Other Publications

See below for the full list of publications by staff relating to the work of the centre:

EMSCOT publications available here

Books

Meates M, Duperrex O, Gilbert R, Logan S, Ed. Straus SE (ed) Practising Evidence-based Child Health. Radcliffe Medical Press, Oxon. 1999

Gilbert RE, Logan S, See S. Teaching materials in Evidence-based Child Health (on CD-ROM). IN: Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, Rosenberg W, Haynes RB. Evidence-based Medicine, How to practice and teach EBM. 2 nd edition. London : Churchill Livingstone 2000

Moyer G, Davies R, Elliott E, Davis RL, Gilbert RE, Klassen T, Logan S, Mellis C, Williams K Evidence-based Pediatrics and Child Health London: BMJ Publications, 2000

Ball, CM & Phillips, RS [Eds.] Evidence-based On Call; Acute Medicine. Harcourt Brace 2001 [Russian Version also published. Japanese edition in preparation.]

Dawes, M; Badenoch, D; Goddard, O; Phillips, RS. Informed Clinical Practice. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine 2001

Gilbert RE, Meates M. An introduction to evidence-based child health. IN: Lissauer T, Clayden G (eds) Illustrated textbook of Paediatrics. London : Mosby, 2001:47-51

Straus, S. Hsu, S. Ball, CM & Phillips, RS [Eds.] Evidence-based: Acute Medicine. Harcourt Brace 2001 [US edition.]

Ball, CM & Phillips, RS [Eds.] Evidence-based On Call; Acute Medicine Pocketbook. Harcourt Brace 2002

Moyer G, Elliott EJ, Gilbert RE, Klassen T, Logan S, Mellis C, Henderson-Smart DJ, Williams K Evidence-based Pediatrics and Child Health. 2nd Edition. London: BMJ Publications, 2004

Journal Articles

Gilbert RE, Logan S. Future prospects for evidence-based child health. Arch Dis Child 1996;75:465-73

Gilbert RE, Logan S. Evidence-based child health and the health care R&D industry. J Clinical Effectiveness 1996;1(4):1-3

Gilbert RE, Logan S. Use of decision analysis in clinical practice and policy. Evidence-Based Health Policy and Management. 1997 June;25-26

Logan S. Child health and the Cochrane Collaboration.
Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:367-68

Ball C, Sackett D, Phillips R, Straus S, Haynes B. Levels of evidence and grades of recommendations. Revised 17 September 1998. Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. www.cebm.net/levels_of_evidence.asp

Logan S Systematic reviews and making decisions Child: Care, Health and Development 1998: 24;255-257

Mushtaq I, Logan S, Morris M, Johnson AW, Wade AM, Kelly D, Clayton P.
Screening of newborn infants for cholestatic hepatobiliary disease with tandem mass spectrometry.
Br Med J. 1999;319:471-7

Parsons T, Power C, Logan S, Summerbell C. Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review. Int J Obesity 1999;23 (Suppl 8):S1-S107

Augood C, Maclennan S, Gilbert R, Logan S. Cisapride for gastro-oesaphageal rflux in children. In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2000. Oxford: Update Software

Gilbert R, Augood C, Maclennan S, Logan S. Cisapride for gastro-oesaphageal reflux in children: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. J Paed Child Health 2000;36:524-29

Gilbert R, See S. Key Organisations: Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health. Guidelines in Practice 2000: 3;58-60

Panpanich R, Garner P, Logan S. Is growth monitoring effective? A systematic review of trials. Arch Dis Child 2000;82:197-201

Baldwin C, Parsons T, Logan S. Dietary advice for illness-related malnutrition in adults (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2001. Oxford: Update Software

Collins, C. Phillips, R. Fenton, M. Are routine chest x rays helpful in the management of febrile neutropenia? Arch Dis Child 2001;85:253 [best evidence topic]

French R, Cowan F, Mansour D, Morris S, Hughes D, Robinson A, Proctor T, Summerbell C, Logan S, Guillebaud J. Hormonally impregnated intrauterine systems (IUSs), versus other methods of preventing pregnancy (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2001. Oxford: Update Software.

