Oral Corticosteroid Therapy for Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A Fail-Safe N for Effect Size in Meta-Analysis

1983 • 1,682 citations

Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials

1987 • 1,278 citations

Summing Up

1984 • 1,276 citations

Meta-Analysis in Clinical Research

1987 • 1,269 citations

The Relations between Structural Changes in Small Airways and Pulmonary-Function Tests

1978 • 851 citations

A comparison of statistical methods for combining event rates from clinical trials

1989 • 426 citations

Comparing effect sizes of independent studies.

1982 • 340 citations

Controlled Clinical Trial of Methylprednisolone in Patients with Chronic Bronchitis and Acute Respiratory Insufficiency

1980 • 304 citations

Comparing effect sizes of independent studies.

1982 • 279 citations

A clinician's guide for conducting randomized trials in individual patients.

1988 • 272 citations

Glucocorticoids in acute asthma

1983 • 262 citations

Meta-analysis. A quantitative approach to research integration

1988 • 242 citations

Steroid Response in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1982 • 151 citations

Patient compliance and the conduct and interpretation of therapeutic trials

1987 • 145 citations

Meta-analysis

1988 • 141 citations

Response to corticosteroids in chronic bronchitis

1978 • 89 citations

Corticosteroids in Chronic Bronchitis and Pulmonary Emphysema

1978 • 86 citations

The One Best Test for Evaluating the Effects of Bronchodilator Therapy

1977 • 83 citations

A comparison of oral and inhaled steroids in patients with chronic airways obstruction: features determining response.

1978 • 82 citations

Severe chronic airflow obstruction: can corticosteroids slow down progression?

1985 • 81 citations

Corticosteroids in COPD

1986 • 79 citations

Time course of response to prednisolone in chronic airflow obstruction.

1981 • 65 citations

EFFECTS OF PREDNISOLONE IN CHRONIC AIRFLOW LIMITATION

1984 • 60 citations

Effect of ACTH in chronic lung disease

1951 • 55 citations

Effects of cortisone and ACTH in cases of chronic pulmonary disease with impairment of alveolar-capillary diffusion

1951 • 47 citations

Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Corticosteroids

1984 • 46 citations

Objective Functional Improvement in Chronic Airway Obstruction

1970 • 44 citations

The use of the 12 minute walking test in assessing the effect of oral steroid therapy in patients with chronic airways obstruction

1982 • 44 citations

AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION BEFORE AND AFTER ISOPRENALINE, HISTAMINE, AND PREDNISOLONE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE BRONCHITIS

1968 • 42 citations

Corticosteroids in the treatment of acute exacerbations of asthma.

1980 • 42 citations

Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Obstructive Pulmonary Emphysema

1958 • 40 citations

A Controlled Study of the Effect of Prednisone on Air-Flow Obstruction in Severe Pulmonary Emphysema

1963 • 40 citations

A Controlled Trial of the Effect of Steroids in Obstructive Airway Disease

1964 • 38 citations

Response to oral corticosteroids in chronic airflow obstruction

1983 • 38 citations

Value of serial peak expiratory flow measurements in assessing treatment response in chronic airflow limitation.

1986 • 37 citations

LONG-CONTINUED TREATMENT WITH TETRACYCLINE AND PREDNISOLONE IN CHRONIC BRONCHITIS A CONTROLLED TRIAL

1957 • 35 citations

Long Term (Five or More Years) Administration of Corticosteroids in Pulmonary Diseases* *From the Broad Street Hospital and Medical Center, Wolffe Hospital, Philadelphia General Hospital and German town Hospital.

1965 • 32 citations

ASSESSMENT OF STEROID RESPONSIVENESS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION

1982 • 31 citations

STEROID THERAPY IN CHRONIC BRONCHITIS

1962 • 31 citations

The use of prednisone (meticorten) in respiratory disease

1955 • 30 citations

A controlled trial of prednisone, in low dosage, in patients with chronic airways obstruction

1974 • 30 citations

Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids in Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema

1963 • 29 citations

Corticosteroids in chronic airways obstruction: Can the patient's assessment be ignored?

1980 • 28 citations

Effect of Steroid Therapy on Exercise Performance in Patients with Irreversible Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1985 • 24 citations

Comparative results of the use of ACTH, cortisone, and hydrocortisone in the treatment of intractable bronchial asthma and pulmonary emphysema

1954 • 23 citations

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Current Concepts

1988 • 21 citations

A double-blind comparison of oral prednisolone 40 mg/day with inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate 1500 ug/day in patients with adult onset chronic obstructive airways disease.

1986 • 20 citations

Some effects of adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisone on pulmonary function of patients with obstructive emphysema.

1951 • 20 citations

Effect of corticosteroids on pulmonary function in chronic bronchitis with airway obstruction.

1967 • 17 citations

Prednisone treatment for stable pulmonary emphysema.

1971 • 17 citations

A study of the respiratory effects of prednisone in diffuse airway obstruction.

1960 • 16 citations

Psychological changes and improvement in chronic airflow limitation after corticosteroid treatment.

1984 • 13 citations

The Effects of Bronchodilators on Pulmonary Ventilation and Diffusion in Asthma and Emphysema

1959 • 13 citations

Corticotrophin in Treatment of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis

1956 • 10 citations

A STUDY OF THE PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF INTRAVENOUS METHYLPREDNISOLONE IN CHRONIC PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA.

1964 • 9 citations

CORTISONE IN PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH AND WITHOUT REVERSIBLE BRONCHOCONSTRICTION

1954 • 8 citations