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	History and Development
	Cochrane Library
	Metodology of Cochrane Reviews
	Appraisal of Cochrane Reviews
	Special Topics
	Cochrane Lectures
	Miscellanea

• Waters E, Doyle J, Jackson N, et al; Cochrane Collaboration. Evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions: the role and activities of the Cochrane Collaboration. J Epidemiol Community Health 2006;60:285-9.

• Summerskill W. Cochrane Collaboration and the evolution of evidence. Lancet 2005;366:1760.

• Grimshaw J. So what has the Cochrane Collaboration ever done for us? A report card on the first 10 years. CMAJ 2004;171:747-9.

• Volmink J, Siegfried N, Robertson K, Gulmezoglu AM. Research synthesis and dissemination as a bridge to knowledge management: the Cochrane Collaboration. Bull World Health Organ 2004;82:778-83

• Laupacis A. The Cochrane Collaboration - how is it progressing? Stat Med 2002;21:2815-22.

• Clarke M, Langhorne P. Revisiting the Cochrane Collaboration. Meeting the challenge of Archie Cochrane - and facing up to some new ones. BMJ 2001;323:821.

• Levin A. The Cochrane Collaboration. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:309-12.

• Hill GB. Archie Cochrane and his legacy. An internal challenge to physicians' autonomy? J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:1189-92.

• Jadad AR, Haynes RB. The Cochrane Collaboration--advances and challenges in improving evidence-based decision making. Med Decis Making 1998;18:2-9.

• Huston P. Cochrane Collaboration helping unravel tangled web woven by international research. CMAJ 1996;154:1389-92.

• Russell I. Methods of health services evaluation: the gospel of Archie Cochrane after 25 years. J Health Serv Res Policy 1996;1:114-5.

• Chalmers I. What would Archie Cochrane have said? Lancet 1995;346:1300.

• Bero L, Rennie D. The Cochrane Collaboration. Preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care. JAMA 1995;274:1935-8.

• Robinson A. Research, practice and the Cochrane Collaboration. CMAJ 1995;152:883-9.

• Sackett DL. Cochrane Collaboration. BMJ 1994;309:1514-5.

• Sackett DL. The Cochrane Collaboration. ACP J Club 1994;120(3):A11.

• Godlee F. The Cochrane Collaboration. BMJ 1994;309:969-70.

• Chalmers I. The Cochrane collaboration: preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Dec 31;703:156-63

• Herxheimer A. The Cochrane Collaboration: making the results of controlled trials properly accessible. Postgrad Med J 1993;69:867-8

• Herxheimer A. Randomised controlled trials: the Cochrane collaboration. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1993;27:180.

• Silagy C. Randomised controlled trials: the challenge of Archie Cochrane. Med J Aust 1993;158:656-7.

• Alvarez-Dardet C, Ruiz MT. Thomas McKeown and Archibald Cochrane: a journey through the diffusion of their ideas. BMJ 1993;306:1252-4.

• Ho-Yen DO. Distinction awards and Cochrane. Lancet 1992;340:1414.

• Light DW. Effectiveness and efficiency under competition: the Cochrane test. BMJ 1991;3031253-4.

• Cochrane AL. Archie Cochrane in his own words. Selections arranged from his 1972 introduction to "Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on the Health Services" 1972. Control Clin Trials 1989;10:428-33.

• Bulger RJ. Archie Cochrane revisited. JAMA 1988;260:1284.

Cochrane Library

• Cochrane Collaboration. The dissemination of Cochrane evidence. An inventory of resources that use Cochrane reviews. May 2004

• Walker-Dilks C. Contribution of the Cochrane Library to the evidence-based journals. ACP J Club 2004;141(2):A11.

• Mallett S, Clarke M. How many Cochrane reviews are needed to cover existing evidence on the effects of health care interventions? ACP J Club 2003;139(1):A11.

• Starr M, Chalmers I. The evolution of The Cochrane Library, 1988-2003. Update Software: Oxford.

• Glasziou PP. The Cochrane Library: access for all Australians. Med J Aust 2002;177:532-3.

• Emond SD, Wyer PC, Brown MD, et al. How relevant are the systematic reviews in the Cochrane Library to emergency medical practice? Ann Emerg Med 2002;39:153-8.

• Mackay DM.  Systematic reviews and Cochrane collaboration. Cochrane library is now available free to people working in NHS. BMJ 2001;323:755.

