Items where Division is "03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics CEB > Klinische Epidemiologie (Bucher H)"

2016

Stegert, Mihaela and Kasenda, Benjamin and von Elm, Erik and You, John J. and Blümle, Anette and Tomonaga, Yuki and Saccilotto, Ramon and Amstutz, Alain and Bengough, Theresa and Briel, Matthias and Disco study group, . (2016) An analysis of protocols and publications suggested that most discontinuations of clinical trials were not based on preplanned interim analyses or stopping rules. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 69. pp. 152-160.

2015

Diem, Stefan and Kasenda, Benjamin and Martin-Liberal, Juan and Lee, Alexander and Chauhan, Dharmisha and Gore, Martin and Larkin, James. (2015) Prognostic score for patients with advanced melanoma treated with ipilimumab. European Journal of Cancer, 51 (18). pp. 2785-2791.

Kasenda, B. and Ferreri, A. J. M. and Marturano, E. and Forst, D. and Bromberg, J. and Ghesquieres, H. and Ferlay, C. and Blay, J. Y. and Hoang-Xuan, K. and Pulczynski, E. J. and Fosså, A. and Okoshi, Y. and Chiba, S. and Fritsch, K. and Omuro, A. and O'Neill, B. P. and Bairey, O. and Schandelmaier, S. and Gloy, V. and Bhatnagar, N. and Haug, S. and Rahner, S. and Batchelor, T. T. and Illerhaus, G. and Briel, M.. (2015) First-line treatment and outcome of elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) - a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Annals of Oncology, 26 (7). pp. 1305-1313.

Kasenda, B. and Schorb, E. and Fritsch, K. and Finke, J. and Illerhaus, G.. (2015) Prognosis after high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation as first-line treatment in primary CNS lymphoma - a long-term follow-up study. Annals of Oncology, 26 (3). pp. 608-611.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Larkin, James and Gore, Martin. (2015) Immunotherapies in Early and Advanced Renal Cell Cancer. Progress in Tumor Research, 42. pp. 1-10.

O'Neill, A. and Mikesch, K. and Fritsch, K. and Kasenda, B. and Banerjee, L. and Burns, F. and Zakout, G. and Johnston, R. and Illerhaus, G. and Cwynarski, K.. (2015) Outcomes for HIV-positive patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma after high-dose chemotherapy and auto-SCT. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 50 (7). pp. 999-1000.

Rosenthal, Rachel and Kasenda, Benjamin and Dell-Kuster, Salome and von Elm, Erik and You, John and Blümle, Anette and Tomonaga, Yuki and Saccilotto, Ramon and Amstutz, Alain and Bengough, Theresa and Meerpohl, Joerg J. and Stegert, Mihaela and Tikkinen, Kari A. O. and Neumann, Ignacio and Carrasco-Labra, Alonso and Faulhaber, Markus and Mulla, Sohail and Mertz, Dominik and Akl, Elie A. and Bassler, Dirk and Busse, Jason W. and Ferreira-González, Ignacio and Lamontagne, Francois and Nordmann, Alain and Gloy, Viktoria and Olu, Kelechi K. and Raatz, Heike and Moja, Lorenzo and Ebrahim, Shanil and Schandelmaier, Stefan and Sun, Xin and Vandvik, Per O. and Johnston, Bradley C. and Walter, Martin A. and Burnand, Bernard and Schwenkglenks, Matthias and Hemkens, Lars G. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Guyatt, Gordon H. and Briel, Matthias. (2015) Completion and Publication Rates of Randomized Controlled Trials in Surgery: An Empirical Study. Annals of Surgery, 262 (1). pp. 68-73.

Schandelmaier, S. and Conen, K. and von Elm, E. and You, J. J. and Blümle, A. and Tomonaga, Y. and Saccilotto, Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital of Basel and Switzerland., and Amstutz, A. and Bengough, T. and Meerpohl, J. J. and Stegert, M. and Olu, K. K. and Tikkinen, K. A. O. and Neumann, I. and Carrasco-Labra, A. and Faulhaber, M. and Mulla, S. M. and Mertz, D. and Akl, E. A. and Sun, X. and Bassler, D. and Busse, J. W. and Ferreira-González, I. and Lamontagne, F. and Nordmann, A. and Gloy, V. and Raatz, H. and Moja, L. and Rosenthal, R. and Ebrahim, S. and Vandvik, P. O. and Johnston, B. C. and Walter, M. A. and Burnand, B. and Schwenkglenks, M. and Hemkens, L. G. and Bucher, H. C. and Guyatt, G. H. and Briel, M. and Kasenda, B. and Disco study group, . (2015) Planning and reporting of quality-of-life outcomes in cancer trials. Annals of Oncology, 26 (9). pp. 1966-1973.

2014

Kasenda, Benjamin. Subgroup analyses in randomized clinical trials - methodological steps and pitfalls towards personalized medicine. 2014, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Bass, Annatina and Koeberle, Dieter and Pestalozzi, Bernhard and Borner, Markus and Herrmann, Richard and Jost, Lorenz and Lohri, Andreas and Hess, Viviane. (2014) Survival in overweight patients with advanced pancreatic carcinoma: a multicentre cohort study. BMC Cancer, 14. p. 728.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Sauerbrei, Willi and Royston, Patrick and Briel, Matthias. (2014) Investigation of continuous effect modifiers in a meta-analysis on higher versus lower PEEP in patients requiring mechanical ventilation--protocol of the ICEM study. Systematic Reviews, 3. p. 46.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Schandelmaier, Stefan and Sun, Xin and von Elm, Erik and You, John and Blümle, Anette and Tomonaga, Yuki and Saccilotto, Ramon and Amstutz, Alain and Bengough, Theresa and Meerpohl, Joerg J. and Stegert, Mihaela and Olu, Kelechi K. and Tikkinen, Kari A. O. and Neumann, Ignacio and Carrasco-Labra, Alonso and Faulhaber, Markus and Mulla, Sohail M. and Mertz, Dominik and Akl, Elie A. and Bassler, Dirk and Busse, Jason W. and Ferreira-González, Ignacio and Lamontagne, Francois and Nordmann, Alain and Gloy, Viktoria and Raatz, Heike and Moja, Lorenzo and Rosenthal, Rachel and Ebrahim, Shanil and Vandvik, Per O. and Johnston, Bradley C. and Walter, Martin A. and Burnand, Bernard and Schwenkglenks, Matthias and Hemkens, Lars G. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Guyatt, Gordon H. and Briel, Matthias and Disco Study Group, . (2014) Subgroup analyses in randomised controlled trials: cohort study on trial protocols and journal publications. BMJ, 349. g4539.

Kasenda, Benjamin and von Elm, Erik and You, John and Blümle, Anette and Tomonaga, Yuki and Saccilotto, Ramon and Amstutz, Alain and Bengough, Theresa and Meerpohl, Joerg J. and Stegert, Mihaela and Tikkinen, Kari A. O. and Neumann, Ignacio and Carrasco-Labra, Alonso and Faulhaber, Markus and Mulla, Sohail M. and Mertz, Dominik and Akl, Elie A. and Bassler, Dirk and Busse, Jason W. and Ferreira-González, Ignacio and Lamontagne, Francois and Nordmann, Alain and Gloy, Viktoria and Raatz, Heike and Moja, Lorenzo and Rosenthal, Rachel and Ebrahim, Shanil and Schandelmaier, Stefan and Xin, Sun and Vandvik, Per O. and Johnston, Bradley C. and Walter, Martin A. and Burnand, Bernard and Schwenkglenks, Matthias and Hemkens, Lars G. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Guyatt, Gordon H. and Briel, Matthias. (2014) Prevalence, characteristics, and publication of discontinued randomized trials. Journal of the American Medical Association, 311 (10). pp. 1045-1051.

Zacher, Jonas and Kasenda, Benjamin and Engert, Andreas and Skoetz, Nicole. (2014) The role of additional radiotherapy for primary central nervous system lymphoma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (6). CD009211.

2013

Baer, G. and Baumann, P. and Buettcher, M. and Heininger, U. and Berthet, G. and Schafer, J. and Bucher, H. C. and Trachsel, D. and Schneider, J. and Gambon, M. and Reppucci, D. and Bonhoeffer, J. M. and Stahelin-Massik, J. and Schuetz, P. and Mueller, B. and Szinnai, G. and Schaad, U. B. and Bonhoeffer, J.. (2013) Procalcitonin guidance to reduce antibiotic treatment of lower respiratory tract infection in children and adolescents (ProPAED): a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One, 8 (8). e68419.

