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  This page gives an alphabetical classification of Quince articles
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A

Smaller Analgesic  Packs November 2004
Managing Acute Appendicitis November 2002
Acute medicine August 2004
Whole grains and adiposity October 2007
Reducing unintended pregnancies among adolescents November 2002
Preventable adverse events in hospitals April 2004
Albumin for critically ill patients August 1998
Anaemia in older people October 2006
Prognosis in stable angina March 2006
Self management training in refractory angina March 2008
Animal growth promotion drugs cut March 1999
Antibiotic resistance April 1998
Follow-up to antibiotic resistance May 1998
Antidepressants and the prevention of suicide October 1998
Antibiotics for acute bronchitis August 2001
Antibiotics for cough September 2005
Anti-obesity drugs June 2004
Laparoscopic appendicectomy February 1999
Aromatherapy in dementia April 2003
Routine telephone review of asthma in general practice May 2003
Risk of gastrointestinal haemorrhage with long term use of aspirin: meta-analysis   December 2000
Aspirin in low risk individuals December 2002
Tumble drying of duvets may kill asthma-associated mites November 1999
Feedback of Audit January 2007

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B

Cuddling is good for babies October 1998
A pain in the ... back March 1999
Half the cases of bacteraemia in hospitals linked to devices March 2003
Legacy of bacterial meningitis in infancy February 2002
Management of bedwetting in children June 2004
Best Bets—tap water OK for sterilising small wounds January 2004
Introduction of the two week wait rule for breast cancer August 2007
Blood, blood, glorious blood April 1999
NICE and beta interferon August 2000
Bias in diagnostic test studies April 2003
Bone mass and exercise in women April 2000
Bowel Cancer rates falling December 1999
Smoking and the brain June 2000
Breast feeding—how long? March 2002
Urgent referrals for people with breast lumps April 1999
Complications of breast implants February 2000
Double breast removal March 2004
Trastuzumab and breast cancer September 2006
Antibiotics for acute bronchitis August 2001

Bupropion to aid smoking cessation

 November 2000

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C

Bowel Cancer rates falling December 1999
Treatment of cancer in adults and children December 1998
The treatment of cancer in old age November 1998
Cancer and  fresh fruit and vegetables – not cut and dried February 2005
Cancer guidelines from NICE August 2005
Cancer and the pill October 2007
Psychosocial cancer care November 2007
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults January 2002
Case Management for older people December 2004
Any casualties in the clash of randomised and observational evidence? August 2001
Cataract surgery March 1999
CHAIN October 2002
The Change Page March 2007
Chest pain in primary care February 2005
Evidence base in child protection litigation August 2006
Child safety in cars December 2006
Chiropractic for low back pain (not) October 1998
Chloramphenicol eye drops August 2005
Hospital at home versus hospital care in patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease January 2001
Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in older patients and the NSF April 2006
Coronary revascularisation stents April 2007
Update of CRD's guidance for undertaking systematic reviews December 2000
Home collection of urine for culture in children July 2000
Care of children in UK emergency departments March 2005
The Commission for Health Care Audit and Inspection August 2002
The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health May 2003
Concealment of drugs in food and beverages in nursing homes January 2005
National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease May 2000
Circumcision - males in Bro Taf January 1999
Cleft lip and palate surgery September 1998
What is clinical effectiveness? December 1997
A few useful phrases in clinical effectiveness May 1999
Reducing the hours and clinical experience of pre-registration House Officers June 2000
Clinical governance in Bro Taf Health Authority July 2000
A clinical trials register for Europe January 2003
Clopidogrel and acute coronary syndrome September 2002
The Cochrane Library June 2003
Complaints Ignored November 1998
Commission for Health Improvement December 1999
Compliance with unpleasant therapies June 2001
Empirical treatment of suspected bacterial conjunctivitis March 2004
Continuing Professional Development May 2002
Self administered emergency contraception January 2000
Contraceptive risks July 2005
Cost-effectiveness of counselling August 2000
Counselling in primary care August 2003
Cough medications in children April 1999
Council for the Quality of Healthcare December 2002
Cranberry Juice for Urinary Tract Infection December 2001
Deaths from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK April 2003
Cuddling is good for babies October 1998

