Oral presentations:

• Overviews- The way foward for the collaboration?
• Publication bias and heterogeneity in systematic reviews of newer pharmacotherapies for the treatment of depression
• Publication bias and meta-analysis: A practical example
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• Getting malaria research to consumers: An evaluative study
• An individual patient data collaboration for malaria treatment
• Target blood pressure for anti-hypertensive treatments: Evidence from an individual patient data meta-analysis.
• A meta-analysis of individual patient data with repeated outcome measures: treatment of type 1 diabetic microalbuminuric patients with ACE inhibitors.
• How good are the estimates of the hazard ratio When calculated indirectly? An empirical investigation
• Indirect comparisons - Their use in systematic reviews
• A methodological review of the time series analysis designs in guideline.
• Do Language and culture influence how people interpret summaries of systematic reviews?
• What certainty can there be on how much treatments Work: empirical insight from recursive cumulative meta-analyses
• Transparent, explicit, intuitive: Bayesian updating of Cochrane reviews
• Australian Physicians and EBM: Where are we now and Where to from here?
• Evidence-based medicine in Australian general practice: realising the rhetoric
• Like fire and ice: Consumer health information on the internet and evidence-based medicine
• Promoting effective use of the Cochrane library in a developing country: A case study of Nigeria.
• Can exercise prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women? Meta-analysis of (R)CT's on the effects of endurance and strength training on bone mass
• Regional Review Group Co-ordinator - a way to recruit and support reviewers to get reviews done?
• The problems of a systematic reviewer in a developing country.
• Criticisms Submitted to the British Medical Journal and the Cochrane Library: A Comparison
• Can Cinderalla's sisters make it to the ball?Summary reviews/overviews within revMan 4.1.
• Four-stage model of effective consumer participation
• Making consumer participation a reality - challenges for cochrane
• Adding evidence from non-randomized patients to a randomized trial
• How big are the biases associated with non-randomised designs used in evaluations of healthcare interventions? An empirical investigation.
• How reviewers handle heterogeneity
• Disentangling publication bias and heterogeneity
• Updating a review of nicotine replacement therapy. What difference does it make?
• Do we need a Bayes Collaboration? Proposal for a Diagnostic Database
• Evaluating both benefits and harms of interventions: the need for equality
• How do Cochrane reviewers address adverse effects of drug therapy?
• The effects of interventions for smoking cessation- An overview
• Improved indexing Of randomised controlled trials has enabled computer search strategies to identify them with high sensitivity and specificity, in pain relief research.
• Does Size Matter? - Maximum use of review manager
• A systematic review of case series of paediatric cardiac surgery
• Definitely Maybe: How is uncertainty expressed in Cochrane reviews?
• Cochrane HIV/AIDS reviews of high priority for the developing world
• Increasing the impact of meta-analyses on decision-makers: Adding cost information to a systematic review of the effectiveness Of helicobacter pylori eradication for non-ulcer dyspepsia.
• Integration of primary health care: assessing the evidence.
• Coverage and quality of diagnostic and outcomes studies of telemedicine services
• How action helps to produce evidence: Factors influencing the production of systematic reviews conducted by the Cochrane HIV/AIDS group
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• Publishing overviews in the cochrane library
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• Vision 2020, The right to sight
• Implementation of evidence-based practice: evaluation of an opinion-leader strategy
• Vitamin A given to children with measles - Does dose make a difference?
• What action when there is no evidence?
• Induction Of Labour: The production Of an integrated series Of systematic reviews
• Do we need comprehensive literature searches? A study Of publication and language bias in meta-analyses of controlled trials.
• Prevention and treatment of the common cold- The Ari group's contribution to overviews
• Publication bias is a serious threat to the validity of Cochrane reviews
• Publication bias and the human albumin review
• Time lag bias in publishing results of clinical trials: a systematic review

Poster abstracts:

• Do Cochrane systematic reviews pertain to the care Of Older adults?
• A systematic review of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies
• Intravenous immunoglobulin for treating sepsis and septic
• Empiric oral vs intravenous antibiotics for low-risk Febrile Neutropenia
• Introducing the cochrane library in central and eastern Europe
• Potential bias should be explicitly included in systematic reviews
• An evaluation of the RHL by new users in a low income setting.
• Summaries of Cochrane reviews at the physicians' desks
• An accessible method Of further regression analysis within Cochrane reviews: The problem Of demonstrating equivalence
• Handsearching in german paediatric journals
• Ketotifen as medication for long-term control of asthma in children: A search of the international literature
• Critical appraisal of clinical guidelines: Assessing the validity of guidelines for the treatment of asthma
• Systematic reviews Of randomized controlled trials and observational studies of antiepileptic drugs. Is there a systematic bias?
• The Evaluation of rare adverse drug events in Cochrane reviews: the incidence of thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura after Ticlopidine plus Aspirin for Coronary stenting.
• Aspirin Chemoprophylaxis: Weighing the benefits and harms for patients at different levels Of risk for cardiovascular disease.
• Trials at the Cochrane/Campbell interface
• Randomised controlled trials in nephrology: are more and better needed?
