Published in CMAJ on June 07, 2010
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Combining Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction risk score and clear-cut alternative diagnosis for chest pain risk stratification. Am J Emerg Med (2009) 0.79
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Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategies. BMJ (2008) 5.16
Outpatient oral prednisone after emergency treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med (2003) 5.12
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Evaluation and management of adult hypoglycemic disorders: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2008) 4.68
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Association between industry funding and statistically significant pro-industry findings in medical and surgical randomized trials. CMAJ (2004) 4.53
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Clinical decision rules to rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage for acute headache. JAMA (2013) 4.34
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Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines. BMC Med Res Methodol (2002) 4.19
Derivation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule to predict patients with short-term serious outcomes. Ann Emerg Med (2004) 4.12
Emergency department crowding is associated with poor care for patients with severe pain. Ann Emerg Med (2007) 4.10
Endocrine treatment of transsexual persons: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2009) 4.04
CATCH: a clinical decision rule for the use of computed tomography in children with minor head injury. CMAJ (2010) 4.03
Management of hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients in non-critical care setting: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2012) 4.02
Technology-enhanced simulation for health professions education: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2011) 3.81
The idolatry of the surrogate. BMJ (2011) 3.81
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2010) 3.80
Out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest: an epidemiologic review and assessment of current knowledge. Ann Emerg Med (2005) 3.79
A trial of an impedance threshold device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med (2011) 3.76
A new 'mechanistic-practical" framework for designing and interpreting randomized trials. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 3.75
Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory. Implement Sci (2009) 3.68
Comparison of the 20-hour intravenous and 72-hour oral acetylcysteine protocols for the treatment of acute acetaminophen poisoning. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 3.67
Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community. CMAJ (2010) 3.60
Instructional design variations in internet-based learning for health professions education: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acad Med (2010) 3.56
GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence--imprecision. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.54
Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med (2011) 3.49
Hyperthyroidism and other causes of thyrotoxicosis: management guidelines of the American Thyroid Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Endocr Pract (2011) 3.40
Clinical review 1: Adverse effects of testosterone therapy in adult men: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2010) 3.40
The diagnostic accuracy of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in the prediction of acute kidney injury in emergency department patients with suspected sepsis. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 3.13
The Canadian C-spine rule performs better than unstructured physician judgment. Ann Emerg Med (2003) 3.12
Computerized virtual patients in health professions education: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acad Med (2010) 3.12
Association between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. Mayo Clin Proc (2007) 3.12
Problems with use of composite end points in cardiovascular trials: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2007) 3.06
Thyroid cancer: zealous imaging has increased detection and treatment of low risk tumours. BMJ (2013) 3.05
Ultrasound-based transient elastography for the detection of hepatic fibrosis: systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2007) 2.93
B-type natriuretic peptide and clinical judgment in emergency diagnosis of heart failure: analysis from Breathing Not Properly (BNP) Multinational Study. Circulation (2002) 2.85
Out-of-hospital hypertonic resuscitation after traumatic hypovolemic shock: a randomized, placebo controlled trial. Ann Surg (2011) 2.85
Helping patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus make treatment decisions: statin choice randomized trial. Arch Intern Med (2007) 2.82
Prevalence of information gaps in the emergency department and the effect on patient outcomes. CMAJ (2003) 2.76
Investing in deliberation: a definition and classification of decision support interventions for people facing difficult health decisions. Med Decis Making (2010) 2.73
Comparative effectiveness for survival and renal function of partial and radical nephrectomy for localized renal tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Urol (2012) 2.73
Validation of a brief observation period for patients with cocaine-associated chest pain. N Engl J Med (2003) 2.73
Single-dose liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in India. N Engl J Med (2010) 2.68
Testosterone and cardiovascular risk in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Mayo Clin Proc (2007) 2.63
Understanding patients' experiences of treatment burden in chronic heart failure using normalization process theory. Ann Fam Med (2011) 2.59
An observational study found that authors of randomized controlled trials frequently use concealment of randomization and blinding, despite the failure to report these methods. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 2.58
Management of cocaine-associated chest pain and myocardial infarction: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology. Circulation (2008) 2.54
Bilateral internal thoracic artery harvest and deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 2.54
Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline based on expert opinion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2008) 2.52
The impact of emergency department crowding measures on time to antibiotics for patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Ann Emerg Med (2007) 2.51
Let the patient revolution begin. BMJ (2013) 2.50
GRADE guidelines: 15. Going from evidence to recommendation-determinants of a recommendation's direction and strength. J Clin Epidemiol (2013) 2.46
Clinical review: behavioral interventions to prevent childhood obesity: a systematic review and metaanalyses of randomized trials. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2008) 2.45
Prospective validation of the ABCD2 score for patients in the emergency department with transient ischemic attack. CMAJ (2011) 2.45
Diagnosis of acute aortic dissection by D-dimer: the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Substudy on Biomarkers (IRAD-Bio) experience. Circulation (2009) 2.45
Statins for the prevention and treatment of infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.43
Optimal defibrillation response intervals for maximum out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates. Ann Emerg Med (2003) 2.42
Posttransplantation diabetes: a systematic review of the literature. Diabetes Care (2002) 2.39
What do we mean by web-based learning? A systematic review of the variability of interventions. Med Educ (2010) 2.38
Is the initial diagnostic impression of "noncardiac chest pain" adequate to exclude cardiac disease? Ann Emerg Med (2004) 2.38
Author self-citation in the diabetes literature. CMAJ (2004) 2.38
The effect of two different electronic health record user interfaces on intensive care provider task load, errors of cognition, and performance. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.38
Improving understanding in the research informed consent process: a systematic review of 54 interventions tested in randomized control trials. BMC Med Ethics (2013) 2.38
The impact of penicillin resistance on short-term mortality in hospitalized adults with pneumococcal pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 2.37
Bedside B-Type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction. Results from the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 2.34
Synthesizing evidence: shifting the focus from individual studies to the body of evidence. JAMA (2013) 2.31
Primary results of the Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT). A multicenter study of B-type natriuretic peptide levels, emergency department decision making, and outcomes in patients presenting with shortness of breath. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 2.27
Diagnostic value of B-Type natriuretic peptide and chest radiographic findings in patients with acute dyspnea. Am J Med (2004) 2.23