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Peter TugwellProfessor of Medicine & Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Verified email at uottawa.ca Cited by 364490 |
The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia
…, DL Goldenberg, P Tugwell… - … : Official Journal of …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
To develop criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia, we studied 558 consecutive patients:
293 patients with fibromyalgia and 265 control patients. Interviews and examinations were …
293 patients with fibromyalgia and 265 control patients. Interviews and examinations were …
[BOOK][B] Clinical epidemiology: a basic science for clinical medicine.
This book is written by three clinical epidemiologists from McMaster University, Ontario,
Canada. It reflects their desire to apply the principles of population epidemiology to the care of …
Canada. It reflects their desire to apply the principles of population epidemiology to the care of …
ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
Non-randomised studies of the effects of interventions are critical to many areas of healthcare
evaluation, but their results may be biased. It is therefore important to understand and …
evaluation, but their results may be biased. It is therefore important to understand and …
Does quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses?
Background Few meta-analyses of randomised trials assess the quality of the studies
included. Yet there is increasing evidence that trial quality can affect estimates of intervention …
included. Yet there is increasing evidence that trial quality can affect estimates of intervention …
[HTML][HTML] Combination therapy with cyclosporine and methotrexate in severe rheumatoid arthritis
Background Patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis who are treated with methotrexate
frequently have only partial improvement. Methods In a six-month randomized, double-blind trial…
frequently have only partial improvement. Methods In a six-month randomized, double-blind trial…
[PDF][PDF] American College of Rheumatology 2012 recommendations for the use of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip …
Objective To update the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2000 recommendations
for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and develop new recommendations for hand OA. …
for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and develop new recommendations for hand OA. …
AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both
The number of published systematic reviews of studies of healthcare interventions has
increased rapidly and these are used extensively for clinical and policy decisions. Systematic …
increased rapidly and these are used extensively for clinical and policy decisions. Systematic …
[HTML][HTML] Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
Background Our objective was to develop an instrument to assess the methodological
quality of systematic reviews, building upon previous tools, empirical evidence and expert …
quality of systematic reviews, building upon previous tools, empirical evidence and expert …
Evidence-based medicine: a new approach to teaching the practice of medicine
A NEW paradigm for medical practice is emerging. Evidence-based medicine de-emphasizes
intuition, unsystematic clinical experience, and pathophysiologic rationale as sufficient …
intuition, unsystematic clinical experience, and pathophysiologic rationale as sufficient …