Conen, A. and Wang, Q. and Glass, T. R. and Fux, C. A. and Thurnheer, M. C. and Orasch, C. and Calmy, A. and Bernasconi, E. and Vernazza, P. and Weber, R. and Bucher, H. C. and Battegay, M. and Fehr, J.. (2013) Association of Alcohol Consumption and HIV Surrogate Markers in Participants of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 64 (5). pp. 472-478.

Gloy, V. L. and Briel, M. and Bhatt, D. L. and Kashyap, S. R. and Schauer, P. R. and Mingrone, G. and Bucher, H. C. and Nordmann, A. J.. (2013) Bariatric surgery versus non-surgical treatment for obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ, 347. f5934.

Kanters, S. and Mills, E. J. and Thorlund, K. and Bucher, H. C. and Ioannidis, J. P.. (2013) Antiretroviral therapy for initial HIV/AIDS treatment: Critical appraisal of the evidence from over 100 randomized trials and 400 systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 20 (2). pp. 114-122.

Kanters, S. and Nachega, J. and Funk, A. and Mukasa, B. and Montaner, J. S. and Ford, N. and Bucher, H. C. and Mills, E. J.. (2013) CD4 T-cell recovery after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in a resource-limited setting: a prospective cohort analysis. Antiviral Therapy. pp. 31-39.

Kasenda, B. and Raatz, H. and Bucher, H. C.. (2013) Lung cancer screening - an overview about chances and risks. Therapeutische Umschau, 70 (4). pp. 237-244.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Haug, Vanessa and Schorb, Elisabeth and Fritsch, Kristina and Finke, Jürgen and Mix, Michael and Hader, Claudia and Weber, Wolfgang A. and Illerhaus, Gerald and Meyer, Philipp T.. (2013) 18F-FDG PET is an independent outcome predictor in primary central nervous system lymphoma. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 54 (2). pp. 184-191.

Koller, M. T. and van Delden, C. and Muller, N. J. and Baumann, P. and Lovis, C. and Marti, H. P. and Fehr, T. and Binet, I. and De Geest, S. and Bucher, H. C. and Meylan, P. and Pascual, M. and Steiger, J.. (2013) Design and methodology of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS): a comprehensive prospective nationwide long-term follow-up cohort. European Journal of Epidemiology, 28 (4). pp. 347-355.

Nuesch, R. and Wang, Q. and Elzi, L. and Bernasconi, E. and Weber, R. and Cavassini, M. and Vernazza, P. and Thurnheer, M. C. and Calmy, A. and Battegay, M. and Bucher, H. C. and Swiss, H. I. V. Cohort Study. (2013) Risk of cardiovascular events and blood pressure control in hypertensive HIV-infected patients: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 62 (4). pp. 396-404.

Prutsky, Gabriela J. and Domecq, Juan Pablo and Erwin, Patricia J. and Briel, Matthias and Montori, Victor M. and Akl, Elie A. and Meerpohl, Joerg J. and Bassler, Dirk and Schandelmaier, Stefan and Walter, Stephen D. and Zhou, Qi and Coello, Pablo Alonso and Moja, Lorenzo and Walter, Martin and Thorlund, Kristian and Glasziou, Paul and Kunz, Regina and Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ignacio and Busse, Jason and Sun, Xin and Kristiansen, Annette and Kasenda, Benjamin and Qasim-Agha, Osama and Pagano, Gennaro and Pardo-Hernandez, Hector and Urrutia, Gerard and Murad, Mohammad Hassan and Guyatt, Gordon. (2013) Initiation and continuation of randomized trials after the publication of a trial stopped early for benefit asking the same study question: STOPIT-3 study design. Trials, 14. p. 335.

Schorb, Elisabeth and Kasenda, Benjamin and Atta, Johannes and Kaun, Stephan and Morgner, Anke and Hess, Georg and Elter, Thomas and von Bubnoff, Nikolas and Dreyling, Martin and Ringhoffer, Mark and Krause, Stefan W. and Derigs, Günter and Klimm, Beate and Niemann, D. and Fritsch, Kristina and Finke, Jürgen and Illerhaus, Gerald. (2013) Prognosis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma after high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation. Haematologica, 98 (5). pp. 765-770.

2012

Jans-Glass, Tracy Reneè. Epidemiology and impact of adherence to antiretroviral therapy on clinical outcomes in HIV-infected individuals : results from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. 2012, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Kasenda, B. and Schorb, E. and Fritsch, K. and Finke, J. and Illerhaus, G.. (2012) Prognosis after high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation as first-line treatment in primary CNS lymphoma--a long-term follow-up study. Annals of Oncology, 23 (10). pp. 2670-2675.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Rehberg, Marcel and Thürmann, Petra and Franzem, Melanie and Veelken, Hendrik and Fritsch, Kristina and Schorb, Elisabeth and Finke, Jürgen and Lebiedz, Dirk and Illerhaus, Gerald. (2012) The prognostic value of serum methotrexate area under curve in elderly primary CNS lymphoma patients. Annals of Hematology, 91 (8). pp. 1257-1264.

Kasenda, Benjamin and von Elm, Erik B. and You, John and Blümle, Anette and Tomonaga, Yuki and Saccilotto, Ramon and Amstutz, Alain and Bengough, Theresa and Meerpohl, Jörg and Stegert, Mihaela and Tikkinen, Kari A. O. and Neumann, Ignacio and Carrasco-Labra, Alonso and Faulhaber, Markus and Mulla, Sohail and Mertz, Dominik and Akl, Elie A. and Bassler, Dirk and Busse, Jason W. and Ferreira-González, Ignacio and Lamontagne, Francois and Nordmann, Alain and Rosenthal, Rachel and Schandelmaier, Stefan and Sun, Xin and Vandvik, Per O. and Johnston, Bradley C. and Walter, Martin A. and Burnand, Bernard and Schwenkglenks, Matthias and Bucher, Heiner C. and Guyatt, Gordon H. and Briel, Matthias. (2012) Learning from failure--rationale and design for a study about discontinuation of randomized trials (DISCO study). BMC Medical Research Methodology, 12. p. 131.

Nordmann, Alain J. and Ferreira-González, Ignacio and Kasenda, Benjamin and Saccilotto, Ramon and Bassler, Dirk and Bhatnagar, Neera and Briel, Matthias. (2012) Fibrates for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease events. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3). CD009753.

Nordmann, Alain J. and Kasenda, Benjamin and Briel, Matthias. (2012) Meta-analyses: what they can and cannot do. Swiss Medical Weekly, 142. w13518.

2011

Achermann, R. and Suter, K. and Kronenberg, A. and Gyger, P. and Mühlemann, K. and Zimmerli, W. and Bucher, H. C.. (2011) Antibiotic use in adult outpatients in Switzerland in relation to regions, seasonality and point of care tests. Clinical microbiology and infection, Vol. 17, H. 6. pp. 855-861.

Amort, Margareth and Fluri, Felix and Schäfer, Juliane and Weisskopf, Florian and Katan, Mira and Burow, Annika and Bucher, Heiner C. and Bonati, Leo H. and Lyrer, Philippe A. and Engelter, Stefan T.. (2011) Transient ischemic attack versus transient ischemic attack mimics : frequency, clinical characteristics and outcome. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 32 (1). pp. 57-64.

Cain, Lauren E. and Logan, Roger and Robins, James M. and Sterne, Jonathan A. C. and Sabin, Caroline and Bansi, Loveleen and Justice, Amy and Goulet, Joseph and van Sighem, Ard and de Wolf, Frank and Bucher, Heiner C. and von Wyl, Viktor and Esteve, Anna and Casabona, Jordi and del Amo, Julia and Moreno, Santiago and Seng, Remonie and Meyer, Laurence and Perez-Hoyos, Santiago and Muga, Roberto and Lodi, Sara and Lanoy, Emilie and Costagliola, Dominique and Hernan, Miguel A.. (2011) When to initiate combined antiretroviral therapy to reduce mortality and AIDS-defining illness in HIV-infected persons in developed countries : an observational study. Annals of internal medicine, Vol. 154, H. 8. pp. 509-515.

Fritsch, K. and Kasenda, B. and Hader, C. and Nikkhah, G. and Prinz, M. and Haug, V. and Haug, S. and Ihorst, G. and Finke, J. and Illerhaus, G.. (2011) Immunochemotherapy with rituximab, methotrexate, procarbazine, and lomustine for primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) in the elderly. Annals of Oncology, 22 (9). pp. 2080-2085.

