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    • A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: III: How to appraise and use an article about therapy 
      Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Azarpazhooh, Amir (American Dental Association, 2015)
      Copyright © 2015 American Dental Association.Background and Overview: Dental practitioners spend most of their time administering treatments. To ensure that their clinical decisions are informed by the best available ...
    • A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: V: How to appraise and use an article about diagnosis 
      Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Azarpazhooh, Amir (American Dental Association, 2015)
      Background and Overview Questions regarding diagnosis are common in dental practice. Studies in which investigators apply a diagnostic test and a reference standard to all patients and compare their results represent the ...
    • A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: VI: How to use a systematic review 
      Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon; Azarpazhooh, Amir (American Dental Association, 2015)
      Background and Overview. Dental practitioners face new clinical challenges on a daily basis. New treatment options and diagnostic tools are disseminated quickly, and the volume of articles and new evidence is overwhelming. ...
    • A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: VII: How to use patient management recommendations from ... 
      Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Neumann, Ignacio; Azarpazhooh, Amir (American Dental Association, 2015)
      © 2015 American Dental Association. All rights reserved.Background and Overview. Clinical practice guidelines represent highly processed evidence with associated recommendations to inform clinical practice and optimize ...
    • A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: X How to avoid being misled by clinical studies' results ... 
      Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Azarpazhooh, Amir; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H. (American Dental Association, 2015)
      Background and Overview Clinicians using evidence to inform decisions on a daily basis have access to a number of tools to help them judge the importance of discriminating studies conducted using suboptimal methods from ...
    • Advances in the GRADE approach to rate the certainty in estimates from a network meta-analysis 
      Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Bonner, Ashley; Alexander, Paul; Siemieniuk, Reed; Furukawa, Toshi; Rochwerg, Bram; Hazlewood, Glen; Alhazzani, Waleed; Mustafa, Reem; Murad, M. Hassan; Puhan, Milo; Sch€unemann, Holger; Guyatt, Gordon H. (Elsevier, 2018)
      This article describes conceptual advances of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) working group guidance to evaluate the certainty of evidence (confidence in evidence, quality of ...
    • Advances in the GRADE approach to rate the certainty in estimates from a network meta-analysis 
      Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Bonner, Ashley; Alexander, Paul E.; Siemieniuk, Reed A. C.; Furukawa, Toshi A.; Rochwerg, Bram; Hazlewood, Glen S.; Alhazzani, Waleed; Mustafa, Reem A.; Murad, M. Hassan; Puhan, Milo A.; Schuenemann, Holger J.; Guyatt, Gordon H. (Elsevier Science INC, 2018)
      This article describes conceptual advances of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) working group guidance to evaluate the certainty of evidence (confidence in evidence, quality ...
    • Agreements between Industry and Academia on Publication Rights: A Retrospective Study of Protocols and ... 
      Kasenda, Benjamín; von Elm, Erik; You, John J.; Bluemle, Anette; Tomonaga, Yuki; Saccilotto, Ramón; Amstutz, Alain; Bengough, Theresa; Meerpohl, Joerg J.; Stegert, Mihaela; Olu, Kelechi K.; Tikkinen, Kari; Neumann, Ignacio; Carrasco Labra, Raúl; Faulhaber, Markus; Mulla, Sohail M.; Mertz, Dominik; Akl, Elie A.; Bassler, Dirk; Busse, Jason W.; Ferreira González, Ignacio; Lamontagne, Francois; Nordmann, Alain; Gloy, Viktoria; Raatz, Heike; Moja, Lorenzo; Ebrahim, Shanil; Schandelmaier, Stefan; Sun, Xin; Vandvik, Per O.; Johnston, Bradley C.; Walter, Martín A.; Burnand, Bernard; Schwenkglenks, Matthias; Hemkens, Lars G.; Bucher, Heiner C.; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Briel, Matthias (Public Library Science, 2016)
      Background Little is known about publication agreements between industry and academic investigators in trial protocols and the consistency of these agreements with corresponding statements in publications. We aimed to ...
    • Application of minimal important differences in degenerative knee disease outcomes: a systematic review and ... 
      Devji, Tahira; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Lytvyn, Lyubov; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Foroutan, Farid; Sadeghirad, Behnam; Buchbinder, Rachelle; Poolman, Rudolf W.; Harris, Ian A.; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Siemieniuk, Reed A. C.; Vandvik, Per O. (BMJ Publishing, 2017)
      Objectives: To identify the most credible anchor-based minimal important differences (MIDs) for patient important outcomes in patients with degenerative knee disease, and to inform BMJ Rapid Recommendations for arthroscopic ...
    • Applying GRADE to a network meta-analysis of antidepressants led to more conservative conclusions 
      Bonner, Ashley; Alexander, Paul; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Furukawa, Toshi; Siemieniuk, Reed; Zhang, Yuan; Wiercioch, Wojtek; Florez, Ivan; Fei, Yutong; Agarwal, Arnav; Yepes-Nuñez, Juan; Beyene, Joseph; Schünemann, Holger; Guyatt, Gordon (Elsevier USA, 2018)
      Objective: To explore the impact of applying the Grading of Recommendations and Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to assess the certainty of the evidence in a published network meta-analysis (NMA) ...
    • Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: systematic review and meta analysis of randomised trials 
      Sadeghirad, Behnam; Siemieniuk, Reed A. C.; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Papola, Davide; Lytvyn, Lyubov; Vandvik, Per Olav; Merglen, Arnaud; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Agoritsas, Thomas (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
      OBJECTIVE To estimate the benefits and harms of using corticosteroids as an adjunct treatment for sore throat. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials. DATA SOURCES Medline, ...
    • GRADE equity guidelines 2: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: equity extension of ... 
      Akl, Elie A.; Welch, Vivian; Pottie, Kevin; Eslava Schmalbach, Javier; Darzi, Andrea; Sola, Ivan; Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal; Singh, Jasvinder; Murad, M. Hassan; Meerpohl, Joerg; Stanev, Roger; Lang, Eddy; Matovinovic, Elizabeth; Shea, Beverley; Agoritsas, Thomas; Alexander, Paul E.; Snellman, Alexandra; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Gloss, David; Thabane, Lehana; Shi, Chunhu; Stein, Airton T.; Sharaf, Ravi; Brier, Matthias; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Schunemann, Holger; Tugwell, Peter (Elsevier, 2017)
      Objective: To provide guidance for guideline developers on how to consider health equity at key stages of the guideline development process. Study Design and Setting: Literature review followed by group discussions and ...
    • GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a systematic and transparent approach to making well informed ... 
      Alonso Coello, Pablo; Schunemann, Holger J.; Moberg, Jenny; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Akl, Elie A; Davoli, Marina; Treweek, Shaun; Mustafa, Reem A.; Rada, Gabriel; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Morelli, Angela; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Oxman, Andrew D. (BMJ Publishing, 2016)
    • GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a systematic and transparent approach to making well informed ... 
      Alonso Coello, Pablo; Oxman, Andrew D.; Moberg, Jenny; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Akl, Elie A.; Davoli, Marina; Treweek, Shaun; Mustafa, Reem A.; Vandvik, Per O.; Meerpohl, Joerg; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Schunemann, Holger J. (BMJ Publishing, 2016)
    • How to read a systematic review and meta-analysis and apply the results to patient care: Users' guides to ... 
      Murad, Mohammad Hassan; Montori, Victor M.; Ioannidis, John P A; Jaeschke, Roman; Devereaux, P. J.; Prasad, Kameshwar; Neumann, Ignacio; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Agoritsas, Thomas; Hatala, Rose; Meade, Maureen O.; Wyer, Peter; Cook, Deborah J.; Guyatt, Gordon H. (American Medical Association, 2014)
      Clinical decisions should be based on the totality of the best evidence and not the results of individual studies. When clinicians apply the results of a systematic review or meta-analysis to patient care, they should start ...
    • Improving GRADE evidence tables part 1: a randomized trial shows improved understanding of content in summary ... 
      Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Santesso, Nancy; Neumann, Ignacio; Mustafa, Reem; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence; Etxeandia Ikobaltzeta, Itziar; De Stio, Catherine; McCullagh, Lauren; Alonso Coello, Pablo; Meerpohl, Joerg; Vandvik, Per; Brozek, Jan; Akl, Elie; Bossuyt, Patrick; Churchill, Rachel; Glenton, Claire; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Tugwell, Peter; Welch, Vivian; Garner, Paul; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Sch€unemann, Holger (Elsevier, 2016)
      Objectives: The current format of summary of findings (SoFs) tables for presenting effect estimates and associated quality of evidence improve understanding and assist users finding key information in systematic reviews. ...
    • Improving GRADE evidence tables part 3: detailed guidance for explanatory footnotes supports creating and ... 
      Santesso, Nancy; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Langendam, Miranda; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Mustafa, Reem; Heus, Pauline; Lasserson, Toby; Opiyo, Newton; Kunnamo, Ilkka; Sinclair, David; Garner, Paul; Treweek, Shaun; Tovey, David; Akl, Elie; Tugwell, Peter; Brozek, Jan; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Schunemann, Holger (Elsevier, 2016)
      Background: The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) is widely used and reliable and accurate for assessing the certainty in the body of health evidence. The GRADE working group has ...
    • Knee arthroscopy versus conservative management in patients with degenerative knee disease: a systematic review 
      Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Buchbinder, Rachelle; Poolman, Rudolf W.; Schandelmaier, Stefan; Chang, Yaping; Sadeghirad, Behnam; Evaniew, Nathan; Vandvik, Per O. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
      Objective: To determine the effects and complications of arthroscopic surgery compared with conservative management strategies in patients with degenerative knee disease. Design: Systematic review. Main outcome ...
    • Minimally important differences in patient or proxy-reported outcome studies relevant to children: A ... 
      Ebrahim, Shanil; Vercammen, Kelsey; Sivanand, Arunima; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Fernandes, Ricardo M.; Crawford, Mark W.; Nesrallah, Gihad; Johnston, Bradley C. (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017)
      Copyright © 2017 by the American Academyof Pediatrics. All rights reserved. CONTEXT: No study has characterized and appraised all anchor-based minimally important differences (MIDs) associated with patient-reported outcome ...
    • Secondary versus primary closure techniques for the prevention of postoperative complications following ... 
      Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Yanine, Nicolás; Araya, Ignacio; Guyatt, Gordon (2012)
      Purpose: To determine the impact of secondary versus primary closure techniques on the frequency and severity of pain, facial swelling, trismus, infectious complications, and postoperative bleeding after impacted mandibular ...