GRADE: What is "Quality of Evidence" and Why is It Important to Clinicians?_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

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Gordon H Guyatt , Andrew D Oxman , Regina Kunz , Gunn E Vist , Yngve FalckYtter , Holger J Schunemann , GRADE

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Citation： Gordon H Guyatt,Andrew D Oxman,Regina Kunz,Gunn E Vist,Yngve FalckYtter,Holger J Schunemann,GRADE. GRADE: What is "Quality of Evidence" and Why is It Important to Clinicians?. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(2): 133-137. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090028 Copy

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1. Atkins D, Best D, Briss PA, et al. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ, 2004, 328(7454): 1490.
2. Oxman AD, Guyatt GH. Guidelines for reading literature reviews. CMAJ, 1988, 138(8): 697-703.
3. Schunemann H, Fretheim A, Oxman AD. Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 10. Integrating values and consumer involvement. Health Res Policy Syst, 2006, 4: 22.
4. Fletcher SW, Spitzer WO. Approach of the Canadian Task Force to the periodic health examination. Ann Intern Med, 1980, 92(2 Pt 1): 253-254.
5. Schunemann HJ, Jaeschke R, Cook DJ, et al. An official ATS statement: grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in ATS guidelines and recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2006, 174(5): 605-614.
6. Guyatt G, Cook D, Devereaux PJ, et al. Therapy. In: Guyatt G, Rennie D, eds. The users’ guides to the medical literature: a manual for evidence-based clinical practice. Chicago: AMA publications, 2002.
7. Montori VM, Devereaux PJ, Adhikari NK, et al. Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review. JAMA, 2005, 294(17): 2203-2209.
8. Glasziou P, Chalmers I, Rawlins M, et al. When are randomised trials unnecessary? Picking signal from noise. BMJ, 2007, 334(7589): 349-351.
9. Thompson DC, Rivara FP, Thompson R. Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicyclists. Cochrane Database, Syst Rev, 2000; (2): CD001855.
10. Cannegieter SC, Rosendaal FR, Briet E. Thromboembolic and bleeding complications in patients with mechanical heart valve prostheses. Circulation, 1994, 89(2): 635-641.
11. Karanicolas PJ, Davies E, Kunz R, et al. The pylorus: take it or leave it? Systematic review and meta-analysis of pylorus-preserving versus standard whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic or periampullary cancer. Ann Surg Oncol, 2007, 14(6): 1825-1834.

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