Abstract:
:When assessing a health-care intervention the main question is--does it work? Often, a more difficult question needs to be answered--how well does it work? Systematic reviews and meta-analyses help to provide answers to both questions. Too often though, the results are expressed in a way that leaves the reader asking, 'what is the result?' Numbers-needed-to-treat is a simple method for conveying the answers. It can be applied to any chosen clinical outcome with dichotomous data, and the results can be understood by doctor, patient and the public. This paper discusses the concept of numbers-needed-to-treat and gives worked examples using trials in H. pylori eradication and lowering of serum cholesterol.
journal_name
J Clin Pharm Therjournal_title
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeuticsauthors
Wiffen PJ,Moore RAdoi
10.1046/j.1365-2710.1996.89275892.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-02-01 00:00:00pages
23-7issue
1eissn
0269-4727issn
1365-2710journal_volume
21pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:We report a special case of fenofibrate-induced acute severe DILI with sudden onset and rapid recovery, which is different from those in the LiverTox database. CASE SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:The acute severe DILI occurred within only 4 days after fenofibrate initial treatment for hypertriglycerid...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type:
doi:10.1111/jcpt.13042
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::To dose the anticonvulsant phenytoin (PHT) in a clinical situation is difficult because of the non-linear metabolism of the drug. Therefore many techniques have been advocated to aid dosage adjustments based on a single-point PHT concentration determined at steady-state (ss). We retrospectively investigated six method...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.1988.tb00196.x
更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The effects of the macrolides cannot be ascribed to their antibacterial action alone. Their immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory functions are significant too. They are frequently used in the treatment of diffuse panbronchiolitis and cystic fibrosis (CF). AIM:To evaluate the effects of a macrolide antibio...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00708.x
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Trimethylaminuria is a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive excretion of trimethylamine in body fluids following FMO3 gene mutations. Secondary forms of the disease may be due to consumption of trimethylamine precursor-rich foods or metabolism of some xenobiotics. CASE SUMMARY:A HI...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type:
doi:10.1111/jcpt.13315
更新日期:2020-11-28 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Low-dose methotrexate (LDMTX) has been widely used for many decades in clinical settings, with good safety profiles compared with those of high-dose methotrexate. LDMTX is also used as one of the off-label conservative therapies in treating placenta accreta (PA). Until now, only a few mild a...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type:
doi:10.1111/jcpt.13050
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A population pharmacokinetic study was conducted on a total of 70 patients receiving gentamicin therapy. The patients included those with normal renal function and those with varying degrees of renal impairment. The parameters studied were the apparent volume of distribution and the plasma clearance of gentamicin. The...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.1989.tb00240.x
更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:In order to improve public health, it is necessary to facilitate patients' easy access to affordable high-quality primary health care, and one enhanced approach to do so may be to provide primary healthcare services in the community pharmacy setting. Discrete choice experiments to evaluate p...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12574
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Information about the pharmacokinetics of digoxin in paediatric patients is limited. We therefore aimed to investigate the effects of physiological factors on the digoxin clearance in Japanese paediatric patients. METHOD:We used routinely collected therapeutic drug monitoring data (n=544), de...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2710.1999.00221.x
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Therapeutic effects of anti-VEGF agents, corticosteroids and laser therapy have been previously examined for treating macular oedema secondary to branch and central retinal vein occlusion (BRVO and CRVO). However, anti-VEGF efficacy has not been previously compared to corticosteroid or laser...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12551
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:To assess the equivalent efficacy of two or more treatments, clinical relevance must be adequately established, but there appears to be some confusion between clinical relevance and differences in absolute risk reduction or effect size, which quantifies the size of the difference between two...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12243
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Ceftriaxone is a third-generation cephalosporin with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Ceftriaxone-associated urolithiasis and post-renal acute renal failure (PARF) in adults is exceedingly rare and perhaps underappreciated. We report one such case to increase appreciation of this risk ...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type:
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12358
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ropivacaine hydrochloride (HCl) ('Naropin') is a long-acting local anaesthetic agent, administered epidurally to patients undergoing various surgical procedures. A combination of local anaesthetic and opioid is often administered for the management of severe pain to ensure that a minimal dose of each is used...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2710.2002.00386.x
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The objectives of this study were: (a) to develop a drug serum level-based compliance measure which incorporated pharmacokinetic analysis of patient and drug parameters and to compare it to refill records, an indirect measure, and (b) to use that measure to determine whether pharmacist consultation increased complianc...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1987-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and frequent exacerbations are associated with an increased risk of death, deterioration in lung function and reduced quality of life. Current Australian guidelines developed by the Lung Foun...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12514