• Badrinath P. Systematic reviews and Cochrane collaboration. Free full text access to Cochrane articles is available to all health professionals. BMJ 2001;323:755.

• Clarke M, Oxman A. Cochrane reviews will be in Medline. BMJ 1999;319:1435.

• Rowe BH, Alderson P. The Cochrane Library: a resource for clinical problem solving in emergency medicine. Ann Emerg Med 1999;34:86-90.

• Hyde C. Who uses the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Database? BMJ 1995;310:1140-1.

Metodology of Cochrane Reviews

• Shemilt I, Mugford M, Drummond M, et al ; The Campbell & Cochrane Economics Methods Group (CCEMG). Economics methods in Cochrane systematic reviews of health promotion and public health related interventions. BMC Med Res Methodol 2006;6:55.

• Doyle J, Waters E, Yach D, et al. Global priority setting for Cochrane systematic reviews of health promotion and public health research. J Epidemiol Community Health 2005;59:193-7.

• French SD, McDonald S, McKenzie JE, et al. Investing in updating: how do conclusions change when Cochrane systematic reviews are updated? BMC Med Res Methodol 2005;5:33.

• Royle P, Milne R. Literature searching for randomized controlled trials used in Cochrane reviews: rapid versus exhaustive searches. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2003;19:591-603.

• Santesso N. Emphasis on the need for guidelines for documentation of search strategy and results was needed, criticism of a Cochrane review was not. J Med Libr Assoc 2004;92:393-4.

• Weller AC. Mounting evidence that librarians are essential for comprehensive literature searches for meta-analyses and Cochrane reports. J Med Libr Assoc 2004;92:163-4
• Piehl JH, Green S, McDonald S. Converting systematic reviews to Cochrane format: a cross-sectional survey of Australian authors of systematic reviews. BMC Health Serv Res 2003 3:2
• Alderson P, Chalmers I. Survey of claims of no effect in abstracts of Cochrane reviews. BMJ 2003;326:475
• Mallett S, Clarke M. The typical Cochrane review. How many trials? How many participants? Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2002;18:820-3.
• Mowatt G, Shirran L, Grimshaw JM, et al. Prevalence of honorary and ghost authorship in Cochrane reviews. JAMA 2002;287:2769-71.

• Horsey P. Albumin and hypovolaemia: is the Cochrane evidence to be trusted? Lancet 2002;359:70-2.

  • Roberts I. Albumin and hypovolaemia: time to move on and generate new evidence. Lancet 2002;359:72-3.

• Ferreira PH, Ferreira ML, Maher CG, et al. Effect of applying different "levels of evidence" criteria on conclusions of Cochrane reviews of interventions for low back pain. J Clin Epidemiol 2002;55:1126-9.
• Furukawa TA, Inada T, Adams CE, et al Are the Cochrane group registers comprehensive? A case study of Japanese psychiatry trials. BMC Med Res Methodol 2002;2:6.
• Piehl JH, Green S, Silagy C. Training practitioners in preparing systematic reviews: a cross-sectional survey of participants in the Australasian Cochrane Centre training program. BMC Health Serv Res 2002;2:11

• Olsen O, Gotzsche PC. Cochrane review on screening for breast cancer with mammography. Lancet 2001;358:1340-2.

• Clarke M, Horton R. Bringing it all together: Lancet-Cochrane collaborate on systematic reviews. Lancet 2001;357:1728.

• Cates C. Overlooking of Cochrane reviews in asthma research. Lancet 2000;355:70.

• Clarke M, Clarke T. A study of the references used in Cochrane protocols and reviews. Three bibles, three dictionaries, and nearly 25,000 other things. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2000;16:907-9.
• Hahn S, Garner P, Williamson P. Are systematic reviews taking heterogeneity into account? An analysis from the Infectious Diseases Module of the Cochrane Library. J Eval Clin Pract 2000;6:231-3.

• Walters EH, Walters JA. Many reports of RCTs give insufficient data for Cochrane reviewers. BMJ 1999;319:257.

• Milne R, Thorogood M. Hand searching the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health as part of the Cochrane Collaboration. J Epidemiol Community Health 1996;50:178-81

• Stewart LA, Clarke MJ. Practical methodology of meta-analyses (overviews) using updated individual patient data. Cochrane Working Group. Stat Med 1995;14:2057-79.

Appraisal of Cochrane Reviews

• Delaney A, Bagshaw SM, Ferland A, et al. The quality of reports of critical care meta-analyses in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: An independent appraisal. Crit Care Med 2007;35):589-594

• Collier A, Heilig L, Schilling L, et al. Cochrane Skin Group systematic reviews are more methodologically rigorous than other systematic reviews in dermatology. Br J Dermatol 2006;155:1230-5.

