Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

I. How to get started. JAMA. 270(17):2093-5, 1993 Nov 3.

II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention.
A. Are the results of the study valid?  JAMA. 270(21):2598-601, 1993 Dec 1.
B. What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?   JAMA. 271(1):59-63, 1994 Jan 5.

III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test.
A. Are the results of the study valid?  JAMA. 271(5):389-91, 1994 Feb 2.
B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?   JAMA. 271(9):703-7, 1994 Mar 2.

IV. How to use an article about harm.   JAMA. 271(20):1615-9, 1994 May 25.

V. How to use an article about prognosis.  JAMA. 272(3):234-7, 1994 Jul 20.

VI. How to use an overview.JAMA. 272(17):1367-71, 1994 Nov 2.

VII. How to use a clinical decision analysis.
A. Are the results of the study valid?   JAMA. 273(16):1292-5, 1995 Apr 26.
B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?   JAMA. 273(20):1610-3, 1995 May 24-31.

VIII. How to use clinical practice guidelines.
A. Are the recommendations valid?   JAMA. 274(7):570-4, 1995 Aug 16. 
B. What are the recommendations and will they help you in caring for your patients?   JAMA. 274(20):1630-2, 1995 Nov 22-29.

IX. A method for grading health care recommendations.  JAMA. 274(22):1800-4, 1995 Dec 13.  [published erratum appears in JAMA 1996 Apr 24;275(16):1232].

X. How to use an article reporting variations in the outcomes of health services.  JAMA. 275(7):554-8, 1996 Feb 21.

XI. How to use an article about a clinical utilization review.   JAMA. 275(18):1435-9, 1996 May 8.

XII. How to use articles about health-related quality of life.   JAMA. 277(15):1232-7, 1997 Apr 16.

XIII. How to use an article on economic analysis of clinical practice. 
A. Are the results of the study valid?   JAMA. 277(19):1552-7, 1997 May 21.
B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?  JAMA. 277(22):1802-6, 1997 Jun 11.  [published erratum appears in JAMA 1997 Oct 1;278(13):1064].

XIV. How to decide on the applicability of clinical trial results to your patient.  JAMA. 279(7):545-9, 1998 Feb 18.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XV. How to use an article about disease probability for differential diagnosis.   JAMA. 281(13):1214-9, 1999 Apr 7.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XVI. How to use a treatment recommendation.  JAMA. 281(19):1836-1843, 1999 May 19.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XVII. How to use guidelines and recommendations about screening.  JAMA. 281(21):2029-2034, 1999 Jun 2.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XVIII. How to use an article evaluating the clinical impact of a computer-based clinical decision support system.  JAMA. 282(1):67-74, 1999 Jul 7.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XIX. Applying clinical trial results. 
A. How to use an article measuring the effect of an intervention on surrogate end points. JAMA. 282(8):771-8, 1999 Aug 25.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)
B. Guidelines for determining whether a drug is exerting (more than) a class effect.  JAMA. 282(14):1371-7, 1999 Oct 13.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid) 

XX. Integrating research evidence with the care of the individual patient.   JAMA. 283(21):2829-36, 2000 Jun 7.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XXI. Using electronic health information resources in evidence-based practice.   JAMA. 283(14):1875-9, 2000 Apr 12.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid) 

XXII. How to use articles about clinical decision rules.   JAMA. 284(1):79-84, 2000 Jul 5.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid) 

XXIII. Qualitative research in health care
A. Are the results of the study valid?   JAMA. 284(3):357-62, 2000 Jul 19.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid) 
B. What are the results and how do they help me care for my patients?  JAMA. 284(4):478-82, 2000 Jul 26.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XXIV. How to use an article on the clinical manifestations of disease.  JAMA. 284(7):869-75, 2000 Aug 16.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)

XXV. Evidence-based medicine: principles for applying the Users' Guides to patient care.  JAMA. 284(10):1290-6, 2000 Sep 13.  (Also available via Journals@Ovid)