Heuss, Ludwig T. and Hanhart, Andreas and Dell-Kuster, Salome and Zdrnja, Karolina and Ortmann, Michael and Beglinger, Christoph and Bucher, Heiner C. and Degen, Lukas. (2011) Propofol sedation alone or in combination with pharyngeal lidocaine anesthesia for routine upper GI endoscopy : a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial. Gastrointestinal endoscopy, Vol. 74, H. 6. pp. 1207-1214.

Imhof, A. and Brunner, P. and Marincek, N. and Briel, M. and Schindler, C. and Rasch, H. and Macke, H. R. and Rochlitz, C. and Muller-Brand J., and Walter, M. A.. (2011) Response, survival, and long-term toxicity after therapy with the radiolabeled somatostatin analogue [90Y-DOTA]-TOC in metastasized neuroendocrine cancers. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 29, H. 17. pp. 2416-2423.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Rückert, Anja and Farthmann, Juliane and Schilling, Georgia and Schnerch, Dominik and Prömpeler, Heinrich and Wäsch, Ralph and Engelhardt, Monika. (2011) Management of multiple myeloma in pregnancy: strategies for a rare challenge. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia , 11 (2). pp. 190-197.

Kasenda, Benjamin and Schorb, Elisabeth and Fritsch, Kristina and Hader, Claudia and Finke, Jürgen and Illerhaus, Gerald. (2011) Primary CNS lymphoma--radiation-free salvage therapy by second autologous stem cell transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 17 (2). pp. 281-283.

Lamontagne, Francois and Cook, Deborah J. and Adhikari, Neill K. J. and Briel, Matthias and Duffett, Mark and Kho, Michelle E. and Burns, Karen E. A. and Guyatt, Gordon and Turgeon, Alexis F. and Zhou, Qi and Meade, Maureen O.. (2011) Vasopressor administration and sepsis : a survey of Canadian intensivists. Journal of critical care, Vol. 26, H. 5 , S. 532.e1-7.

Lurati Buse, Giovanna A. and Koller, Michael T. and Burkhart, Christoph and Seeberger, Manfred D. and Filipovic, Miodrag. (2011) The predictive value of preoperative natriuretic peptide concentrations in adults undergoing surgery : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anesthesia and analgesia, Vol. 112, H. 5. pp. 1019-1033.

Magenta, L. and Dell-Kuster, S. and Richter, W. O. and Young, J. and Hasse, B. and Flepp, M. and Hirschel, B. and Vernazza, P. and Evison, J. and Cavassini, M. and Decosterd, L. A. and Bucher, H. C. and Bernasconi, E. and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, . (2011) Lipid and lipoprotein profile in HIV-infected patients treated with lopinavir/ritonavir as a component of the first combination antiretroviral therapy. AIDS research and human retroviruses, Vol. 27, H. 5. pp. 525-533.

Mathis, Sandra and Khanlari, Bettina and Pulido, Federico and Schechter, Mauro and Negredo, Eugenia and Nelson, Mark and Vernazza, Pietro and Cahn, Pedro and Meynard, Jean-Luc and Arribas, Jose and Bucher, Heiner C.. (2011) Effectiveness of protease inhibitor monotherapy versus combination antiretroviral maintenance therapy : a meta-analysis. PLoS one, Vol. 6, H. 7 , e22003.

Mills, E. J. and Wu, P. and Chong, G. and Ghement, I. and Singh, S. and Akl, E. A. and Eyawo, O. and Guyatt, G. and Berwanger, O. and Briel, M.. (2011) Efficacy and safety of statin treatment for cardiovascular disease : a network meta-analysis of 170 255 patients from 76 randomized trials. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, Vol. 104, Nr. 2. pp. 109-124.

Mills, Edward J. and O'Regan, Christopher and Eyawo, Oghenowede and Wu, Ping and Mills, Fergal and Berwanger, Otavio and Briel, Matthias. (2011) Intensive statin therapy compared with moderate dosing for prevention of cardiovascular events : a meta-analysis of <40 000 patients. European Heart Journal, Vol. 32, H. 11. pp. 1409-1415.

Mussini, Cristina and Cossarizza, Andrea and Sabin, Caroline and Babiker, Abdel and De Luca, Andrea and Bucher, Heiner C. and Fisher, Martin and Rezza, Giovanni and Porter, Kholoud and Dorrucci, Maria. (2011) Decline of CD4? T-cell count before start of therapy and immunological response to treatment in antiretroviral-naive individuals. AIDS, Vol. 25, H. 8. pp. 1041-1049.

Nordmann, A.. (2011) [Mediterranean or low-fat diets to reduce cardiovascular risk?]. Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin PRAXIS, Vol. 100, H. 21. pp. 1283-1288.

Nordmann, Alain J. and Suter-Zimmermann, Katja and Bucher, Heiner C. and Shai, Iris and Tuttle, Katherine R. and Estruch, Ramon and Briel, Matthias. (2011) Meta-analysis comparing Mediterranean to low-fat diets for modification of cardiovascular risk factors. The American journal of medicine, Vol. 124, H. 9 , S. 841-51.e2.

Odgaard-Jensen, Jan and Vist, Gunn E. and Timmer, Antje and Kunz, Regina and Akl, Elie A. and Schuenemann, Holger and Briel, Matthias and Nordmann, Alain J. and Pregno, Silvia and Oxman, Andrew D.. (2011) Randomisation to protect against selection bias in healthcare trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011, Iss. 4, MR000012.

Saccilotto, Ramon T. and Nickel, Christian H. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Steyerberg, Ewout W. and Bingisser, Roland and Koller, Michael T.. (2011) San Francisco Syncope Rule to predict short-term serious outcomes : a systematic review. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal, Vol. 183, no. 15 , E1116-1126.

Schuetz, Philipp and Chiappa, Victor and Briel, Matthias and Greenwald, Jeffrey L.. (2011) Procalcitonin algorithms for antibiotic therapy decisions : a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and recommendations for clinical algorithms. Archives of internal medicine, Vol. 171. pp. 1322-1331.

Schöni-Affolter, Franziska and Keiser, Olivia and Mwango, Albert and Stringer, Jeffrey and Ledergerber, Bruno and Mulenga, Lloyd and Bucher, Heiner C. and Westfall, Andrew O. and Calmy, Alexandra and Boulle, Andrew and Chintu, Namwinga and Egger, Matthias and Chi, Benjamin H. and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, and IeDEA Southern Africa, . (2011) Estimating loss to follow-up in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy : the effect of the competing risk of death in Zambia and Switzerland. PLoS one, Vol. 6, H. 12 , e27919.

Schüpbach, Jörg and Bisset, Leslie R. and Regenass, Stephan and Bürgisser, Philippe and Gorgievski, Meri and Steffen, Ingrid and Andreutti, Corinne and Martinetti, Gladys and Shah, Cyril and Yerly, Sabine and Klimkait, Thomas and Gebhardt, Martin and Schöni-Affolter, Franziska and Rickenbach, Martin and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, and Barth, J. and Battegay, M. and Bernascon, E. and Böni, J. and Bucher, H. C. and Bürgisser, P. and Burton-Jeangros, C. and Calmy, A. and Cavassini, M. and Dubs, R. and Egger, M. and Elzi, L. and Fehr, J. and Fischer, M. and Flepp, M. and Francioli, P. and Furrer, H. and Fux, C. A. and Gorgievski, M. and Günthard, H. and Hasse, B. and Hirsch, H. H. and Hirschel, B. and Hösli, I. and Kahlert, C. and Kaiser, L. and Keiser, O. and Kind, C. and Klimkait, T. and Kovari, H. and Ledergerber, B. and Martinetti, G. and Martinez de Tejada, B. and Müller, N. and Nadal, D. and Pantaleo, G. and Rauch, A. and Regenass, S. and Rickenbach, M. and Rudin, C. and Schmid, P. and Schultze, D. and Schöni-Affolter, F. and Schüpbach, J. and Speck, R. and Taffé, P. and Telenti, A. and Trkola, A. and Vernazza, P. and von Wyl, V. and Weber, R. and Yerly, S.. (2011) High specificity of line-immunoassay based algorithms for recent HIV-1 infection independent of viral subtype and stage of disease. BMC infectious diseases, Vol. 11 , 254. p. 254.

