on-pump or off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 40:127-138. 2017
- Discontinuation and non-publication of randomised clinical trials supported by the main public funding body in Switzerland: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 7:e016216-e016216. 2017
- Herbal medications for surgical patients: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 7:e014290-e014290. 2017
- Effect of corticosteroid administration on neurologically deceased organ donors and transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 7:e014436-e014436. 2017
- Commonly-used versus less commonly-used methods in the loss of resistance technique for identification of the epidural space: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 38:41-51. 2017
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- Efficacy and safety of blood transfusion in obstetric patients: systematic review of the literature. Ginekologia Polska. 88:446-452. 2017
- Electronic nicotine delivery systems and/or electronic non-nicotine delivery systems for tobacco smoking cessation or reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 7:e012680-e012680. 2017
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preprints
- The trustworthiness and impact of trial preprints for COVID-19 decision-making: A methodological study 2022
- Administration of Parenteral Vitamin C in Patients With Severe Infection: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Preprint) 2021
- Long-term and serious harms of medical cannabis and cannabinoids for chronic pain: A systematic review of non-randomized studies 2021
- Clinical Trials in COVID-19 Management & Prevention: A Meta-epidemiological Study examining methodological quality 2020