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:It is well known that medication reconciliation at discharge is a key strategy to ensure proper drug prescription and the effectiveness and safety of any treatment. Different types of interventions to reduce reconciliation errors at discharge have been tested, many of which are based on the ...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12365
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A single dose pharmacokinetic study was conducted on two sustained-release formulations (75 mg) of indomethacin (Indocid capsules 'A' and Indogesic tablets 'B'). The study was carried out on 22 healthy male volunteers, who received a single oral dose (75 mg) of each product according to a randomized crossover design. ...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.1994.tb00816.x
更新日期:1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Oral mucositis is a major severe toxic side-effect of systemic chemotherapy and irradiation in patients with cancer. Various free radical scavengers have been shown to prevent chemotherapy-induced skin necrosis. The objective of this study was to determine the antioxidant activity of a bisbenzy...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00993.x
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examined out-patients' interpretation of prescription instructions at a community hospital. The results showed a wide range of misinterpretation with respect to drug name, dose schedule, and auxiliary labels. Age level, education and financial status emerged as the most significant variables associated with...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.1992.tb01280.x
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to elucidate the pharmacokinetics of erlotinib in Japanese patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to investigate the relationship between erlotinib exposure and the occurrence of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-like events. METHODS:Population pharmaco...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12232
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:There are no clinical reports that have compared topiroxostat, a selective xanthine oxidase inhibitor, with allopurinol in serum urate-lowering efficacy. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of topiroxostat and allopurinol in Japanese hyperuricemic patients with or wi...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12391
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Pregabalin is used for neuropathic and postherpetic pain and generalized anxiety. The aim of this study was to obtain the onset profiles of adverse events (AE) related to falls (AEFs) such as "somnolence," "dizziness," "loss of consciousness" and "fall" onset and several clinical factor comb...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12790
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The optimal administration of liquid medications requires accurate dose delivery. This is particularly important in the treatment of infants and children, as well as elderly people, who are more sensitive to dosage errors. Previous studies revealed significant dosage inaccuracies with measuring...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2009.01082.x
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Boric acid is generally not recognized as a poisonous substance. However, boric acid has potentially fatal actions such as hypotension, metabolic acidosis and oliguria. Death may result from circulation collapse and shock. OBJECTIVE:We present a clinical case history of the successful use of forced diuresis...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2710.2001.00365.x
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVES:The French Society of Clinical Pharmacy has developed a website, named Act-IP©, enabling hospital pharmacists to document and analyse pharmacists' interventions (PIs) proposed during medication order review when a drug-related problem is detected. This study analyses PIs documented in Act-I...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12214
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Pain management for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is challenging. When added to local anaesthetics, dexmedetomidine prolongs the duration of the block and improves analgesia. The effect of long-term dexmedetomidine use in the brachial plexus block (BPB) for CRPS is unknown. CASE DES...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type:
doi:10.1111/jcpt.13063
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::In many countries, including The Netherlands, little is known about the overall prescribing patterns within hospitals. While individual hospitals have some data available, these are not pooled on a regional or national level. The available data consist of dispensing data that are neither patient-linked nor diagnosis-l...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.1991.tb00332.x
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:Budesonide, an oral glucocorticoid indicated for the treatment of Crohn's disease, rarely interferes with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis because more than 80% of it is metabolized by cytochrome P450 enzymes. CASE SUMMARY:A 33-year-old female patient diagnosed with Crohn's disease, ...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type:
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12312
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Antiviral medications cost-effectively reduce influenza-related morbidity and potentially mortality. We sought to assess the appropriateness of antiviral prescribing for influenza. METHOD:We performed a retrospective analysis of visits by adults to primary care clinics during influenza seasons...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00731.x
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE:SB5 is a biosimilar to the reference adalimumab (ADL) currently in development. The primary study objective was to demonstrate pharmacokinetic (PK) equivalence of SB5 to European Union-sourced adalimumab (EU-ADL), and United States-sourced adalimumab (US-ADL) in healthy subjects. Safety, tol...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/jcpt.12583
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To establish the role of patient characteristics in estimating doses of digoxin for neonates using routine therapeutic drug monitoring data. METHOD:The steady-state blood level data (n = 129) after repetitive oral administration in 71 hospitalized neonates were analysed using Nonlinear Mixed Effects Modellin...
journal_title:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2007.00833.x
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00