• Atraumatic (pencil-point) versus conventional needles for lumbar puncture: A clinical practice guideline 

      Rochwerg, B.; Almenawer, S. A.; Siemieniuk, Reed Alexander C.; Vandvik, Per Olav; Agoritsas, Thomas; Lytvyn, Lyubov; Alhazzani, Waleed; Archambault, Patrick; D'Aragon, Frédérick; Farhoumand, Pauline Darbellay; Guyatt, Gordon Henry; Laake, Jon Henrik; Beltrán-Arroyave, Claudia; McCredie, Victoria; Price, Amy; Chabot, Christian; Zervakis, Tracy; Badhiwala, Jetan; St-Onge, Maude; Szczeklik, Wojciech; Møller, Morten Hylander; Lamontagne, François (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Is the needle tip configuration important when performing a lumbar puncture for any indication? A systematic review published in the Lancet in December 2017 suggests that it is. The review found that using atraumatic ...
    • Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and risk of heart failure in type 2 diabetes: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and observational studies 

      Li, Ling; Li, Sheyu; Deng, Ke; Liu, Jiali; Vandvik, Per Olav; Zhao, Pujing; Zhang, Longhao; Shen, Jiantong; Bala, Malgorzata M.; Sohani, Zahra N.; Wong, Evelyn; Busse, Jason Walter; Ebrahim, Shanil; Malaga, German; Rios, Lorena P.; Wang, Yingqiang; Chen, Qunfei; Guyatt, Gordon Henry; Sun, Xin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Objectives To examine the association between dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors and the risk of heart failure or hospital admission for heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes. Design Systematic review ...