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D

D&Cs in Bro Taf December 1997
Follow-up D&Cs May 1998
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators January 2003
Feeding tubes in patients with dementia September 2004
Tube feeding in dementia December 2006
The management of post-natal depression June 2000
Depression in young people October 2005
Depression in older people in primary care February 2006
NICE Guidance on Rosiglitazone for Type 2 Diabetes October 2000
Diabetes care in general practice September 1998
Diabetes black spots and death by post-code September 2001
Diabetes follow-up November 2001
Finding type 2 diabetes in primary care March 2005
Type 2 diabetes needs the same level of care as type 1 in pregnancy July 2006
NICE—Screen all pregnant women for gestational diabetes April 2008
Bias in diagnostic test studies April 2003
Traveller’s diarrhoea June 2002
Probiotics for diarrhoea in children April 2008
Age discrimination April 2000
Controversy over donepezil (Aricept) continues August 1998
Dr Foster May 2004
Managing heavy drinkers in general practice September 2000
Animal growth promotion drugs cut March 1999
Drugs ‘less suitable for prescribing’ November 1998
Rationing drug prescribing in the NHS June 1999
Adherence to drug therapy and mortality July 2006
Prevention of DVT November 1998
Routine Home Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis September 2001
Too much surgery in dying patients January 1999
Treating dyslipidaemia in primary care January 2001
Pain killers in dysmenorrhoea February 1999
Managing dyspepsia in primary care April 2008

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E

Psychological therapies for eating disorders May 2004
New Guidance on ECT looks set to curb its use July 2003
Systematic review of treatment for atopic eczema July 2002
How much of what we do is effective - 20%? May 1998
Can it work? Does it work? Is it worth it? (Effectiveness) October 1999
Impact of Effective Health Care bulletin on treatment of persistent glue ear in children: time series analysis January 2002
Effective Healthcare Bulletin - Acupuncture March 2002
Effectiveness of educational meetings April 2002
Influenza vaccination in the elderly October 1998
Ethnicity and adverse drug reactions May 2006
Attack on EBM July 1998
History of evidence based practice August 1998
Evidence based on call September 1999
Evidence-based patient information December 1999
Evidence-based education website January 2002
How do we fit evidence into a ward round? February 1999
How much healthcare is evidence-based? October 2000
W(h)ither evidence-based medicine October 2004
Evidence on the ward round July 1999
Welsh Health Evidence Bulletins May 1999
Evidence for those newspaper headlines November 2001
Bone mass and exercise in women April 2000

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F

Preventing falls in older people January 2007
Prevention of falls and fractures in older people December 2007
Calculating fracture risk May 2008
Firms March 1998
Focusing Clinical Questions March 2002
Folic acid and neural tube defects May 2005
Need patients be stuck with frozen shoulder January 2001
Topical and oral treatments for foot fungal infections March 2003

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G

Risk of gastrointestinal haemorrhage with long term use of aspirin: meta-analysis   December 2000
Diabetes care in general practice September 1998
Managing heavy drinkers in general practice September 2000
General Practice variations March 2000
Goodbye Bro Taf Health Authority March 2003
GPs Purchasing health care—Fundholding strikes back October 2004
GPs beat expectations for quality November 2005
Grey literature and Meta-analyses November 2000
Impact of Effective Health Care bulletin on treatment of persistent glue ear in children: time series analysis January 2002
Do practice guidelines improve practice? June 1998
Guidelines in general practice December 1998
Guidelines to Interventional procedures at NICE September 2003
Using Clinical Practice Guidelines July 2000
Gynaecological infection May 2006

