Published in Ann Emerg Med on February 01, 2002
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Prioritisation of clinical research by the example of type 2 diabetes: a caregiver-survey on perceived relevance and need for evidence. PLoS One (2012) 0.75
The Cochrane Library is a relevant resource for emergency medicine. Emerg Med J (2002) 0.75
Natural selection shaped regional mtDNA variation in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 6.95
Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2009) 6.70
A randomized, controlled trial of clinical information shared from another institution. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 6.66
Outpatient oral prednisone after emergency treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med (2003) 5.12
Effects of exercise on breast cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ (2006) 4.79
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic). CMAJ (2004) 4.65
The Canadian C-spine rule versus the NEXUS low-risk criteria in patients with trauma. N Engl J Med (2003) 4.48
Comparison of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria in patients with minor head injury. JAMA (2005) 4.35
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 1. Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat. CMAJ (2004) 4.24
The effect of a quantitative resuscitation strategy on mortality in patients with sepsis: a meta-analysis. Crit Care Med (2008) 3.73
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a systematic review. JAMA (2007) 2.93
Assessment of Medicare's imaging efficiency measure for emergency department patients with atraumatic headache. Ann Emerg Med (2012) 2.71
Implementation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule: prospective 12 centre cluster randomised trial. BMJ (2009) 2.58
Diagnostic accuracy of noncontrast computed tomography for appendicitis in adults: a systematic review. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 2.55
Preventive care in the emergency department: should emergency departments conduct routine HIV screening? a systematic review. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 2.50
A controlled trial to increase detection and treatment of osteoporosis in older patients with a wrist fracture. Ann Intern Med (2004) 2.48
Variation in management of recent-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter among academic hospital emergency departments. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 2.44
Exercise interventions for upper-limb dysfunction due to breast cancer treatment. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2010) 2.35
Accuracy of Ottawa Ankle Rules to exclude fractures of the ankle and midfoot in children: a meta-analysis. Acad Emerg Med (2009) 2.33
Replacement of oral corticosteroids with inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of acute asthma following emergency department discharge: a meta-analysis. Chest (2002) 2.28
The accuracy of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay D-dimer test in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 2.25
The relation between hyperglycemia and outcomes in 2,471 patients admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia. Diabetes Care (2005) 2.24
North American white mitochondrial haplogroups in prostate and renal cancer. J Urol (2006) 2.13
Relationship of visit-to-visit and ambulatory blood pressure variability to vascular function in African Americans. Hypertens Res (2011) 2.03
The Frontlines of Medicine Project: a proposal for the standardized communication of emergency department data for public health uses including syndromic surveillance for biological and chemical terrorism. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 1.97
Canadian Thoracic Society 2012 guideline update: diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults. Can Respir J (2012) 1.96
Emergency triage: comparing a novel computer triage program with standard triage. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 1.91
Critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected pulmonary embolism. Ann Emerg Med (2011) 1.88
Randomized controlled trial of emergency department interventions to improve primary care follow-up for patients with acute asthma. Chest (2006) 1.87
Parenteral metoclopramide for acute migraine: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2004) 1.83
Emergency department management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the elderly: the Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 1.81
Knowledge translation: closing the evidence-to-practice gap. Ann Emerg Med (2006) 1.81
An extended care facility-to-emergency department transfer form improves communication. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 1.79
Pneumococcal pneumonia: potential for diagnosis through a urinary metabolic profile. J Proteome Res (2009) 1.78
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 2. Measures of precision (confidence intervals). CMAJ (2004) 1.76
Depression following traumatic spinal cord injury. Neuroepidemiology (2005) 1.76
Air pollution and emergency department visits for cardiac and respiratory conditions: a multi-city time-series analysis. Environ Health (2009) 1.76
Key indicators of overcrowding in Canadian emergency departments: a Delphi study. CJEM (2007) 1.70
A survey to determine the prevalence and characteristics of training in Evidence-Based Medicine in emergency medicine residency programs. J Emerg Med (2005) 1.69
Methylxanthines for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ (2003) 1.68
Clinical policy: critical issues in the prescribing of opioids for adult patients in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med (2012) 1.67
Holding chambers (spacers) versus nebulisers for beta-agonist treatment of acute asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 1.65
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for treatment of respiratory failure due to severe acute exacerbations of asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 1.60
A risk scoring system to identify emergency department patients with heart failure at high risk for serious adverse events. Acad Emerg Med (2013) 1.59
Aerosolized magnesium sulfate for acute asthma: a systematic review. Chest (2005) 1.57
Should parents be present during emergency department procedures on children, and who should make that decision? A survey of emergency physician and nurse attitudes. Acad Emerg Med (2002) 1.57
Tracking emergency department overcrowding in a tertiary care academic institution. Healthc Q (2009) 1.56
Outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma among children and adults: a case-crossover study in northern Alberta, Canada. Environ Health (2007) 1.55
