User profiles for Anne Holbrook

Anne Holbrook

mcmaster university
Verified email at mcmaster.ca
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Users' guides to the medical literature: III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?

…, H Gerstein, B Haynes, R Hayward, A Holbrook… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
CLINICAL SCENARIO You are back where we put you in the previous article 1 on diagnostic
tests in this series on how to use the medical literature: in the library studying an article that …

Systematic overview of warfarin and its drug and food interactions

AM Holbrook, JA Pereira, R Labiris… - Archives of internal …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Background Warfarin is a highly efficacious oral anticoagulant, but its use is limited by a well-founded
fear of bleeding. Drug and food interactions are frequently cited as causes of …

Users' guides to the medical literature: II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention A. Are the results of the study valid?

…, H Gerstein, B Haynes, R Hayward, A Holbrook… - Jama, 1993 - jamanetwork.com
CLINICAL SCENARIO You are working as an internal medicine resident in a rheumatology
rotation and are seeing a 19-year-old woman who has had systemic lupus erythematosus …

Evidence-based management of anticoagulant therapy: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based …

A Holbrook, S Schulman, DM Witt, PO Vandvik, J Fish… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background High-quality anticoagulation management is required to keep these narrow
therapeutic index medications as effective and safe as possible. This article focuses on the …

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: III. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test A. Are the Results of the Study Valid?

…, H Gerstein, B Haynes, R Hayward, A Holbrook… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
CLINICAL SCENARIO You are a medical consultant asked by a surgical colleague to see a
78-year-old woman, now 10 days after abdominal surgery, who has become increasingly …

Users' guides to the medical literature: IX. A method for grading health care recommendations

…, RJ Cook, E Bass, H Gerstein, B Haynes, A Holbrook… - Jama, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE of applied health research is to improve health care. Summarizing
the literature to adduce recommendations for clinical practice is an important part of the …

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: II. How to Use an Article About Therapy or Prevention B. What Were the Results and Will They Help Me in Caring for My …

…, H Gerstein, B Haynes, R Hayward, A Holbrook… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
CLINICAL SCENARIO You are a general internist who is asked to see a 65-year-old man with
controlled hypertension and a 6-month history of atrial fibrillation resistant to cardioversion…

Users' guides to the medical literature: VI. How to use an overview

…, T Haines, B Haynes, R Hayward, A Holbrook… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
CLINICAL SCENARIO A 55-year-old man had his serum cholesterol level measured at a
shopping mall 2 months ago. His cholesterol level was elevated and he comes to you, his …

Users' guides to the medical literature: I. How to get started

…, J Nishikawa, P Brill-Edwards, M Farkouh, A Holbrook… - Jama, 1993 - jamanetwork.com
CLINICAL SCENARIO You are a primary care physician inspired by a recent editorial
inJAMAabout lifelong learning. You decide to use some of the time you normally take for …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of benzodiazepine use in the treatment of insomnia

AM Holbrook, R Crowther, A Lotter, C Cheng, D King - Cmaj, 2000 - Can Med Assoc
Objective: To systematically review the benefits and risks associated with the use of
benzodiazepines to treat insomnia in adults. Data sources: MEDLINE and the Cochrane Controlled …