Sprint Investigators, and Briel, Matthias and Sprague, Sheila and Heels-Ansdell, Diane and Guyatt, Gordon and Bhandari, Mohit and Blackhouse, Gordon and Sanders, David and Schemitsch, Emil and Swiontkowski, Marc and Tornetta, Paul and Walter, Stephen D. and Goeree, Ron. (2011) Economic evaluation of reamed versus unreamed intramedullary nailing in patients with closed and open tibial fractures : results from the study to prospectively evaluate reamed intramedullary nails in patients with tibial fractures (SPRINT). Value in health, Vol. 14, H. 4. pp. 450-457.

Sun, Xin and Briel, Matthias and Busse, Jason W. and You, John J. and Akl, Elie A. and Mejza, Filip and Bala, Malgorzata M. and Bassler, Dirk and Mertz, Dominik and Diaz-Granados, Natalia and Vandvik, Per Olav and Malaga, German and Srinathan, Sadeesh K. and Dahm, Philipp and Johnston, Bradley C. and Alonso-Coello, Pablo and Hassouneh, Basil and Truong, Jessica and Dattani, Neil D. and Walter, Stephen D. and Heels-Ansdell, Diane and Bhatnagar, Neera and Altman, Douglas G. and Guyatt, Gordon H.. (2011) The influence of study characteristics on reporting of subgroup analyses in randomised controlled trials : systematic review. BMJ : British medical journal, Vol. 342 , d1569.

Vale, Noah and Nordmann, Alain J. and Schwartz, Gregory G. and de Lemos, James and Colivicchi, Furio and den Hartog, Frank and Ostadal, Petr and Macin, Stella M. and Liem, Anho H. and Mills, Edward and Bhatnagar, Neera and Bucher, Heiner C. and Briel, Matthias. (2011) Statins for acute coronary syndrome. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011, Iss. 6, CD006870.

Wildi, K. and Tschudin-Sutter, S. and Dell-Kuster, S. and Frei, R. and Bucher, H. C. and Nüesch, R.. (2011) Factors associated with positive blood cultures in outpatients with suspected bacteremia. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, Vol. 30, H. 12. pp. 1615-1619.

Wolff, Thomas and Koller, Michael T. and Eugster, Thomas and Rouden, Christophe and Marti, Regula and Gürke, Lorenz and Stierli, Peter. (2011) Endarterectomy of the aneurysm sac in open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair reduces perigraft seroma and improves graft incorporation. World journal of surgery, Vol. 35, H. 4. pp. 905-910.

Young, J. and Scherrer, A. U. and Günthard, H. F. and Opravil, M. and Yerly, S. and Böni, J. and Rickenbach, M. and Fux, C. A. and Cavassini, M. and Bernasconi, E. and Vernazza, P. and Hirschel, B. and Battegay, M. and Bucher, H. C. and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, . (2011) Efficacy, tolerability and risk factors for virological failure of darunavir-based therapy for treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients : the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. HIV medicine, Vol. 12, H. 5. pp. 299-307.

van Kempen, Bob J. H. and Spronk, Sandra and Koller, Michael T. and Elias-Smale, Suzette E. and Fleischmann, Kirsten E. and Ikram, M. Arfan and Krestin, Gabriel P. and Hofman, Albert and Witteman, Jacqueline C. M. and Hunink, M. G. Myriam. (2011) Comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of computed tomography screening for coronary artery calcium in asymptomatic individuals. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 58, H. 16. pp. 1690-1701.

van der Helm, Jannie J. and Prins, Maria and del Amo, Julia and Bucher, Heiner C. and Chêne, Geneviève and Dorrucci, Maria and Gill, John and Hamouda, Osamah and Sannes, Mette and Porter, Kholoud and Geskus, Ronald B.. (2011) The hepatitis C epidemic among HIV-positive MSM : incidence estimates from 1990 to 2007. AIDS, Vol. 25, H. 8. pp. 1083-1091.

2010

Aebi-Popp, Karoline and Lapaire, Olav and Glass, Tracy R. and Vilén, Louise and Rudin, Christoph and Elzi, Luigia and Battegay, Mannel and Keiser, Olivia and de Tejada, Begona Martinez and Hoesli, Irene M. and Swiss Mother, and Child HIV Cohort Study, . (2010) Pregnancy and delivery outcomes of HIV infected women in Switzerland 2003-2008. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Vol. 38, H. 4. pp. 353-358.

Bassler, Dirk and Briel, Matthias and Montori, Victor M. and Lane, Melanie and Glasziou, Paul and Zhou, Qi and Heels-Ansdell, Diane and Walter, Stephen D. and Guyatt Gordon, H. and Flynn, David N. and Elamin Mohamed, B. and Murad, Mohammad Hassan and Abu Elnour Nisrin, O. and Lampropulos Julianna, F. and Sood, Amit and Mullan, Rebecca J. and Erwin, Patricia J. and Bankhead Clare, R. and Perera, Rafael and Ruiz Culebro, Carolina and You, John J. and Mulla Sohail, M. and Kaur, Jagdeep and Nerenberg Kara, A. and Schünemann, Holger and Cook, Deborah J. and Lutz, Kristina and Ribic, Christine M. and Vale, Noah and Malaga, German and Akl Elie, A. and Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ignacio and Alonso-Coello, Pablo and Urrutia, Gerard and Kunz, Regina and Bucher, Heiner C. and Nordmann, Alain J. and Raatz, Heike and da Silva, Suzana Alves and Tuche, Fabio and Strahm, Brigitte and Djulbegovic, Benjamin and Adhikari Neill, K. J. and Mills, Edward J. and Gwadry-Sridhar, Femida and Kirpalani, Haresh and Soares Heloisa, P. and Karanicolas, Paul J. and Burns, Karen E. A. and Vandvik, Per Olav and Coto-Yglesias, Fernando and Chrispim, Pedro Paulo M. and Ramsay, Tim. (2010) Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects : systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 303, H. 12. pp. 1180-1187.

Battegay, Manuel and Bucher, Heiner C.. (2010) Antiretroviral monotherapy : should we abandon the principles of successful antiretroviral therapy? AIDS : official journal of the International AIDS Society, Vol. 24, H. 7. pp. 1057-1059.

Briel, Matthias. (2010) Interactive booklet reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in children, but not parent satisfaction. Evidence based nursing, Vol. 13, H. 1. pp. 11-12.

Briel, Matthias and Meade, Maureen and Mercat, Alain and Brower, Roy G. and Talmor, Daniel and Walter, Stephen D. and Slutsky, Arthur S. and Pullenayegum, Eleanor and Zhou, Qi and Cook, Deborah and Brochard, Laurent and Richard, Jean-Christophe M. and Lamontagne, Francois and Bhatnagar, Neera and Stewart, Thomas E. and Guyatt, Gordon. (2010) Higher vs lower positive end-expiratory pressure in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome : systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 303, H. 9. pp. 865-873.

Bucher, . (2010) [Benefit and pitfalls in the use of data from surrogate endpoint trials for clinical decision making]. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen, Vol. 104, H. 3 , S. 230-237 ; discussion 237-238.

Bucher, . (2010) [Critical comment. "Breast cancer mortality in organized mammography screening in Denmark--a comparative Study"]. Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin PRAXIS, Vol. 99, H. 20. pp. 1219-1220.

Bucher, Heiner C. and Rickenbach, Martin and Young, Jim and Glass, Tracy R. and Vallet, Yannick and Bernasconi, Enos and Cavassini, Matthias and Fux, Christoph and Schiffer, Véronique and Vernazza, Pietro and Weber, Rainer and Battegay, Manuel and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, . (2010) Randomized trial of a computerized coronary heart disease risk assessment tool in HIV-infected patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy. Antiviral therapy, Vol. 15, H. 1. pp. 31-40.

Bucher, Heiner C. and Wolbers, Marcel and Porter, Kholoud. (2010) 2010 guidelines for antiretroviral treatment of HIV from the International AIDS Society-USA Panel. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 304, H. 17. pp. 1897-1898.

Drescher, T. and Singler, K. and Ulrich, A. and Koller, M. and Keller, U. and Christ-Crain, M. and Kressig, R. W.. (2010) Comparison of two malnutrition risk screening methods (MNA and NRS 2002) and their association with markers of protein malnutrition in geriatric hospitalized patients. European journal of clinical nutrition : EJCN, Vol. 64, H. 8. pp. 887-893.

Elias-Smale, Suzette E. and Proença, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart and Koller, Michael T. and Kavousi, Maryam and van Rooij, Frank J. A. and Hunink, Myriam G. and Steyerberg, Ewout W. and Hofman, Albert and Oudkerk, Matthijs and Witteman, Jacqueline C. M.. (2010) Coronary calcium score improves classification of coronary heart disease risk in the elderly : the Rotterdam study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 56, H. 17. pp. 1407-1414.