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H

Home haemodialysis January 2008
Handwashing October 1999
Hand washing in schools July 2003
Hand washing in hospital July 2004
Hand washing—again! April 2007
SIGN guideline on early management of head injuries  December 2000
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales March 1998
The Health Advisory Service in 2000 & beyond October 2000
Omega 3 and Heart disease February 2007
Patients with most to gain are least likely to get drug treatments for heart failure November 2005
Telephone interventions for management of heart failure May 2007
Herbal medicines: where is the evidence? September 2000
Impact of NICE guidance on laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernias June 2003
Homelessness March 1999
Routine Home Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis September 2001
Home visiting for child health October 2005
Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes? January 2005
Hospital at home versus hospital care in patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease January 2001
Importance of hospital high volumes June 2004
Hospital mortality rates - measure of quality? March 1999
Improving Hospital Mortality June 2006
Hospitals in North of England outperform those in South February 2003
Hospital mortality monitoring groups July 2004
Hospitals star ratings and clinical outcomes in England July 2004
When is hospital the right place to be? September 2007
Hospital league tables don’t work (so far) February 2008
Reducing the hours and clinical experience of pre-registration House Officers June 2000
HOWIS update November 2002
The effect of oral HRT compared to placebo on vasomotor symptoms (flushes) May 2002
Primary prevention of hyper-cholesterolaemia January 2000
Guidelines in mild hypertension in pregnancy October 2004
Funduscopy in  hypertension September 2005
Treatment of hypertension December 2005

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I

Improving health in Wales – A plan for the NHS with its partners

February 2001
Inappropriate lab tests November 1998
Inappropriate psychiatric referrals - update February 1998
Influenza vaccination in the elderly October 1998
Influenza in care homes December 2006
Informed healthcare online January 2004
In-hospital deaths: analysis of routine statistics July 2002
Area-wide traffic calming for preventing traffic related injuries May 2003
Insecticide treated bed nets to prevent malaria March 2001
Irritable bowel syndrome April 2005
Half patients in intensive care receive suboptimal care July 2005

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K

 Pain in the knee June 2005

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L

Inappropriate lab tests November 1998
Laparoscopic appendicectomy February 1999
Learning in practice February 2003
Lets hear it for librarians March 1999
National electronic library for health (NeLH) April 2000
Specialist liaison nurses June1999
Specialist Liaison Nurses March 2000
Evidence for lifestyle changes improving health December 2001
Limiting operations to high volume teams September 2001
Contacting other experts for a literature review January 2000
Local Health Groups and lay representation August 1998
Chiropractic for low back pain (not) October 1998
Radiography of the lumbar spine in low back pain July 2001

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M

Measles in Africa March 2008
Medically unexplained symptoms March 2001
Medically unexplained symptoms January 2005
Clinical medication review of elderly patients in general practice by a pharmacist March 2002
Medication errors caused by junior doctors March 2008
Adherence to medicines in elderly people: poor evidence February 2005
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency June 2005
Mediterranean Diet December 2003
Medscape on the Net May 1999
Legacy of bacterial meningitis in infancy February 2002
Violence in mentally ill people September 1998
Grey literature and Meta-analyses November 2000
Under-diagnosis of migraine in USA November 1999
Parenteral metoclopramide for acute migraine December 2004
MMR vaccine risks July 1999
The Health Hazards of Mobile Phones August 2000
Monitoring the quality of hospital care using routine data March 2000
London hospital mortality data for individual surgeons March 2005
Treatment of MRSA August 1999
Reducing MRSA September 2004
MRSA screening May 2008
Munchausen’s Syndrome April 2001

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N

Nasal go-faster stripes February 1998
National Confidential Enquiries April 2004
National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease May 2000
National Service Framework (NSF) for older people—for debate July 2001
NHS service review January 1998
NHS direct April 2002
The role of the routine neonatal examination May 1999
Is more neonatal intensive care always better? March 2004
Reporting medical research in British newspapers October 2002
NICE Citizens Council January 2003
What a NICE man December 1998
NICE to sort clinical "wheat from chaff" May 1999
More National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) October 1999
NICE and beta interferon August 2000
NICE guidance on drug abuse March 2007
NICE Guidance on Rosiglitazone for Type 2 Diabetes October 2000
NICE on zanamivir (Ralenza) February 2000
NICE recommends zanamivir (Ralenza) for at risk patients (2) November 2000

NICE Guidance on Methylphenidate for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Childhood.