• A proposal for a register of methodological research
• Ferrets and MeerKats!
• Electronic searching RCT/CCT in the Chinese database and transferring them into procite for international submission: How we have done
• The use of systematic reviews in the development of provincial public health mandatory guidelines and services
• Exploring the evidence-based decision-making process among public health decision-makers
• Progression of a framework for dissemination and utilization of research evidence for health care policy and practice
• The efficacy Of treatments for chronic benign pain disorders: setting research priorities by literature searches With minimal reading.
• What is the probability that results of meta-analyses will favor innovative treatments?
• Sexual networking and AIDS education at the workplace and the community: The case of Oil locations in Nigeria.
• Manual and electronic search for clinical trials in Brazilian journals on Angiology and Vascular surgery
• Methodological evaluation of randomized controlled trials for Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese medical literature
• Corticosteroids or ACTH for acute exacerbations in multiple sclerosis
• Which summary measure of treatment effectiveness in meta-analysis is the most externally applicable, odds ratio, risk ratio or risk difference?
• Maximizing the Use of the Cochrane library through librarian-clinician partnerships
• Similarities in the use and presentation of outcome measures: a prerequisite for combining study results.
• Establishing a database of RCT, CCT and diagnostic tests in China
• Investigation of within-study selective reporting in clinical research: Follow-up of applications submitted to a local research ethics committee
• Automated translation of abstracts using a free internet software package
• A comparison of handsearching versus MEDLINE searching to identify reports of randomized controlled trials.
• Abstract to full publication: findings from meetings on systematic reviews
• Methodological quality and sample size of randomised trials published in 'Gastroenterology'.
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• Developing clinical standards for schizophrenia in Scotland : How useful are Cochrane reviews?
• The Impact of the problem-based learning /community-based education curriculum on the cognitive function of UNITRA medical students
• Treatments for Bullous Pemphigoid - A systematic review
• Systematic evidence for health improvement in health action zones
• Female condom introduction and sexually transmitted disease Prevalence: A community intervention trial in Kenya
• An Initial analysis on the status quo of applying diagnosis test in imaging scientific study in China
• How editors of leading Chinese medical journals involving in Cochrane collaboration - Experience of Chinese cochrane center
• Challenge and strategy of developing country participating in Cochrane collaboration - experience of Chinese Cochrane center
• Challenges and strategies of increasing production of Cochrane reviews in China
• Evidence-based practice: how far away for the Chinese clinicians to go?
• The need for systematic research in traditional Chinese medicine
• Chinese medicinal herbs for Chronic Hepatitis B: A systematic review
• Randomized controlled trials in "Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine on Liver Diseases" between 1991 and 1999
• European collaboration to identify reports of controlled trials in specialized health care journals in western europe
• But is it relevant? Applying the results of Cochrane Reviews to high-risk and disadvantaged populations.
• Improving the international coverage of controlled trials: A search of the Australasian medical index
• Impact of community animal health services: A systematic review
• Clinicians need evidence that is based upon research conducted with relevant patient groups: The example of antidepressant prescribing in primary care.
• Effectiveness and risk of pneumonia of ranitidine or sucralfate for the prophylaxis of stress ulcer in critical patients: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
• Survival meta-analysis of individual patient data and survival meta-analysis of published (aggregate) data: is there any intermediate approach between these two opposite options?
• Bed rest after subarachnoidal puncture to prevent headache: a systematic review
• A systematic review of therapeutic equivalence: Inhaled versus oral steroids for adults with chronic asthma.
• Reserpine for Hypertension
• Interventions for improving condom use in people at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV
• Integrating a systematic review/cochrane review course in a master's of science programme - Implications for the Cochrane collaboration.
• Interventions for pathological gambling: A systematic review
• A systematic approach to the evidence based laboratory medicine in Japan
• Marcroeconomic adjustment policies and their effect on health in Kenya
• The treatment of Spasmodic Dysphonia with Botulinum Toxin injection
• Numerical results in Cochrane systematic reviews
• The Role of the NHS economic evaluation database (NHS EED) within the systematic review process
• Pooling continuous data: Methods for skewed data
• Formal criteria for establishing equivalence in meta-analysis Of randomized clinical trials
• Oral protein calorie supplements for children with Chronic Disease: Lack of evidence for a costly intervention.
• Can Indirect comparisons be improved using individual patient data?
• A systematic review of the scientific evidence on the effects of different follow-up policies for breast cancer patients
• Systematic review of cost of illness-studies on HIV infection
• Comparison of statistical tests on bias in meta-analysis with binary outcome
• Criteria for improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Alternatives to the ACR 20.
• Exercise based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease
• Chemotherapy in high-grade glioma: A systematic review and meta-analysis using individual patient data from randomised clinical trials (RCTS).
