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H McQuay

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Top papers

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1 Prevention of vomiting after paediatric strabismus surgery: a systematic review using the numbers-needed-to-treat method. Br J Anaesth 1995 2.49
2 Need for rigorous assessment of palliative care. BMJ 1994 2.41
3 Developing a database of published reports of randomised clinical trials in pain research. Pain 1996 2.40
4 Opioids in chronic non-malignant pain. BMJ 2001 2.38
5 Strategies to manage the adverse effects of oral morphine: an evidence-based report. J Clin Oncol 2001 2.25
6 Research in practice. Getting a grip. Health Serv J 1994 1.97
7 Deriving dichotomous outcome measures from continuous data in randomised controlled trials of analgesics. Pain 1996 1.95
8 Deriving dichotomous outcome measures from continuous data in randomised controlled trials of analgesics: use of pain intensity and visual analogue scales. Pain 1997 1.78
9 Deriving dichotomous outcome measures from continuous data in randomised controlled trials of analgesics: verification from independent data. Pain 1997 1.65
10 Single dose oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) for postoperative pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004 1.54
11 Randomization is important in studies with pain outcomes: systematic review of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in acute postoperative pain. Br J Anaesth 1996 1.49
12 Anticonvulsant drugs for acute and chronic pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 1.27
13 Propofol anaesthesia and postoperative nausea and vomiting: quantitative systematic review of randomized controlled studies. Br J Anaesth 1997 1.18
14 Omitting nitrous oxide in general anaesthesia: meta-analysis of intraoperative awareness and postoperative emesis in randomized controlled trials. Br J Anaesth 1996 1.14
15 Paracetamol with and without codeine in acute pain: a quantitative systematic review. Pain 1997 1.11
16 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in labour pain: a systematic review. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1997 1.06
17 Placebo mania. Placebos are essential when extent and variability of placebo response are unknown. BMJ 1996 0.99
18 Single dose paracetamol (acetaminophen), with and without codeine, for postoperative pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000 0.93
19 Anticonvulsant drugs for acute and chronic pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000 0.92
20 Morphine kinetics during and after renal transplantation. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1984 0.91
21 Spinal fluid kinetics of morphine and heroin. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1984 0.91
22 Metabolism of narcotics. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984 0.88
23 Numbers needed to treat derived from meta analysis. NNT is a tool, to be used appropriately. BMJ 1999 0.87
24 Meta-analytic comparison of prophylactic antiemetic efficacy for postoperative nausea and vomiting: propofol anaesthesia vs omitting nitrous oxide vs total i.v. anaesthesia with propofol. Br J Anaesth 1997 0.87
25 Be aware of renal function when prescribing morphine. Lancet 1984 0.86
26 Perineural injection of morphine fails to relieve postoperative pain in humans. Anesth Analg 1983 0.86
27 Comparison of the sensitivity to change of long and short form pain measures. Qual Life Res 1995 0.82
28 Single-dose, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy cross-over comparison of extradural and i.v. clonidine in chronic pain. Br J Anaesth 1993 0.81
29 Postoperative pain management: number-needed-to-treat approach versus procedure-specific pain management approach. Pain 2012 0.80
30 Plasma morphine concentrations and analgesic effects of lumbar extradural morphine and heroin. Anesth Analg 1984 0.76
31 Epidural anaesthesia and low back pain after delivery. BMJ 1996 0.75
32 Paracetamol-codeine combinations versus paracetamol alone. Actual size of increase needs to be measured. BMJ 1996 0.75
33 Anticonvulsant drugs for acute and chronic pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000 0.75
34 Central analgesics. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 1987 0.75
35 Oral bromfenac 10 and 25 mg compared with sublingual buprenorphine 0.2 and 0.4 mg for postoperative pain relief. Br J Anaesth 1993 0.75
36 Morphine kinetics and kidney transplantation: morphine removal is influenced by renal ischemia. Anesth Analg 1985 0.75
37 A model for comparison of local anesthetics in man. Anesth Analg 1982 0.75