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A 5-year survey of biopsy proven kidney diseases in Lebanon: Significant variation in prevalence of primary glomerular diseases by age, population structure and consanguinity

Karnib H.H.; Gharavi A.G.; Aftimos G.; Mahfoud Z.; Saad R.; Gemayel E.; Masri B.; Assaad S.; Badr K.F.; Ziyadeh F.N. (OXFORDGREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, 2010)

Background. Differences in epidemiology of kidney disease across the Middle East may arise from variations in indication for biopsy, environmental exposure and socio-economic status. The Lebanese population is composed of ...
A curriculum on care for people with disabilities: Effects on medical student self-reported attitudes and comfort level

Symons A.B.; Morley C.P.; McGuigan D.; Akl E.A. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2014)

Background Early, frequent encounters with people with disabilities may improve medical students' knowledge, attitudes and skills regarding their care. We developed and implemented a longitudinal four-year curriculum ...
ACP Journal Club. Review: Routine venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized frail older patients has uncertain benefit.

Akl E.A.; Guyatt G. (PHILADELPHIAINDEPENDENCE MALL WEST 6TH AND RACE ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-1572 USA, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Adaptation of trustworthy guidelines developed using the GRADE methodology: A novel five-step process

Kristiansen A.; Brandt L.; Agoritsas T.; Akl E.A.; Berge E.; Bondi J.; Dahm A.E.; Granan L.-P.; Halvorsen S.; Holme P.-A.; Jacobsen A.F.; Jacobsen E.-M.; Neumann I.; Sandset P.M.; Saetre T.; Tveit A.; Vartdal T.; Guyatt G.; Vandvik P.O. (American College of Chest Physicians; GLENVIEW2595 PATRIOT BLVD, GLENVIEW, IL 60026 USA, 2014)

BACKGROUND: Adaptation of guidelines for use at the national or local level can facilitate their implementation. We developed and evaluated an adaptation process in adherence with standards for trustworthy guidelines and ...
Addressing continuous data for participants excluded from trial analysis: A guide for systematic reviewers

Ebrahim S.; Akl E.A.; Mustafa R.A.; Sun X.; Walter S.D.; Heels-Ansdell D.; Alonso-Coello P.; Johnston B.C.; Guyatt G.H. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2013)

Background: No methods directly address the impact of missing participant data for continuous outcomes in systematic reviews on risk of bias. Methods: We conducted a consultative, iterative process to develop a framework ...
Addressing continuous data measured with different instruments for participants excluded from trial analysis: A guide for systematic reviewers

Ebrahim S.; Johnston B.C.; Akl E.A.; Mustafa R.A.; Sun X.; Walter S.D.; Heels-Ansdell D.; Alonso-Coello P.; Guyatt G.H. (Elsevier USA; NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2014)

Background We previously developed an approach to address the impact of missing participant data in meta-analyses of continuous variables in trials that used the same measurement instrument. We extend this approach to ...
Addressing Dichotomous Data for Participants Excluded from Trial Analysis: A Guide for Systematic Reviewers

Akl E.A.; Johnston B.C.; Alonso-Coello P.; Neumann I.; Ebrahim S.; Briel M.; Cook D.J.; Guyatt G.H. (SAN FRANCISCO1160 BATTERY STREET, STE 100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 USA, 2013)

Introduction: Systematic reviewer authors intending to include all randomized participants in their meta-analyses need to make assumptions about the outcomes of participants with missing data. Objective: The objective of ...
All that glitters isn't gold: A survey on acknowledgment of limitations in biomedical studies

Ter Riet G.; Chesley P.; Gross A.G.; Siebeling L.; Muggensturm P.; Heller N.; Umbehr M.; Vollenweider D.; Yu T.; Akl E.A.; Brewster L.; Dekkers O.M.; Muhlhauser I.; Richter B.; Singh S.; Goodman S.; Puhan M.A. (SAN FRANCISCO1160 BATTERY STREET, STE 100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 USA, 2013)