Glass, Tracy R. and Battegay, Manuel and Cavassini, Matthias and De Geest, Sabina and Furrer, Hansjakob and Vernazza, Pietro L. and Hirschel, Bernard and Bernasconi, Enos and Rickenbach, Martin and Günthard Huldrych, F. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, . (2010) Longitudinal analysis of patterns and predictors of changes in self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy : Swiss HIV Cohort Study. JAIDS: journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, Vol. 54, H. 2. pp. 197-203.

Hasse, Barbara and Ledergerber, Bruno and Hirschel, Bernard and Vernazza, Pietro and Glass, Tracy R. and Jeannin, Andre and Evison, John-Marc and Elzi, Luigia and Cavassini, Matthias and Bernasconi, Enos and Nicca, Dunja and Weber, Rainer and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, . (2010) Frequency and determinants of unprotected sex among HIV-infected persons : the Swiss HIV cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 51, H. 11. pp. 1314-1322.

Kim, M. J. and Hopfer, H. and Koller, M. T. and Giannini, O. and Mihatsch, M. J. and Mayr, M.. (2010) Individual effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibition and corticosteroid therapy in IgA glomerulonephritis : results of a pilot study. Clinical nephrology, Vol. 73, H. 2. pp. 122-130.

Kuenzli, Andrea and Bucher, Heiner C. and Anand, Inder and Arutiunov, Gregory and Kum, Leo C. and McKelvie, Robert and Afzal, Rizwan and White, Michel and Nordmann, Alain J.. (2010) Meta-analysis of combined therapy with angiotensin receptor antagonists versus ACE inhibitors alone in patients with heart failure. PLoS one, Vol. 5, H. 4 , e9946.

Lamontagne, François and Briel, Matthias and Duffett, Mark and Fox-Robichaud, Alison and Cook, Deborah J. and Guyatt, Gordon and Lesur, Olivier and Meade, Maureen O.. (2010) Systematic review of reviews including animal studies addressing therapeutic interventions for sepsis. Critical care medicine, Vol. 38, H. 12. pp. 2401-2408.

Lamontagne, François and Briel, Matthias and Guyatt, Gordon H. and Cook, Deborah J. and Bhatnagar, Neera and Meade, Maureen. (2010) Corticosteroid therapy for acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and severe pneumonia : a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of critical care, Vol. 25, H. 3. pp. 420-435.

Leuppi, J. D. and Miedinger, D. and Chhajed, P. N. and Buess, C. and Schafroth, S. and Bucher, H. C. and Tamm, M.. (2010) Quality of spirometry in primary care for case finding of airway obstruction in smokers. Respiration, 79 (6). pp. 469-474.

Lodi, Sara and Phillips, Andrew and Touloumi, Giota and Pantazis, Nikos and Bucher, Heiner C. and Babiker, Abdel and Chêne, Geneviève and Vanhems, Philippe and Porter, Kholoud. (2010) CD4 decline in seroconverter and seroprevalent individuals in the precombination of antiretroviral therapy era. AIDS, Vol. 24, H. 17. pp. 2697-2704.

Lurati Buse, Giovanna A. and Koller, Michael T. and Grapow, Martin and Bolliger, Daniel and Seeberger, Manfred and Filipovic, Miodrag. (2010) The prognostic value of troponin release after adult cardiac surgery - a meta-analysis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 37, H. 2. pp. 399-406.

Miedinger, David and Linz, Anette and Praehauser, Claudia and Chhajed, Prashant N. and Buess, Christian and Schafroth Török, Salome and Bucher, Heiner C. and Tamm, Michael and Leuppi, Jörg D.. (2010) Patient-reported respiratory symptoms and pre-bronchodilator airflow limitation among smokers in Switzerland. Primary care respiratory journal, Vol. 19, H. 2. pp. 163-169.

Mocroft, Amanda and Reiss, Peter and Kirk, Ole and Mussini, Cristina and Girardi, Enrico and Morlat, Philippe and Stephan, Christoph and De Wit, Stephane and Doerholt, Katja and Ghosn, Jade and Bucher, Heiner C. and Lundgren, Jens D. and Chene, Genevieve and Miro, Jose M. and Furrer, Hansjakob. (2010) Is it safe to discontinue primary Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis in patients with virologically suppressed HIV infection and a CD4 cell count. Clinical infectious diseases, Vol. 51, H. 5. pp. 611-619.

Mueller, N. J. and Weisser, M. and Fehr, T. and Wüthrich, R. P. and Müllhaupt, B. and Lehmann, R. and Imhof, A. and Aubert, J.-D. and Genoni, M. and Kunz, R. and Weber, M. and Steiger, J.. (2010) Donor-derived aspergillosis from use of a solid organ recipient as a multiorgan donor. Transplant infectious disease, Vol. 12, H. 1. pp. 54-59.

Nemec, Marek and Koller, Michael T. and Nickel, Christian H. and Maile, Silke and Winterhalder, Clemens and Karrer, Christine and Laifer, Gerd and Bingisser, Roland. (2010) Patients presenting to the emergency department with non-specific complaints : the Basel Non-specific Complaints (BANC) study. Academic emergency medicine, Vol. 17, H. 3. pp. 284-292.

Ray, Maile and Logan, Roger and Sterne, Jonathan A. C. and Hernádez-Díaz, Sonia and Robins, James M. and Sabin, Caroline and Bansi, Loveleen and van Sighem, Ard and de Wolf, Frank and Costagliola, Dominique and Lanoy, Emilie and Bucher, Heiner C. and von Wyl, Viktor and Esteve, Anna and Casbona, Jordi and del Amo, Julia and Moreno, Santiago and Justice, Amy and Goulet, Joseph and Lodi, Sara and Phillips, Andrew and Seng, Rémonie and Meyer, Laurence and Pérez-Hoyos, Santiago and García de Olalla, Patricia and Hernán Miguel, A.. (2010) The effect of combined antiretroviral therapy on the overall mortality of HIV-infected individuals. AIDS, Vol. 24, H. 1. pp. 123-137.

Rudin, and Christoph, and Wolbers, and Marcel, and Nadal, and David, and Rickenbach, and Martin, and Bucher, and Heiner, C. and Pediatric, Infectious Disease Group of Switzerland and Swiss, Mother and Child, HIV Cohort Study. (2010) Long-term safety and effectiveness of lopinavir/ritonavir in antiretroviral-experienced HIV-1-infected children. Archives of disease in childhood, Vol. 95, no. 6. pp. 478-481.

Scherrer, Alexandra U. and von Wyl, Viktor and Fux, Christof A. and Opravil, Milos and Bucher, Heiner C. and Fayet, Aurélie and Decosterd, Laurent A. and Hirschel, Bernhard and Khanlari, Bettina and Yerly, Sabine and Klimkait, Thomas and Furrer, Hansjakob and Ledergerber, Bruno and Günthard, Huldrych F.. (2010) Implementation of raltegravir in routine clinical practice : selection criteria for choosing this drug, virologic response rates, and characteristics of failures. JAIDS: journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, Vol. 53, H. 4. pp. 464-471.

Schuetz, Philipp and Leuppi, Jörg D. and Tamm, Michael and Briel, Matthias and Bingisser, Roland and Dürring, Ursula and Müller, Beat and Schindler, Christian and Viatte, Sebastien and Rutishauser, Jonas. (2010) Short versus conventional term glucocorticoid therapy in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - the "REDUCE" trial. Swiss Medical Weekly, 140. w13109.

Schuetz, Philipp and Wolbers, Marcel and Christ-Crain, Mirjam and Thomann, Robert and Falconnier, Claudine and Widmer, Isabelle and Neidert, Stefanie and Fricker, Thomas and Blum, Claudine and Schild, Ursula and Morgenthaler, Nils G. and Schoenenberger, Ronald and Henzen, Christoph and Bregenzer, Thomas and Hoess, Claus and Krause, Martin and Bucher, Heiner C. and Zimmerli, Werner and Mueller, Beat and ProHosp Study Group, . (2010) Prohormones for prediction of adverse medical outcome in community-acquired pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections. Critical Care, 14 (3). R106.

Sun, Xin and Briel, Matthias and Walter, Stephen D. and Guyatt, Gordon H.. (2010) Is a subgroup effect believable? : updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses. BMJ: British medical journal, Vol. 340 , c117.