Mitochondrial DNA diversity in indigenous populations of the southern extent of Siberia, and the origins of Native American haplogroups. Ann Hum Genet (2005) 1.54
Effectiveness of corticosteroid treatment in acute pharyngitis: a systematic review of the literature. Acad Emerg Med (2010) 1.53
Prevalence of asthma and risk factors for asthma-like symptoms in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the northern territories of Canada. Can Respir J (2008) 1.52
Associations between outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for stroke in Edmonton, Canada. Eur J Epidemiol (2006) 1.51
The epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Alberta, Canada. Can J Neurol Sci (2003) 1.50
Systematic review of emergency physician-performed ultrasonography for lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis. Acad Emerg Med (2008) 1.49
Procalcitonin test in the diagnosis of bacteremia: a meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med (2006) 1.49
Impact of a triage liaison physician on emergency department overcrowding and throughput: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 1.48
Radiologic and patient-reported functional outcomes in an elderly cohort with conservatively treated distal radius fractures. J Hand Surg Am (2004) 1.48
The Cochrane Library and safety of systemic corticosteroids for acute respiratory conditions in children: an overview of reviews. Evid Based Child Health (2014) 1.46
Corticosteroids in peritonsillar abscess treatment: a blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial. Laryngoscope (2013) 1.45
The effectiveness of IV beta-agonists in treating patients with acute asthma in the emergency department: a meta-analysis. Chest (2002) 1.44
Inhaled steroids for acute asthma following emergency department discharge. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 1.43
The effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids in the emergency department treatment of acute asthma: a meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 1.41
A standardized exercise intervention differentially affects premenopausal and postmenopausal African-American women. Menopause (2014) 1.40
Angiotensinogen M235T polymorphism associates with exercise hemodynamics in postmenopausal women. Physiol Genomics (2002) 1.40
Intramuscular versus oral methylprednisolone in asthma. Lancet (2004) 1.40
Evidence-based emergency medicine/systematic review abstract. To dive or not to dive? Use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to prevent neurologic sequelae in patients acutely poisoned with carbon monoxide. Ann Emerg Med (2005) 1.38
Frequency, determinants and impact of overcrowding in emergency departments in Canada: a national survey. Healthc Q (2007) 1.37
Multifaceted intervention to improve diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in patients with recent wrist fracture: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ (2008) 1.35
Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: making sense of diagnostic test results using likelihood ratios. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.33
An evaluation of emergency medicine resident interaction time with faculty in different teaching venues. Acad Emerg Med (2004) 1.32
Incidental vertebral fractures discovered with chest radiography in the emergency department: prevalence, recognition, and osteoporosis management in a cohort of elderly patients. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.31
Calcitonin for treating acute pain of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials. Osteoporos Int (2004) 1.29
Body checking in youth hockey is dangerous. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2006) 1.29
A prospective cluster-randomized trial to implement the Canadian CT Head Rule in emergency departments. CMAJ (2010) 1.28
Management of acute asthma in adults in the emergency department: nonventilatory management. CMAJ (2009) 1.24
Factors associated with hospital admission among emergency department patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation. Acad Emerg Med (2006) 1.23
Early life factors associated with incidence of physician-diagnosed asthma in preschool children: results from the Canadian Early Childhood Development cohort study. J Asthma (2010) 1.23
Direct health care costs after traumatic spinal cord injury. J Trauma (2005) 1.22
Applying the risk of bias tool in a systematic review of combination long-acting beta-agonists and inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthma. PLoS One (2011) 1.22
CpG methylation profiling in VHL related and VHL unrelated renal cell carcinoma. Mol Cancer (2009) 1.21
Systematic review: implantable cardioverter defibrillators for adults with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Ann Intern Med (2007) 1.21
Vaccines for preventing influenza in people with asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 1.19
Quantifying the iceberg effect for injury: using comprehensive community health data. Can J Public Health (2005) 1.19
Predictive validity of a computerized emergency triage tool. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 1.18
Novel method for the isolation and characterisation of the putative prostatic stem cell. Cytometry A (2003) 1.18
A randomized, controlled trial of RSD1235, a novel anti-arrhythmic agent, in the treatment of recent onset atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 1.17
Hoechst 33342 side population identification is a conserved and unified mechanism in urological cancers. Stem Cells Dev (2009) 1.17
Racial differences in oxidative stress and inflammation: in vitro and in vivo. Clin Transl Sci (2011) 1.16
Management of acute asthma in adults in the emergency department: assisted ventilation. CMAJ (2009) 1.16
Prior endurance exercise prevents postprandial lipaemia-induced increases in reactive oxygen species in circulating CD31+ cells. J Physiol (2011) 1.16
The effectiveness of pressure garment therapy for the prevention of abnormal scarring after burn injury: a meta-analysis. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg (2008) 1.15
How to find evidence when you need it, part 2: a clinician's guide to MEDLINE: the basics. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 1.14
Important returns on investment: an evaluation of a national research grants competition in emergency medicine. CJEM (2010) 1.14
Effect of bodychecking on injury rates among minor ice hockey players. CMAJ (2006) 1.12
Prioritizing performance measurement for emergency department care: consensus on evidence-based quality of care indicators. CJEM (2011) 1.12