Using Numerical Results from Systematic Reviews in Clinical Practice

The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect

1995 • 1,849 citations

An Assessment of Clinically Useful Measures of the Consequences of Treatment

1988 • 1,650 citations

Misoprostol Reduces Serious Gastrointestinal Complications in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

1995 • 1,071 citations

A systematic review of antidepressants in neuropathic pain

1996 • 948 citations

Antenatal corticosteroid therapy: A meta-analysis of the randomized trials, 1972 to 1994

1995 • 885 citations

Anticonvulsant drugs for management of pain: a systematic review

1995 • 711 citations

Endoscopic Ligation Compared with Sclerotherapy for Treatment of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

1995 • 686 citations

Antidepressant-induced analgesia in chronic non-malignant pain: a meta-analysis of 39 placebo-controlled studies

1992 • 562 citations

Measured Enthusiasm: Does the Method of Reporting Trial Results Alter Perceptions of Therapeutic Effectiveness?

1992 • 378 citations

Clinical efficacy of antimicrobial drugs for acute otitis media: Metaanalysis of 5400 children from thirty-three randomized trials

1994 • 378 citations

Efficacy of tricyclic drugs in treating child and adolescent depression: a meta-analysis

1995 • 314 citations

Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1986 • 305 citations

The effectiveness of topically applied capsaicin

1994 • 274 citations

Clinically useful measures of effect in binary analyses of randomized trials

1994 • 266 citations

The effectiveness of combined oral lysine acetylsalicylate and metoclopramide compared with oral sumatriptan for migraine

1995 • 234 citations

Graduated Compression Stockings in the Prevention of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism

1994 • 222 citations

Evidence based purchasing: understanding results of clinical trials and systematic reviews

1995 • 216 citations

Hypertension in the Elderly

1994 • 210 citations

Antibiotics to prevent infection in pateints with dog bite wounds: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

1994 • 197 citations

The number needed to treat: a clinically useful nomogram in its proper context

1996 • 197 citations

Paracetamol with and without codeine in acute pain: a quantitative systematic review

1997 • 196 citations

Completeness of reporting trial results: effect on physicians' willingness to prescribe

1994 • 185 citations

Down with odds ratios

1996 • 177 citations

Systematic review of clinical efficacy of topical treatments for head lice

1995 • 136 citations

Prevention of vomiting after paediatric strabismus surgery: a systematic review using the numbers-needed-to-treat method

1995 • 119 citations

Effect of epidural analgesia for labor on the cesarean delivery rate

1994 • 91 citations

Sensitivity of effect variables in rheumatoid arthritis: A meta-analysis of 130 placebo controlled NSAID trials controlled NSAID trials

1990 • 89 citations

Primary care management of acute herpes zoster: systematic review of evidence from randomized controlled trials.

1995 • 87 citations

Sumatriptan for the Treatment of Migraine Attacks-A Review of Controlled Clinical Trials

1993 • 78 citations

Short-duration treatment of fingernail dermatophytosis: A randomized, double-blind study with terbinafine and griseofulvin

1995 • 70 citations

Naftidrofuryl in Intermittent Claudication

1994 • 59 citations