Wolbers, Marcel and Babiker, Abdel and Sabin, Caroline and Young, Jim and Dorrucci, Maria and Chêne, Geneviève and Mussini, Cristina and Porter, Kholoud and Bucher, Heiner C.. (2010) Pretreatment CD4 cell slope and progression to AIDS or death in HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy--the CASCADE collaboration : a collaboration of 23 cohort studies. PLoS medicine, Vol. 7, H. 2 , e1000239.

2009

Akl, Elie A. and Briel, Matthias and You, John J. and Lamontagne, Francois and Gangji, Azim and Cukierman-Yaffe, Tali and Alshurafa, Mohamad and Sun, Xin and Nerenberg, Kara A. and Johnston, Bradley C. and Vera, Claudio and Mills, Edward J. and Bassler, Dirk and Salazar, Arturo and Bhatnagar, Neera and Busse, Jason W. and Khalid, Zara and Walter, Sd and Cook, Deborah J. and Schünemann, Holger J. and Altman, Douglas G. and Guyatt, Gordon H.. (2009) LOST to follow-up Information in Trials (LOST-IT) : a protocol on the potential impact. Trials, Vol. 10. p. 40.

Bischof, Matthias and Briel, Matthias and Bucher, Heiner C. and Nordmann, Alain. (2009) Cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting stents in a US medicare setting : a cost-utility analysis with 3-year clinical follow-up data. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Vol. 12. pp. 649-656.

Briel, Matthias and Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ignacio and You, John J. and Karanicolas, Paul J. and Akl, Elie A. and Wu, Ping and Blechacz, Boris and Bassler, Dirk and Wei, Xinge and Sharman, Asheer and Whitt, Irene and Alves da Silva, Suzana and Khalid, Zahira and Nordmann, Alain J. and Zhou, Qi and Walter, Stephen D. and Vale, Noah and Bhatnagar, Neera and O'Regan, Christopher and Mills, Edward J. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Montori, Victor M. and Guyatt, Gordon H.. (2009) Association between change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality : systematic review and meta-regression analysis. BMJ: British medical journal, Vol. 338 , b92.

Briel, Matthias and Lane, Melanie and Montori, Victor M. and Bassler, Dirk and Glasziou, Paul and Malaga, German and Akl, Elie A. and Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ignacio and Alonso-Coello, Pablo and Urrutia, Gerard and Kunz, Regina and Culebro, Carolina Ruiz and da Silva, Suzana Alves and Flynn, David N. and Elamin, Mohamed B. and Strahm, Brigitte and Murad, M. Hassan and Djulbegovic, Benjamin and Adhikari, Neill K. J. and Mills, Edward J. and Gwadry-Sridhar, Femida and Kirpalani, Haresh and Soares, Heloisa P. and Abu Elnour, Nisrin O. and You, John J. and Karanicolas, Paul J. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Lampropulos, Julianna F. and Nordmann, Alain J. and Burns, Karen E. A. and Mulla, Sohail M. and Raatz, Heike and Sood, Amit and Kaur, Jagdeep and Bankhead, Clare R. and Mullan, Rebecca J. and Nerenberg, Kara A. and Vandvik, Per Olav and Coto-Yglesias, Fernando and Schünemann, Holger and Tuche, Fabio and Chrispim, Pedro Paulo M. and Cook, Deborah J. and Lutz, Kristina and Ribic, Christine M. and Vale, Noah and Erwin, Patricia J. and Perera, Rafael and Zhou, Qi and Heels-Ansdell, Diane and Ramsay, Tim and Walter, Stephen D. and Guyatt, Gordon H.. (2009) Stopping randomized trials early for benefit : a protocol of the Study Of Trial Policy Of Interim Truncation-2 (STOPIT-2). Trials, Vol. 10. p. 49.

Conen, Anna and Fehr, Jan and Glass, Tracy R. and Furrer, Hansjakob and Weber, Rainer and Vernazza, Pietro and Hirschel, Bernard and Cavassini, Matthias and Bernasconi, Enos and Bucher, Heiner C. and Battegay, Manuel. (2009) Self-reported alcohol consumption and its association with adherence and outcome of antiretroviral therapy in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Antiviral therapy : an official publication of the International Society for Antiviral Research, Vol. 14. pp. 349-357.

Droeser, R. A. and Frey, D. M. and Oertli, D. and Kopelman, D. and Baas-Vrancken Peeters, M. J. and Giuliano, A. E. and Dalberg, K. and Kallam, R. and Nordmann, A.. (2009) Volume-controlled vs no/short-term drainage after axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer surgery : a meta-analysis. The breast : official journal of the European Society of Mastology, Vol. 18. pp. 109-114.

Elamin, Mohamed B. and Flynn, David N. and Bassler, Dirk and Briel, Matthias and Alonso-Coello, Pablo and Karanicolas, Paul Jack and Guyatt, Gordon H. and Malaga, German and Furukawa, Toshiaki A. and Kunz, Regina and Schünemann, Holger and Murad, Mohammad Hassan and Barbui, Corrado and Cipriani, Andrea and Montori, Victor M.. (2009) Choice of data extraction tools for systematic reviews depends on resources and review complexity. Journal of clinical epidemiology, Vol. 62, H. 5. pp. 506-510.

Guyatt, Gordon H. and Helfand, Mark and Kunz, Regina. (2009) Comparing the USPSTF and GRADE approaches to recommendations. Annals of internal medicine, Vol. 151, H. 5 , S. 363 ; author reply 363-364.

Güder, Gülmisal and Frantz, Stefan and Bauersachs, Johann and Allolio, Bruno and Wanner, Christoph and Koller, Michael T. and Ertl, Georg and Angermann, Christiane E. and Störk, Stefan. (2009) Reverse epidemiology in systolic and nonsystolic heart failure : cumulative prognostic benefit of classical cardiovascular risk factors. Circulation : an official journal of the American Heart Association. Heart failure, Vol. 2. pp. 563-571.

Hersberger, K. E. and Botomino, A. and Sarkar, R. and Tschudi, P. and Bucher, H. C. and Briel, M.. (2009) Prescribed medications and pharmacy interventions for acute respiratory tract infections in Swiss primary care. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, Vol. 34, H. 4. pp. 387-395.

Koller, Michael T. and Bucher, Heiner C. and Steyerberg, Ewout W.. (2009) Rosuvastatin in patients with elevated C-reactive protein. The New England journal of medicine, Vol. 360, H. 10 , S. 1041 ; author reply 1041-1042.

Kulier, Regina and Coppus, Sjors F. P. J. and Zamora, Javier and Hadley, Julie and Malick, Sadia and Das, Kausik and Weinbrenner, Susanne and Meyerrose, Berrit and Decsi, Tamas and Horvath, Andrea R. and Nagy, Eva and Emparanza, Jose I. and Arvanitis, Theodoros N. and Burls, Amanda and Cabello, Juan B. and Kaczor, Marcin and Zanrei, Gianni and Pierer, Karen and Stawiarz, Katarzyna and Kunz, Regina and Mol, Ben W. J. and Khan, Khalid S.. (2009) The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine : a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC medical education, Vol. 9. p. 21.

Kunz, Regina and Nagy, Eva and Coppus, Sjors F. P. J. and Emparanza, Jose I. and Hadley, Julie and Kulier, Regina and Weinbrenner, Susanne and Arvanitis, Theodoros N. and Burls, Amanda and Cabello, Juan B. and Decsi, Tamas and Horvath, Andrea R. and Walzak, Jacek and Kaczor, Marcin P. and Zanrei, Gianni and Pierer, Karin and Schaffler, Roland and Suter, Katja and Mol, Ben W. J. and Khan, Khalid S.. (2009) How far did we get? How far to go? A European survey on postgraduate courses in evidence-based medicine. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, Vol. 15. pp. 1196-1204.

Lampe, Kristian and Mäkelä, Marjukka and Garrido, Marcial Velasco and Anttila, Heidi and Autti-Rämö, Ilona and Hicks, Nicholas J. and Hofmann, Björn and Koivisto, Juha and Kunz, Regina and Kärki, Pia and Malmivaara, Antti and Meiesaar, Kersti and Reiman-Möttönen, Päivi and Norderhaug, Inger and Pasternack, Iris and Ruano-Ravina, Alberto and Räsänen, Pirjo and Saalasti-Koskinen, Ulla and Saarni, Samuli I. and Walin, Laura and Kristensen, Finn Børlum. (2009) The HTA core model : a novel method for producing and reporting health technology assessments. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Vol. 25. pp. 9-20.