 February 2001
NICE Guideline—inguinal hernia May 2001
Impact of NICE guidance on laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernias June 2003
Obesity drug endorsed by NICE June 2001
NICE guidance on pressure ulcer prophylaxis October 2001
Best practice in clinical audit from NICE April 2002
NICE to publish cancer referral guidelines September 2002
New Guidelines from NICE August 2003
Guidelines to Interventional procedures at NICE September 2003
Cost effectiveness at NICE February 2005
NICE guidance for lung cancer April 2005
NICE guidelines for the management of depression May 2005
NICE to issue faster guidance December 2005
NICE calls for wider use of statins February 2006
Pressures on NICE June 2006
NICE guidelines on urinary incontinence in women November 2006
NICE Public Health Intervention Guidance November 2006
NICE guidance assessing children with fever June 2007
NICE guidance on childbirth in healthy women September 2007
NICE advises commissioners February 2008
Sore throats - the number needed not to treat (NNNT) June 1998
NNTs (numbers needed to treat) February 1999
Specialist liaison nurses June1999
Nurse telephone triage for appointments in general practice March 2003
Nurse telephone consultation April 1999

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O

Glucosamine and chondroitin for knee OA January 2004
Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate for  OA April 2006
Obesity drug endorsed by NICE June 2001
Deaths and obesity June 2005
Diet and Obesity in Childhood June 2007
Anti-obesity drugs December 2007
Occupational Therapy for stroke August 2004
Occupational therapy after stroke September 2007
Omega 3 and fish April 2006
Some operating theatres are used only eight hours a week November 2003
Osteoarthritis August 2004
NSAIDS in Osteoarthritis December 2004
Acupuncture as an adjunct to physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee August 2007
Osteoarthritis of the knee in primary care January 2008
Acute Otitis Media January 1999
Outpatient old:new ratios. Obs. and Gynae April 1998

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P

Pain killers in dysmenorrhoea February 1999
Oxford league table of analgesics in acute pain October 2007
Restricting pack sizes of paracetamol and salicylate September 2001
NICE guideline for Parkinson's disease May 2007
Patient Consent advice from NICE February 2004
Patient education programmes for rheumatoid arthritis December 2002
Evidence-based patient information December 1999
Patient participation in consultation January 2006
Patient preference November 2007
Performance tables do not make surgeons avoid high risk cases June 2007
Clinical medication review of elderly patients in general practice by a pharmacist March 2002
Assertive community treatment in psychiatry August 2007
Physical activity and TV viewing in children July 2007
The risk of pre-eclampsia at booking May 2005
Physical education in primary school children—not so bad for boys December 2003
PCT Self assessment tool finalised November 2003
The management of post-natal depression June 2000
Pelvic floor exercises during pregnancy September 2004
Physical activity and obesity in  children November 2006
Sham device vs inert pill as placebos March 2006
Practice based primary care research networks April 2001
Drug treatment during pregnancy December 1998
Screening for prostate cancer in younger men November 2007
Telephone counselling in patients for polypharmacy October 2006
Poll shows public still has trust in doctors June 2001
NICE advises a more personalised approach to postnatal care August 2006
Postoperative starvation after gastrointestinal surgery November 2001
Reducing unintended pregnancies among adolescents November 2002
Guidelines in mild hypertension in pregnancy October 2004
Pre-hospital thrombolysis by paramedics September 2003
Diagnosis of  DVT and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy January 2006
Prevention of DVT November 1998
Determinants of primary medical care quality March 2006
Prostatectomy in the UK June 1998
Diagnostic value of systematic prostate biopsy November 2005
The quality of care in acute psychiatric wards December 1998
Inappropriate psychiatric outpatient referrals January 1998
Inappropriate psychiatric referrals - update February 1998
Child psychiatric disorder and relative age in school November 2003
Public health network September 2002
The Public Health White paper November 2004
Putting Patients First August 1998

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Q-R

The quality of care in acute psychiatric wards December 1998
Hospital mortality rates - measure of quality? March 1999
Qualitative research in systematic reviews February 2002
Council for the Quality of Healthcare December 2002
The Quince? December 1997
Free telephone quitline for smokers March 1998
Radiography of the lumbar spine in low back pain July 2001
Randomised Trials improving? January 1999
Randomisation worth the effort? January 1999
RCTs vs Clinical Practice November 2001
Rationing drug prescribing in the NHS June 1999
Rationing critical care beds April 2005
Personal online health records May 2008
Reconfiguration of surgical, emergency, and trauma services May 2004
Referral rates in the United Kingdom and the United States October 2002
Relative risks and odds ratios in abstracts September 2006
Evidence on Zanamivir (Relenza) November 1999
Reporting medical research in British newspapers October 2002
Restricting pack sizes of paracetamol and salicylate September 2001
Revalidation for doctors July 2000
Patient education programmes for rheumatoid arthritis December 2002
Early referral in rheumatoid arthritis February 2008
Explaining risks to patients November 1999
The risks and benefits of an Rx-to-OTC switch. The case of over-the-counter H2-blockers September 1999
Risk stratification from the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons March 2001
Damn Volvo has its lights on (Road safety) January 1999
Monitoring the quality of hospital care using routine data March 2000
The role of the routine neonatal examination May 1999