Gilbert R, Ades AE, Gupta R, Logan S, van der Meulen J. Screening for Down Syndrome: effectiveness, safety and cost effectiveness of first and second trimeter strategies. Br Med J 2001; 323: 423

Gilbert R, Logan S, Moyer VA, Elliott EJ. Evidence-Based Case Review: Assessing diagnostic and screening tests: Part 1. Concepts. Western Journal of Medicine 2001:174;405-409

Gilbert R, Logan S, Moyer VA, Elliott EJ. Assessing diagnostic and screening tests: Part 2. How to use the research literature in diagnosis. West J Med 2001;175:37-41

Gilbert RE, See S, Logan S. The Centre for Evidence-based child health. Evidence-based teaching workshop. Sicily 2001

Logan S, Martins S, Gilbert R. Iron therapy for improving psychomotor development and cognitive function in children under the age of three with iron deficiency anaemia (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2001. Oxford: Update Software

Patel, N. Phillips, R. Does adding ipratropium to salbutamol (albuterol) help children with asthma? Arch Dis Child 2001;85:432-3 [best evidence topic]

Peckham CS, Tookey P, Logan S, Giaquinto C. Screening options for the prevention of congenital CMV infection. J Med Screening 2001;8:119-124

Phillips R, Ball C, Sackett D, Straus S, Haynes B, Dawes M. Levels of evidence and grades of recommendations. Revised April 2001 [Draft]. Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. www.cebm.net/levels_of_evidence.asp

Phillips, RS. Evidence-based On Call: Enabling EBM@2AM. He@lth on the Internet 2001;20:7-8

Gilbert R, Logan S, Moyer VA, Elliott EJ. Evidence-Based Case Review: Assessing diagnostic and screening tests: Part 2. How to use the research literature on diagnosis. Western Journal of Medicine
2002:175;37-41

Hrytsiuk I, Gilbert R, Logan S, Pindoria S, Brook CGD. Starting dose of levothyroxine for the treatment of congenital hypothyroidism: a systematic review. Arch Pediatr Adoles Med 2002 May;156(5):485-91

Huertas-Ceballos A, MacArthur C, Logan S. Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in childhood (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update Software. (Issue 1, 2002)

Huertas-Ceballos A, MacArthur C, Logan S. Dietary interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP)in childhood (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2002. Oxford: Update Software

Laing GJ, Law J, Levin A, Logan S. Screening for speech and language problems: an evaluation of a structured screening test and a parent-led method. BMJ 2002;325:1152-5.

Little CV, Parson T, Logan S. Herbal treatment for osteoarthritis. (Cochrane Review)
In: The Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update Software. (Issue 2, 2002)

Marinho VCC, Higgins JPT, Sheiham A, Logan S. Fluoride gels for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents. (Cochrane Review) In: The Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update Software. (Issue 2, 2002)

Marinho VCC, Higgins JPT, Sheiham A, Logan S. Fluoride varnishes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2002. Oxford: Update Software

Mytton JA, DiGuiseppi C, Gough D, Taylor R, Logan S. School based violence prevention programmes: systematic review of secondary prevention trials. Arch Pediatr Adoles Med 2002;156:752-62

Willey C, Phillips R. Is Melatonin likely to help children with neurodevelopmental disability and chronic severe sleep problems? Arch Dis Child 2002;87:260-61[best evidence topic]

Marinho VCC, Higgins JPT, Logan S, Sheiham A. Systematic review of controlled trials on the effectiveness of fluoride gels for the prevention of dental caries in children. Journal of Dental Education 2003;67(4):448-58.

McConachie H, Logan S. Validation of the Measure of Processes of Care for use when there is no Child Development Centre. Child: Care Health and Development. 2003;29:35-45

Marinho VCC, Higgins JPT, Sheiham A, Logan S Fluoride toothpastes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2003. Oxford: Update Software

Marinho VCC, Higgins JPT, Sheiham A, Logan S Fluoride mouthrinses for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue1, 2003. Oxford: Update Software

Logan S. Research and equity in child health. Pediatrics 2003 Sep;112(3 part 2):759-62

Gilbert R Prenatal screening for group B streptococcal infection: gaps in the evidence. Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:2-8

Riordan A, Boyle E, Phillips RS. Best paediatric evidence; is it accessible and used on-call? Arch Dis Child 2004;89(5):469-71

Gilbert R, Salanti G, Harden M, See S. Infant sleeping position and the sudden infant death syndrome: systematic review of observational studies and historical review of recommendations from 1940 to 2002. Int J Epidemiol. 2005 Aug;34(4):874-87. Epub 2005 Apr 20.
Additional data for the paper can be downloaded here (Microsoft Word document, 638 KB). 
An interview with Ruth Gilbert about the study was broadcast on Radio 4 on Tuesday 10th May 2005 at 9:00pm as part of a programme on cot death.  You can listen to the interview again by visiting the Radio 4 website.