Lurati Buse, Giovanna A. and Koller, Michael T. and Grapow, Martin and Brüni, Céline M. and Kasper, Jorge and Seeberger, Manfred D. and Filipovic, Miodrag. (2009) 12-month outcome after cardiac surgery : prediction by troponin T in combination with the European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation. The annals of thoracic surgery, Vol. 88. pp. 1806-1812.

Marin, Benoît and Thiébaut, Rodolphe and Bucher, Heiner C. and Rondeau, Virginie and Costagliola, Dominique and Dorrucci, Maria and Hamouda, Osamah and Prins, Maria and Walker, Sarah and Porter, Kholoud and Sabin, Caroline and Chêne, Geneviève. (2009) Non-AIDS-defining deaths and immunodeficiency in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy. AIDS : official journal of the International AIDS Society, Vol. 23. pp. 1743-1753.

Mertz, Dominik and Koller, Michael and Haller, Patricia and Lampert, Markus L. and Plagge, Herbert and Hug, Balthasar and Koch, Gian and Battegay, Manuel and Flückiger, Ursula and Bassetti, Stefano. (2009) Outcomes of early switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics on medical wards. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol. 64, H. 1. pp. 188-199.

Pasternack, Iris and Anttila, Heidi and Mäkelä, Marjukka and Ikonen, Tuija and Räsänen, Pirjo and Lampe, Kristian and van Brabandt, Hans and Cleemput, Irina and de Laet, Chris and Marchetti, Marco and Refolo, Pietro and Sacchini, Dario and Kunz, Regina and Nordmann, Alain and Lühmann, Dagmar and Freyschuss, Bo. (2009) Testing the HTA core model : experiences from two pilot projects. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Vol. 25. pp. 21-27.

Schaer, B. and Kühne, M. and Koller, M. T. and Sticherling, C. and Osswald, S.. (2009) Therapy with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with coronary artery disease and dilated cardiomyopathy : benefits and disadvantages. Swiss medical weekly : official journal of the Swiss Society of Infectious Diseases, the Swiss Society of Internal Medicine, the Swiss Society of Pneumology, Vol. 139. pp. 647-653.

Schaer, Beat Andreas and Koller, Michael Theodor and Sticherling, Christian and Altmann, David and Joerg, Lucas and Osswald, Stefan. (2009) Longevity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, influencing factors, and comparison to industry-projected longevity. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, Vol. 6. pp. 1737-1743.

Scherrer, A. U. and Hasse, B. and von Wyl, V. and Yerly, S. and Böni, J. and Bürgisser, P. and Klimkait, T. and Bucher, H. C. and Ledergerber, B. and Günthard, H. F.. (2009) Prevalence of etravirine mutations and impact on response to treatment in routine clinical care : the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). HIV medicine : the official journal of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), Vol. 10. pp. 647-656.

Schubert, Maria and Clarke, Sean P. and Glass, Tracy R. and Schaffert-Witvliet, Bianca and De Geest, Sabina. (2009) Identifying thresholds for relationships between impacts of rationing of nursing care and nurse- and patient-reported outcomes in Swiss hospitals : a correlational study. International journal of nursing studies, Vol. 46. pp. 884-893.

Schuetz, Philipp and Christ-Crain, Mirjam and Thomann, Robert and Falconnier, Claudine and Wolbers, Marcel and Widmer, Isabelle and Neidert, Stefanie and Fricker, Thomas and Blum, Claudine and Schild, Ursula and Regez, Katharina and Schoenenberger, Ronald and Henzen, Christoph and Bregenzer, Thomas and Hoess, Claus and Krause, Martin and Bucher, Heiner C. and Zimmerli, Werner and Mueller, Beat. (2009) Effect of procalcitonin-based guidelines vs standard guidelines on antibiotic use in lower respiratory tract infections: the ProHOSP randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 302 (10). pp. 1059-1066.

Schünemann, Holger and Kunz, Regina and Falck-Ytter, Yngve and Santesso, Nancy. (2009) Procedures and methods of benefit assessments for medicines in Germany : give the child a name. The European journal of health economics, Vol. 10, no. 2. pp. 237-238.

Schünemann, Holger J. and Kunz, Regina and Falck-Ytter, Yngve. (2009) [Procedures and methods of benefit assessments for medicines in Germany - a comment - letter no. 2]. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, Jg. 134, H. 7 , S. 319-320 ; author reply 320.

Sun, Xin and Briel, Matthias and Busse, Jason W. and Akl, Elie A. and You, John J. and Mejza, Filip and Bala, Malgorzata and Diaz-Granados, Natalia and Bassler, Dirk and Mertz, Dominik and Srinathan, Sadeesh K. and Vandvik, Per Olav and Malaga, German and Alshurafa, Mohamed and Dahm, Philipp and Alonso-Coello, Pablo and Heels-Ansdell, Diane M. and Bhatnagar, Neera and Johnston, Bradley C. and Wang, Li and Walter, Stephen D. and Altman, Douglas G. and Guyatt, Gordon H.. (2009) Subgroup Analysis of Trials Is Rarely Easy (SATIRE) : a study protocol for a systematic review to characterize the analysis, reporting, and claim of subgroup effects in randomized trials. Trials, Vol. 10. p. 101.

Thangaratinam, Shakila and Barnfield, Gemma and Weinbrenner, Susanne and Meyerrose, Berit and Arvanitis, Theodoros N. and Horvath, Andrea R. and Zanrei, Gianni and Kunz, Regina and Suter, Katja and Walczak, Jacek and Kaleta, Anna and Oude Rengerink, Katrien and Gee, Harry and Mol, Ben W. J. and Khan, Khalid S.. (2009) Teaching trainers to incorporate evidence-based medicine (EBM) teaching in clinical practice : the EU-EBM project. BMC medical education, Vol. 9. p. 59.

Weinbrenner, Susanne and Meyerrose, Berit and Vega-Perez, Antje and Kulier, Regina and Coppus, Sjors F. P. J. and Kunz, Regina. (2009) „EUebm“ – Integration einer europaweit harmonisierten Aus- und Fortbildung zu Evidenzbasierter Medizin (EbM) in die Krankenversorgung. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen = German journal for evidence and quality in health care : ZEFQ, Vol. 103. pp. 35-39.

Wolbers, Marcel and Koller, Michael T. and Witteman, Jacqueline C. M. and Steyerberg, Ewout W.. (2009) Prognostic models with competing risks : methods and application to coronary risk prediction. Epidemiology, Vol. 20. pp. 555-561.

Young, Jim and Bucher, Heiner C. and Guenthard, Huldrych F. and Rickenbach, Martin and Fux, Christoph A. and Hirschel, Bernard and Cavassini, Matthias and Vernazza, Pietro and Bernasconi, Enos and Battegay, Manuel. (2009) Virological and immunological responses to efavirenz or boosted lopinavir as first-line therapy for patients with HIV. Antiviral therapy : an official publication of the International Society for Antiviral Research, Vol. 14. pp. 771-779.

Young, Jim and Glass, Tracy R. and Bernasconi, Enos and Rickenbach, Martin and Furrer, Hansjakob and Hirschel, Bernard and Tarr, Philip E. and Vernazza, Pietro and Battegay, Manuel and Bucher, Heiner C.. (2009) Hierarchical modeling gave plausible estimates of associations between metabolic syndrome and components of antiretroviral therapy. Journal of clinical epidemiology, Vol. 62. pp. 632-641.

2008

Aschwanden, M. and Jeanneret, C. and Koller, M. T. and Thalhammer, C. and Bucher, H. C. and Jaeger, K. A.. (2008) Effect of prolonged treatment with compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic sequelae : a randomized controlled trial. Journal of vascular surgery, Vol. 47, H. 5. pp. 1015-1021.

Bassler, D. and Montori, V. M. and Briel, M. and Glasziou, P. and Guyatt, G.. (2008) Early stopping of randomized clinical trials for overt efficacy is problematic. Journal of clinical epidemiology, Vol. 61, H. 3. pp. 241-246.

Briel, M. and Schuetz, P. and Mueller, B. and Young, J. and Schild, U. and Nusbaumer, C. and Périat, P. and Bucher, H. C. and Christ-Crain, M.. (2008) Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use vs a standard approach for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care. JAMA Internal Medicine, 168 (18). pp. 2000-2007.

Descoeudres, Bernard and Koller, Michael T. and Garzoni, Daniela and Wolff, Thomas and Steiger, Juerg and Schaub, Stefan and Mayr, Michael. (2008) Contribution of early failure to outcome on peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis international, Vol. 28, H. 3. pp. 259-267.

