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Perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 5.29

Interruption of warfarin anticoagulation for dental surgery. Chest (2013) 1.11

GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ (2008) 33.10

GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 11.77

Perioperative Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. N Engl J Med (2015) 10.86

GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 10.02

2006 Canadian clinical practice guidelines on the management and prevention of obesity in adults and children [summary]. CMAJ (2007) 9.10

Going from evidence to recommendations. BMJ (2008) 7.30

What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians? BMJ (2008) 6.99

Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA (2010) 5.90

Systematic overview of warfarin and its drug and food interactions. Arch Intern Med (2005) 5.86

Perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 5.29

Antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 5.27

Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategies. BMJ (2008) 5.16

GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence--study limitations (risk of bias). J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 5.10

Prevention of VTE in nonsurgical patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 5.02

Risk factors for venous thromboembolism. Circulation (2003) 4.64

Rivaroxaban for thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients. N Engl J Med (2013) 4.43

Periprocedural heparin bridging in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists: systematic review and meta-analysis of bleeding and thromboembolic rates. Circulation (2012) 3.74

The perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Chest (2008) 3.74

The effect of warfarin and intensity of anticoagulation on outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage. Arch Intern Med (2004) 3.63

GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 3.60

GRADE guidelines: 14. Going from evidence to recommendations: the significance and presentation of recommendations. J Clin Epidemiol (2013) 3.58

GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence--imprecision. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.54

GRADE guidelines: 5. Rating the quality of evidence--publication bias. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.44

Longer- Versus Shorter-Duration Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2015) 3.41

Meta-analysis: anticoagulant prophylaxis to prevent symptomatic venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients. Ann Intern Med (2007) 3.33

GRADE guidelines: 9. Rating up the quality of evidence. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.30

Clinical impact of bleeding in patients taking oral anticoagulant therapy for venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2003) 3.18

Methodology for the development of antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis guidelines: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 3.14

GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence--inconsistency. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.02

Oral vitamin K lowers the international normalized ratio more rapidly than subcutaneous vitamin K in the treatment of warfarin-associated coagulopathy. A randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med (2002) 2.85

GRADE guidelines: 8. Rating the quality of evidence--indirectness. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 2.83

D-dimer testing to select patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism who can stop anticoagulant therapy: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med (2015) 2.63

Thirty-year trends (1975 to 2005) in the magnitude of, management of, and hospital death rates associated with cardiogenic shock in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a population-based perspective. Circulation (2009) 2.60

Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 2.55

A 30-year perspective (1975-2005) into the changing landscape of patients hospitalized with initial acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 2.53

Systematic review: D-dimer to predict recurrent disease after stopping anticoagulant therapy for unprovoked venous thromboembolism. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.51

Prevention of venous thromboembolism in the orthopedic surgery patient. Cleve Clin J Med (2008) 2.51

Combined aspirin-oral anticoagulant therapy compared with oral anticoagulant therapy alone among patients at risk for cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Arch Intern Med (2007) 2.50

Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest (2012) 2.50

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients: findings from the International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism. Chest (2007) 2.32

Symptomatic in-hospital deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism following hip and knee arthroplasty among patients receiving recommended prophylaxis: a systematic review. JAMA (2012) 2.30

Predicting deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy: out in "LEFt" field? Ann Intern Med (2009) 2.26

Patterns of pulmonary complications associated with sirolimus. Respiration (2005) 2.20

Managing new oral anticoagulants in the perioperative and intensive care unit setting. Anesthesiology (2013) 2.20

Statins and intracerebral hemorrhage: collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation (2011) 2.17

Use of GRADE grid to reach decisions on clinical practice guidelines when consensus is elusive. BMJ (2008) 2.15

Ethics and legalities associated with independent medical evaluations. CMAJ (2014) 2.11

Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with a coronary stent who need noncardiac surgery: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines. Chest (2013) 2.11

A 25-year perspective into the changing landscape of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (the Worcester Heart Attack Study). Am J Cardiol (2004) 2.10