Gilbert R, Harden M. Effectiveness of impregnated catheters for catheter related blood stream infection. Curr Opinion Infectious Diseases. 2008;21(3):235-245

Evidence-based commentaries

Logan S. Commentary: Evaluation of specialist paediatric retrieval teams. Br Med J. 1995; 311:839

Logan S. Commentary: In the UK the transition from youth to adulthood of people with cerebral palsy is poorly planned and co-ordinated. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:479-80

Logan S. Commentary: Emotionally focused therapy improves marital adjustment in parents of children with chronically ill children. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:480-82

Logan S. Commentary: No convincing evidence of benefit from process-oriented treatment or a standard occupational therapy approach in children with developmental co-ordination disorder. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:102

Logan S. Commentary: Home visiting reduces rates of childhood injury. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:103

Logan S. Commentary: Influence of changing travel patterns on child death rates from injury: trend analysis. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:280

Logan S. Commentary: Inequalities in self-rated health in the 1958 birth cohort: life-time social circumstances or social mobility. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:281-2

Logan S. Commentary: Increasing prevalence of cerebral palsy amongst low birthweight neonatal survivors 1966-1989. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:202

Logan S. Commentary: Even young children's assessments provide useful information about asthma control. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:355-6

Logan S. Commentary: Injuries and the risk of disability in teenagers and young adults. Child: Care, Health and Development 1997;23:102

Gilbert RE. Commentary on “Grief after pregnancy loss was predicted by length of pregnancy, neuroticism, psychiatric symptoms, and absence of other children.” Evidence-Based Medicine. 1997 Jul-Aug;123

Logan S. Commentary: Assessing the downside of universal neonatal hearing screening. Child: Care, Health and Development 1998;24:501-3

Editorials/Invited Articles

Loveland, M. Shenker, N. Phillips, R. Critical appraisal for medical students. Student BMJ. 1998;6:48 [editorial]

Phillips, R. EBM@2AM - Answering the Call. http://www.cche.net/ebcp/EBCPnewsletter2000.htm

Phillips, R. Accessing electronic information for clinical decisions. Arch Dis Child 2000;83:273-274 [editorial]

Phillips, R. Archimedes – towards evidence based paediatrics. http://www.cche.net/ebcp/EBCPnewsletter2001.htm

Phillips, R. Towards evidence-based paediatrics. Arch Dis Child 2001;85:252 [editorial]

Phillips, R. Commentary on “What's the use of Archimedes?” M Rudolf, G Rowland, et al. Arch Dis Child 2002;87:169

Critical Appraisal Notes

Phillips, R. Concealed, blinded or masked? Arch Dis Child 2001;85:431

Phillips, R. Evidence of equivalence vs. no evidence of difference Arch Dis Child 2001;85:252

Phillips, R. Numbers needed to treat. Arch Dis Child 2002;86:59

Phillips, R. The good, the bad and the unhelpful. Arch Dis Child 2002;86:380

Phillips, R. Economic analyses. Arch Dis Child 2002;87:77

Phillips, R. N-of-1 trials. Arch Dis Child 2002;87:258

Phillips, R. The ethics of tiny trials. Arch Dis Child 2002;87:411

Phillips, R. Likelihood ratios. Arch Dis Child 2003;88:82

Phillips, R. Pubic health trials. Arch Dis Child 2003;88:234

Phillips, R. How do we measure agreement? Arch Dis Child 2003;88:454

Phillips, R. The Duck-Yak Problem. Arch Dis Child 2003;88:638

Phillips, R. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child 2003;88:831

Phillips, R. Rule 31: Review the world literature fortnightly. Arch Dis Child 2003;89:81

Phillips, R. Beyond the evidence Arch Dis Child 2004;89:286

Letters

Phillips, R. Critical appraisal. Student BMJ 1996;4:390

Phillips, R. Rothenberg, T. Randomised controlled trials. Arch Dis Child 1997;76:93-4

Phillips, R. Buttery, J. Collins, C. Journal Clubs. Acta Paediatrica 2001;90:592

Gilbert R, Burls A, Glasziou P. Clinicians also need training in the use of research evidence. Lancet 2008;371(9611):472-473 

Reports

Gilbert R. Prenatal screening for group B streptococcal infection: effect on early onset neonatal sepsis . Report for the National Screening Committee, Antenatal Sub-committee, September 2003 (Adobe PDF file, 577 KB)

Gilbert RE, Augood C, Gupta R, Ades AE, Logan S, Sculpher M, van der Meulen JHP Cost effectiveness and safety effectiveness of first and second trimester screening strategies for Down's Syndrome. Systematic Reviews Training Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London. May 2000 (Microsoft Word document, 1.0 MB)

Other Publications

Gilbert R, Harden M. Recent Activities at the Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health. Evidence Based Health Care Newsletter 2002; 22:10. Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada

Gilbert R, Harden M. Evidence-Based Decision-Making – Beyond the Basics Workshop. Evidence Based Health Care Newsletter 2003. Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada

Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health: Summary of Activities Report 1995-2002 (Microsoft Word document, 75 KB)