• Patient benefit evidence required for closely related pharmaceutical derivatives
• The effects Of interventions for health care providers that promote patient centred approaches in clinical consultations: Results of a systematic review
• Preventing infection from reusable medical equipment
• Endoscopic vs. conventional cholecystectomy: Influence of Study design on the validity of study results
• An evaluation Of a teacher vision awareness programme (TVAP),implemented by preschool teachers to detect vision problems in pre-school children in Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa
• A predictive modelling algorithms for meta-analysis Of individual patient data
• Is the current way of producing Cochrane reviews the best one? The case of systematic reviews in the pharmacological treatment of spasticity
• Investigating patient exclusion bias in meta-analysis
• Perceptions and practices of health professionals with regard to evidence based medicine in Zimbabwe
• Evidence from health promotion/health education interventions: Relevance of developed world models to a middle income and developing country such as South Africa?
• Systematic reviews of public health/health promotion & primary care interventions: Priorising review topics and encouraging peer review
• Fitting a square peg in a round hole: Developing a quality assessment tool for non-randomized studies in public health
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• Rates per woman versus rates per cycle: The importance of relevant outcome measures in subfertility.
• The role of specialist registers of trials in the age of the 'Mega-Register'
• Effects of adjusting for variable follow-up on the results of meta-analyses of time-to-event outcomes
• Outpatient clinic- and office-based comprehensive geriatric assessment and management programs: A systematic review
• cThe use Of symptom "Progression" instead Of "Response" as a potentially stable endpoint for systematic reviews Of clinical trials using subjective endpoints.
• Low energy lasers for treatment Of Tuberculosis
• Practical issues with collecting individual patient data for meta-analysis: the experience of the EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
• The use of Azoles in the treatment of allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
• Sildenafil for male erectile dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Diagnosing and treating chronic abacterial prostatitis: a systematic review
• Evaluation of clinical trials for Diabetes Mellitus in past 10 year to Chinese medical literatures
• Developing strategies to create evidence-based medicine culture in China
• Systematic review of antibiotic therapy for treatment and prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with cirrhosis and gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Transparency of the guideline development process by using a new guideline structure
• Computer-based health information management in the developing World
• Access to the German and international Cochrane collaboration web site.
• Ensuring the quality Of consumer synopses Of Cochrane reviews
• The Cochrane Neurological network ensures that neurological Cochrane review groups reviews are accessible to neurologists and Consumers
• Collecting unpublished data for systematic reviews: a proposal for a randomised trial
• Dealing with conceptual and methodological issues in reviews Of complex interventions: Reflections on a review of interventions to promote patient centred care
• The German internet - based clinical guidelines project in Gynaecological Endocrinology (ICGGE)
• Meta-regression for complex questions that are not directly addressed in the available literature.
• Enhancing the Value of 'Indecisive' cochrane reviews: The implied value approach
• A cost benefit analysis using beta-blockers as adjunctive therapy in patients with congestive heart failure
• Aminopyridines for symptomatic treatment in multiple sclerosis
• How to search for clinical trials on the LILACS database using the internet
• Trials Of heart diseases in developing countries
• Should our reviews be more concerned with gender of participants in trials?
• A GP evidence-based peer training program: the EPIDAS-Pneumo study
• Therapeutic Objectives: Still an unknown concept in France
• HIV / AIDS and behaviour change - The impact of Soul City at an individual and broader community level of analysis.
• NGO and industry partnerships: Lessons learned
• Dissemination Of information about ongoing clinical trials: Can we find a better approach?
• Broad versus narrow questions: empirical evidence of lumping and splitting of topics in Cochrane Perinatal Reviews
• Systematic review Of interventions for preventing HIV-infection in low-income countries
• Using systematic reviews to derive science-based products for HIV prevention
• Standard operating procedures for the preparation Of reviews: Experiences with HTA reports in Germany
• From individual decisions to health management: an evidence-based experience from Piaui/ Brazil.
• An analysis Of the neurological Cochrane review group modules
• Population-based STD interventions to prevent HIV transmission: A systematic review
• Identifying randomized controlled trials in the journal Aids
• Comparison of different MEDLINE search engines
• A randomized controlled trial of case-based small-group learning modules and/or individual prescribing portraits on prescribing behaviour
• Blood pressure variability; lessons learned from a systematic review
• The utility and relevance Of the Cochrane database Of systematic reviews from a Maori health perspective
• Planning an evidence based mental health service - Is it possible?
• Systematic review of the effectiveness and safety of antiplatelet agents for the prevention of pre-eclampsia.
• Creating the "Evidence Base" for a drug benefit policy change: use Of systematic reviews and a randomized policy trial
• The search for guidelines: A comprehensive approach.
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• Cost-effectiveness analysis Of the Lyme vaccine
• Problems in the Use of Urinalysis results in metanalysis of randomised controlled trials on drug dependence
• Evidence of publication bias for antidepressant drugs.
• Identifying randomized controlled trials published in German general health care journals using medline and embase: How useful is the controlled vocabulary?
• Choice of summary statistics in Cochrane reviews
• Instruments used for evaluation of medical literature
• Clinical checklist: sensitivity and specificity
• Drug treatments for Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
• The EU-( Project: Dissemination of mental health trial evidence
• Influence of the number Of viable units on the potency Of BCG vaccine in children
• Handsearch and electronic search projects in Japan.
• Survey of contributorship in Cochrane reviews
• The critical appraisal of focus group research articles.