• Jorgensen AW, Hilden J, Gotzsche PC. Cochrane reviews compared with industry supported meta-analyses and other meta-analyses of the same drugs: systematic review. BMJ 2006;333:782.

• Mandel D, Littner Y, Mimouni FB, et al. Conclusiveness of the Cochrane Neonatal Reviews: a systematic analysis. Acta Paediatr 2006;95:1209-12.
• van den Ende CH, Steultjens EM, Bouter LM, et al. Clinical heterogeneity was a common problem in Cochrane reviews of physiotherapy and occupational therapy. J Clin Epidemiol 2006;59:914-9.
• Jones AP, Remmington T, Williamson PR, et al. High prevalence but low impact of data extraction and reporting errors were found in Cochrane systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol 2005;58:741-2.
• Handoll H, Madhok R. Quality of Cochrane reviews. Another study found that most Cochrane reviews are of a good standard. BMJ 2002;324:545.
• Olsen O, Middleton P, Ezzo J, et al. Quality of Cochrane reviews: assessment of sample from 1998. BMJ 2001;323:829-32.

• Jadad AR, Moher M, Browman GP, et al. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on treatment of asthma: critical evaluation. BMJ  2000;320:537-40.

• Jadad AR, Cook DJ, Jones A, et al. Methodology and reports of systematic reviews and meta-analyses: a comparison of Cochrane reviews with articles published in paper-based journals. JAMA 1998;280:278-80.

Special Topics

• Consumer Issues

  • Tugwell P, Petticrew M, Robinson V, et al; Cochrane Equity Field Editorial Team. Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations, and health equity. Lancet 2006;367:1128-30.

  • Clark O. Do patients need to read research? Cochrane consumer network can help patients. BMJ 2003;327:564.

  • White PJ. Evidence-based medicine for consumers: a role for the Cochrane Collaboration. J Med Libr Assoc 2002;90:218-22.

  • Davies P, Boruch R. The Campbell Collaboration. Does for public policy what Cochrane does for health. BMJ 2001;323:294-5.

  • Rio P. Cochrane collaboration welcomes patient participation. BMJ 1999;319:788.

• Funding Issues

  • Lenzer J. Cochrane Collaboration's stand versus industry funding. CMAJ 2004;171:122.
  • Lenzer J. New Cochrane policy tightens limits on industry funding. BMJ 2004;328:976.
  • Moynihan R. Should drug companies be allowed to sponsor Cochrane reviews? CMAJ 2003;169:1201
  • Moynihan R. Cochrane plans to allay fears over industry influence. BMJ 2003;327:1005.
  • Moynihan R. Cochrane at crossroads over drug company sponsorship. BMJ 2003;327:924-6.

• Social Issues

  • Tharyan P, Clarke M, Green S. How the Cochrane collaboration is responding to the Asian tsunami. PLoS Med 20052:e169

Cochrane Lectures

• Hart JT. Cochrane Lecture 1997. What evidence do we need for evidence based medicine? J Epidemiol Community Health 1997;51:623-9.
• Williams A. Cochrane Lecture. All cost effective treatments should be free ... or, how Archie Cochrane changed my life! J Epidemiol Community Health 1997;51:116-20.
• McPherson K. The Cochrane Lecture. The best and the enemy of the good: randomised controlled trials, uncertainty, and assessing the role of patient choice in medical decision making. J Epidemiol Community Health 1994;48:6-15.

Miscellanea

• Brok J, Greisen G, Jacobsen T, et al. Agreement between Cochrane Neonatal Group reviews and clinical guidelines for newborns at a Copenhagen University Hospital-a cross-sectional study. Acta Paediatr 2007;96:39-43.

• Morse JM. It is time to revise the Cochrane criteria. Qual Health Res 2006;16:315-7.

• Eysenbach G, Kummervold PE. "Is CybermedicineKilling You?"--The story of a Cochrane disaster. J Med Internet Res 2005;7:e21.

• Ezzo J, Berman BM, Vickers AJ, et al. Complementary medicine and the Cochrane Collaboration. JAMA 1998;280:1628-30.

• Clarke MJ. Ovarian ablation in breast cancer, 1896 to 1998: milestones along hierarchy of evidence from case report to Cochrane review. BMJ 1998;317:1246-8.

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