Selective D-dimer testing for diagnosis of a first suspected episode of deep venous thrombosis: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2013) 2.09

Cost-effectiveness of interferon gamma release assays vs tuberculin skin tests in health care workers. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.08

The management of patients who require temporary reversal of vitamin K antagonists for surgery: a practical guide for clinicians. Intern Emerg Med (2006) 2.05

Provisional vs. complex stenting strategy for coronary bifurcation lesions: meta-analysis of randomized trials. J Invasive Cardiol (2009) 2.03

Incorporating considerations of resources use into grading recommendations. BMJ (2008) 1.94

Incidence and hospital death rates associated with heart failure: a community-wide perspective. Am J Med (2005) 1.90

GRADE guidelines: 11. Making an overall rating of confidence in effect estimates for a single outcome and for all outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol (2012) 1.90

GRADE guidelines: 13. Preparing summary of findings tables and evidence profiles-continuous outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol (2012) 1.86

Factors determining the quality of screening colonoscopy: a prospective study on adenoma detection rates, from 12,134 examinations (Berlin colonoscopy project 3, BECOP-3). Gut (2012) 1.83

Randomisation to protect against selection bias in healthcare trials. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2011) 1.82

Long-term survival after heart failure: a contemporary population-based perspective. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.81

Longitudinal evaluation of health plan cost per venous thromboembolism or bleed event in patients with a prior venous thromboembolism event during hospitalization. J Manag Care Pharm (2005) 1.81

Benzodiazepine versus nonbenzodiazepine-based sedation for mechanically ventilated, critically ill adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.79

Narrow-band versus white-light high definition television endoscopic imaging for screening colonoscopy: a prospective randomized trial. Gastroenterology (2008) 1.76

GRADE guidelines: 12. Preparing summary of findings tables-binary outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol (2012) 1.75

Outcomes of hemodialysis patients in a long-term care hospital setting: a single-center study. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 1.68

Factors at admission associated with bleeding risk in medical patients: findings from the IMPROVE investigators. Chest (2010) 1.67

Risk of deep vein thrombosis following a single negative whole-leg compression ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2010) 1.64

Five steps to conducting a systematic review. J R Soc Med (2003) 1.64

Deep-vein thrombosis: a United States cost model for a preventable and costly adverse event. Thromb Haemost (2011) 1.61

Statin use following intracerebral hemorrhage: a decision analysis. Arch Neurol (2011) 1.59

A clinically integrated curriculum in evidence-based medicine for just-in-time learning through on-the-job training: the EU-EBM project. BMC Med Educ (2007) 1.55

Safety of uninterrupted anticoagulation in patients requiring elective coronary angiography with or without percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Chest (2010) 1.54

Outcomes of temporary interruption of rivaroxaban compared with warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: results from the rivaroxaban once daily, oral, direct factor Xa inhibition compared with vitamin K antagonism for prevention of stroke and embolism trial in atrial fibrillation (ROCKET AF). Circulation (2014) 1.54

Underuse of controller medications among children with persistent asthma in the Ohio medicaid population: evolving differences with new medications. Ambul Pediatr (2005) 1.53

A case for clarity, consistency, and helpfulness: state-of-the-art clinical practice guidelines in endocrinology using the grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation system. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2008) 1.53

Venous thromboembolism in patients with symptomatic atherosclerosis. Thromb Haemost (2011) 1.52

Dental surgery for patients on anticoagulant therapy with warfarin: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Can Dent Assoc (2009) 1.52

Detection of pulmonary emboli with 99mTc-labeled anti-D-dimer (DI-80B3)Fab' fragments (ThromboView). Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.51

Data quality of the German screening colonoscopy registry. Endoscopy (2013) 1.48

Early versus delayed bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation for parkinson's disease: a decision analysis. Mov Disord (2010) 1.48

Clinical relevance of pretransplant donor-specific HLA antibodies detected by single-antigen flow-beads. Transplantation (2009) 1.47

Morbidity and mortality on chronic haemodialysis: a 10-year Swiss single centre analysis. Swiss Med Wkly (2011) 1.47