Eckstein, J. and Koller, M. T. and Zabel, M. and Kalusche, D. and Schaer, B. A. and Osswald, S. and Sticherling, C.. (2008) Necessity for surgical revision of defibrillator leads implanted long-term : causes and management. Circulation, Vol. 117, H. 21. pp. 2727-2733.

Falck-Ytter, Y. and Kunz, R. and Guyatt, G. H. and Schünemann, H. J.. (2008) How strong is the evidence? The American journal of gastroenterology, Vol. 103, H. 7437. pp. 1334-1338.

Glass, T. R. and De Geest, S. and Hirschel, B. and Battegay, M. and Furrer, H. and Covassini, M. and Vernazza, P. L. and Bernasconi, E. and Rickenboch, M. and Weber, R. and Bucher, H. C. and Swiss, HIV Cohort Study. (2008) Self-reported non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy repeatedly assessed by two questions predicts treatment failure in virologically suppressed patients. Antiviral therapy, Vol. 13. pp. 77-85.

Guyatt, G. H. and Oxman, A. D. and Kunz, R. and Falck-Ytter, Y. and Vist, G. E. and Liberati, A. and Schünemann, H. J. and Grade, Working Group. (2008) Going from evidence to recommendations. BMJ, Vol. 336. pp. 1049-1051.

Guyatt, G. H. and Oxman, A. D. and Kunz, R. and Jaeschke, R. and Helfand, M. and Liberati, A. and Vist, G. E. and Schünemann, H. J. and Grade, Working Group. (2008) Incorporating considerations of resources use into grading recommendations. BMJ : British medical journal, Vol. 336, no. 7654. pp. 1170-1173.

Guyatt, G. H. and Oxman, A. D. and Kunz, R. and Vist, G. E. and Falck-Ytter, Y. and Schünemann, H. J. and Grade, Working Group. (2008) What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians? BMJ : British medical journal, Vol. 336, no. 7651. pp. 995-998.

Guyatt, G. H. and Oxman, A. D. and Vist, G. E. and Kunz, R. and Falck-Ytter, Y. and Alonso-Coello, P. and Schünemann, H. J. and Grade, Working Group. (2008) GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ, Vol. 336. pp. 924-926.

Jaeschke, R. and Guyatt, G. H. and Dellinger, P. and Schünemann, H. and Levy, M. M. and Kunz, R. and Norris, S. and Bion, J. and Grade, Working Group. (2008) Use of GRADE grid to reach decisions on clinical practice guidelines when consensus is elusive. BMJ, Vol. 337 , a744.

Karanicolas, P. J. and Kunz, R. and Guyatt, G. H.. (2008) Point: evidence-based medicine has a sound scientific base. Chest, Vol. 133, H. 5. pp. 1067-1071.

Koller, M. T. and Schaer, B. and Wolbers, M. and Sticherling, C. and Bucher, H. C. and Osswald, S.. (2008) Death without prior appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy : a competing risk study. Circulation, Vol. 117, H. 15. pp. 1918-1926.

Koller, M. T. and Stijnen, T. and Steyerberg, E. W. and Lubsen, J.. (2008) Meta-analyses of chronic disease trials with competing causes of death may yield biased odds ratios. Journal of clinical epidemiology, Vol. 61. pp. 365-372.

Koller, M. T. and Vickers, A. and Steyerberg, E. W.. (2008) What do we mean by "outcome can be predicted"? American heart journal, Vol. 156, H. 2 , e11 ; author reply e13.

Kulier, R. and Hadley, J. and Weinbrenner, S. and Meyerrose, B. and Decsi, T. and Horvath, A. R. and Nagy, E. and Emparanza, J. I. and Coppus, S. F. and Arvanitis, T. N. and Burls, A. and Cabello, J. B. and Kaczor, M. and Zanrei, G. and Pierer, K. and Stawiarz, K. and Kunz, R. and Mol, B. W. and Khan, K. S.. (2008) Harmonising evidence-based medicine teaching : a study of the outcomes of e-learning in five European countries. BMC medical education, Vol. 8. p. 27.

Kunz, R.. (2008) Randomized trials and observational studies : still mostly similar results, still crucial differences. Journal of clinical epidemiology, Vol. 61, H. 3. pp. 207-208.

Kunz, R. and Burnand, B. and Schünemann, H. J. and Grading, of Recommendations and Assessment, and Development, and Evaluation, Working Group. (2008) [The GRADE System. An international approach to standardize the graduation of evidence and recommendations in guidelines]. Der Internist, Vol. 49, no. 6. pp. 673-680.

Kunz, R. and Djulbegovic, B. and Schunemann, H. J. and Stanulla, M. and Muti, P. and Guyatt, G.. (2008) Misconceptions, challenges, uncertainty, and progress in guideline recommendations. Seminars in hematology, Vol. 45. pp. 167-175.

Kunz, R. and Friedrich, C. and Wolbers, M. and Mann, J. F.. (2008) Meta-analysis: effect of monotherapy and combination therapy with inhibitors of the renin angiotensin system on proteinuria in renal disease. Annals of internal medicine, Vol. 148, H. 1. pp. 30-48.

Kunz, R. and Wolbers, M. and Glass, T. and Mann, J. F.. (2008) The COOPERATE trial: a letter of concern. Lancet, Vol. 371, H. 9624. pp. 1575-1576.

Mann, J. and Hilgers, K. F. and Veelken, R. and Kunz, R.. (2008) [The kidneys and the heart]. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, Vol. 133. pp. 1839-1843.

Santiago, M. G. and Bucher, H. C. and Nordmann, A. J.. (2008) Accuracy of drug advertisements in medical journals under new law regulating the marketing of pharmaceutical products in Switzerland. BMC medical informatics and decision making, Vol. 8. p. 61.

Schubert, M. and Glass, T. R. and Clarke, S. P. and Aiken, L. H. and Schaffert-Witvliet, B. and Sloane, D. M. and De Geest, S.. (2008) Rationing of nursing care and its relationship to patient outcomes : the Swiss extension of the International Hospital Outcomes Study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Vol. 20, H. 4. pp. 227-237.

Schubert, M. and Glass, T. R. and Clarke, S. P. and Aiken, L. H. and Sloane, D. M. and Schaffert-Witvliet, B. and De Geest, S.. (2008) [Studies enhance evidence and knowledge]. Krankenpflege, Vol. 101, H. 6 , S. 24-25, 56-57, 70-71.

Schuetz, P. and Koller, M. and Christ-Crain, M. and Steyerberg, E. and Stolz, D. and Müller, C. and Bucher, H. C. and Bingisser, R. and Tamm, M. and Müller, B.. (2008) Predicting mortality with pneumonia severity scores : importance of model recalibration to local settings. Epidemiology and Infection, 136 (12). pp. 1628-1637.

Schünemann, H. J. and Oxman, A. D. and Brozek, J. and Glasziou, P. and Jaeschke, R. and Vist, G. E. and Williams, J. W. and Kunz, R. and Craig, J. and Montori, V. M. and Bossuyt, P. and Guyatt, G. H. and Grade, Working Group. (2008) Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategies. BMJ, Vol. 336. pp. 1106-1110.

Swiglo, B. A. and Murad, M. H. and Schünemann, H. J. and Kunz, R. and Vigersky, R. A. and Guyatt, G. H. and Montori, V. M.. (2008) A case for clarity, consistency, and helpfulness : state-of-the-art clinical practice guidelines in endocrinology using the grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation system. Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, Vol. 93, H. 3. pp. 666-673.

Traut, U. and Brügger, L. and Kunz, R. and Pauli-Magnus, C. and Haug, K. and Bucher, H. C. and Koller, M. T.. (2008) Systemic prokinetic pharmacologic treatment for postoperative adynamic ileus following abdominal surgery in adults. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, Vol. 1 , CD004930.

Walach, H. and Bosch, H. and Lewith, G. and Naumann, J. and Schwarzer, B. and Falk, S. and Kohls, N. and Haraldsson, E. and Wiesendanger, H. and Nordmann, A. and Tomasson, H. and Prescott, P. and Bucher, H. C.. (2008) Effectiveness of distant healing for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome : a randomised controlled partially blinded trial (EUHEALS). Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 77 (3). pp. 158-166.

2004

Zellweger, C. and Opravil, M. and Bernasconi, E. and Cavassini, M. and Bucher, H. C. and Schiffer, V. and Wagels, T. and Flepp, M. and Rickenbach, M. and Furrer, H. and Swiss, H. I. V. Cohort Study. (2004) Long-term safety of discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis pneumonia: prospective multicentre study. AIDS, 18 (15). pp. 2047-2053.