R. Brian Haynes

More Informative Abstracts Revisited

Following proposals in 1987 and 1988, several medical journals have provided more informative abstracts ("structured abstracts") for articles of clinical interest. Structured ab...

Optimal search strategies for retrieving systematic reviews from Medline: analytical survey

Systematic reviews can be retrieved from Medline with close to perfect sensitivity or specificity, or with high precision, by using empirical search strategies.

Beneficial Effect of Carotid Endarterectomy in Symptomatic Patients with High-Grade Carotid Stenosis

Carotid endarterectomy is highly beneficial to patients with recent hemispheric and retinal transient ischemic attacks or nondisabling strokes and ipsilateral high-grade stenosi...

RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL OF STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE IN PRIMARY HYPERTENSION

Helping patients follow prescribed treatment: clinical applications.

Low adherence to prescribed medical regimens is a ubiquitous problem. Typical adherence rates are about 50% for medications and are much lower for lifestyle prescriptions and ot...

Can simple clinical measurements detect patient noncompliance?

Measurement of patient compliance is essential if management of low compliance is to be performed efficiently. We assessed the value of several easily obtained clinical assessme...

Developing optimal search strategies for detecting clinically relevant qualitative studies in MEDLINE.

Several search strategies can achieve high performance in retrieving qualitative studies from MEDLINE.

Developing Optimal Search Strategies for Retrieving Clinically Relevant Qualitative Studies in EMBASE

Qualitative researchers address many issues relevant to patient health care. Their studies appear in an array of journals, making literature searching difficult. Large databases...