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Patient safety in the NHS has improved December 2005
Is it OK to eat salt now? October 1998
Restricting pack sizes of paracetamol and salicylate September 2001
Salicylate poisoning February 2007
People with schizophrenia must have a say in their treatment February 2003
Screening for bowel cancer December 2007
Self help books do not reduce GP consultations October 2005
Alternative shift models and the quality of patient care February 2004
SIGN guideline on early management of head injuries  November 2000
Sildenafil (Viagra) July 1998
Sildenafil (Viagra) September 1998
Free telephone quitline for smokers March 1998
Advances against smoking July 1999
Smoking and the brain June 2000

Bupropion to aid smoking cessation

 December 2000
Risk of smoking after a coronary November 2003
Smoking interventions by nurses August 2004
Quit smoking advice at work, from NICE May 2007
Sore throats - the number needed not to treat (NNNT) June 1998
Speculum examinations without stirrups June 2006
Spinal manipulation for medical problems February 2007
Sprouts are for life not just for Christmas December 2005
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia September 2006
Statin Therapy May 2001
Statins in older people April 2004
Medical Aspects of steroid use in the gym February 2004
The prevalence of stillbirths: a systematic review January 2006
Consensus in stroke management April 1999
Occupational Therapy for stroke August 2004
Why has stroke incidence reduced? November 2004
Ageism and stroke October 2006
Warfarin versus aspirin for stroke prevention July 2007
Sudden infant death and dummies February 2006
Sunscreens and skin cancer July 1998
Antidepressants and the prevention of suicide October 1998
Report suggests that a fifth of suicides are preventable June 2001
Co-proxamol and suicide August 2003
SUMSearch May 2000
Surgeon-Specific Mortality data September 2003
Too much surgery in dying patients January 1999
More on the White Paper - surgical interventions April 1998
Variations in surgical care September 2005
Systematic reviews September 1999
Update of CRD's guidance for undertaking systematic reviews December 2000

Systematic review of cost effectiveness studies of telemedicine interventions

August 2002
Telemedicine for stroke July 2006

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T

Keep taking the tablets January 2007
Lack of targets leads to underperformance August 2005
Tea increases survival after heart attack June 2002
Technology assessment, systematic reviews August 1999
Telecommunications between GPs and Surgeons October 2003
Treatment of tennis elbow: the evidence October 2003
Post operative thrombosis April 2007
Area-wide traffic calming for preventing traffic related injuries May 2003
The risks and benefits of an Rx-to-OTC switch. The case of over-the-counter H2-blockers September 1999
Why treatments fail June 1998
Trust reconfiguration - good or bad for clinical effectiveness February 1998
'Hand-held scanner could detect tumours' July 2003

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U

Unintended pregnancies among adolescents July 2002
Home collection of urine for culture in children July 2000
Urinary catheters February 1999
Urinary tract infection in primary care March 2007

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V

General Practice variations March 2000
Violence in mentally ill people September 1998
Daily multivitamin tablets October 2002

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W

Waiting list priority systems June 1999
NHS waiting lists May 2003
Waiting times? Check the Internet December 1997
Waiting times are here again May 1998
Interventions to promote walking July 2007
How do we fit evidence into a ward round? February 1999
Evidence on the ward round July 1999
The way doctors think March 2001
Welsh Health Evidence Bulletins May 1999
Whiplash injury—mythology? October 2003
The White Paper (Wales) January 1998
More on the White Paper - surgical interventions April 1998
The Welsh Green Paper July 1998
The winter crisis - it may yet happen January 1998
Bone mass and exercise in women April 2000

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Z

Evidence on Zanamivir (Relenza) November 1999
NICE on zanamivir (Ralenza) February 2000
NICE recommends zanamivir (Ralenza) for at risk patients (2) December 2000

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