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Editors-in-Chief: Doug Altman; Curt Furberg; Jeremy Grimshaw; Peter Rothwell

17th Cochrane Colloquium, 11th to 14th October 2009, Singapore

This year, for the first time, the annual meeting of The Cochrane Collaboration and trail-blazing international conference on evidence-based health care is being held in Asia. The Colloquium will appeal to all those interested in integrating evidence into decision making, with the programme covering all aspects of systematic reviews, from new methods to usability and dissemination.

The scientific programme can be found here. Register before the 13th of July 2009 to take advantage of the early registration rate.

Latest articles

Study protocol    
The impact of avoiding cardiopulmonary by-pass during coronary artery bypass surgery in elderly patients: the Danish On-pump Off-pump Randomisation Study (DOORS)
Kim Houlind, Bo Juul Kjeldsen, Susanne Norgaard Madsen, Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Susanne Juel Holme, Thomas Andersen Schmidt, Poul Erik Haahr, Poul Erik Mortensen, Doors Study group
Trials 2009, 10:47 (4 July 2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]




Methodology    
Randomized trials published in some Chinese journals: how many are randomized?
Taixiang Wu, Youping Li, Zhaoxiang Bian, Guanjian Liu, David Moher
Trials 2009, 10:46 (2 July 2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]




Research    
N-acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast-induced nephropathy after cardiac catheterization in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease: a randomized clinical trial
Manouchehr Amini, Mojtaba Salarifar, Alireza Amirbaigloo, Farzad Masoudkabir, Fatemeh Esfahani
Trials 2009, 10:45 (29 June 2009)
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Research    
Does a monetary incentive improve the response to a postal questionnaire in a randomised controlled trial? The MINT incentive study
Simon Gates, Mark A Williams, Emma Withers, Esther Williamson, Shahrul Mt-Isa, Sarah E Lamb
Trials 2009, 10:44 (22 June 2009)
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Research    
Dealing with heterogeneity of treatment effects: is the literature up to the challenge?
Nicole B Gabler, Naihua Duan, Diana Liao, Joann G Elmore, Theodore G Ganiats, Richard L Kravitz
Trials 2009, 10:43 (19 June 2009)
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