Background: Acknowledgment of all serious limitations to research evidence is important for patient care and scientific progress. Formal research on how biomedical authors acknowledge limitations is scarce. Objectives: To ...
Antiphospholipid antibodies and the risk of recurrence after a first episode of venous thromboembolism: A systematic review

Garcia D.; Akl E.A.; Carr R.; Kearon C. (WASHINGTON2021 L ST NW, SUITE 900, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA, 2013)

Laboratory evidence of antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA) in patients with a first episode of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is often considered an indication for indefinite anticoagulant therapy, but it is uncertain if this ...
Assessing evidence in public health: The added value of GRADE

Burford B.J.; Rehfuess E.; Schunemann H.J.; Akl E.A.; Waters E.; Armstrong R.; Thomson H.; Doyle J.; Pettman T. (OXFORDGREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, 2012)

[No abstract available]
Calcineurin inhibitors: 40 Years later, can't live without...

Azzi J.R.; Sayegh M.H.; Mallat S.G. (BETHESDA9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814 USA, 2013)

Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) revolutionized the field of organ transplantation and remain the standard of care 40 years after the discovery of cyclosporine. The early impressive results of cyclosporine in kidney transplant ...
Chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and transplantation

Himmelfarb J.; Sayegh M.H. (Elsevier Inc.;, 2010)

Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation-a companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney-covers all clinical management issues relevant to chronic kidney disease. Drs. Jonathan Himmelfarb and Mohamed Sayegh ...
Chronic renal allograft dysfunction (CAD): New frontiers

Sayegh M.H. (NEW YORK75 VARICK ST, 9TH FLR, NEW YORK, NY 10013-1917 USA, 2010)

[No abstract available]
Commentary

Akl E.A.; Guyatt G. (, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Creating clinical practice guidelines we can trust, use, and share a new era is imminent

Vandvik P.O.; Brandt L.; Alonso-Coello P.; Treweek S.; Akl E.A.; Kristiansen A.; Fog-Heen A.; Agoritsas T.; Montori V.M.; Guyatt G. (NORTHBROOK3300 DUNDEE ROAD, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062-2348 USA, 2013)

Standards and guidance for developing trustworthy clinical practice guidelines are now available, and a number of leading guidelines adhere to the key standards. Even current trustworthy guidelines, however, generally ...
Current experience with applying the GRADE approach to public health interventions: An empirical study

Rehfuess E.A.; Akl E.A. (LONDON236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 2013)

Background: The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach has been adopted by many national and international organisations as a systematic and transparent framework for evidence-based ...
Cytokine imbalance in acute coronary syndrome

Alam S.E.; Nasser S.; Fernainy K.E.; Habib A.A.; Badr K.F. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, 2004)

The excessive mortality of coronary heart disease is attributed primarily to rupture and thrombotic transformation of the atherosclerotic plaque. Inflammation plays a critical role in plaque destabilization and vulnerability. ...
Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study

Akl E.A.; El-Asmar K.; Maroun N.; Adib S.M.; Khater-Menassa B. (LONDON236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 2008)

Background. A significant number of Lebanese medical graduates have emigrated from Lebanon. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that the repatriation of Lebanese physicians educated abroad has ...
Duration of anticoagulant therapy for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Kearon C.; Akl E.A. (American Society of Hematology; WASHINGTON2021 L ST NW, SUITE 900, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA, 2014)

It takes about 3 months to complete active treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE), with further treatment serving to prevent new episodes of thrombosis (pure secondary prevention). Consequently, VTE should generally be ...
Educational games for health professionals.

Akl E.A.; Sackett K.M.; Erdley W.S.; Mustafa R.A.; Fiander M.; Gabriel C.; Schunemann H. (HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2013)

The use of games as an educational strategy has the potential to improve health professionals' performance (e.g. adherence to standards of care) through improving their knowledge, skills and attitudes. The objective was ...

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