North of England evidence based guideline development project: summary guideline for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs versus basic analgesia in treating the pain of degenerative arthritis. The North of England Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Guideline Development Group - PubMed (original) (raw)

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North of England evidence based guideline development project: summary guideline for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs versus basic analgesia in treating the pain of degenerative arthritis. The North of England Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Guideline Development Group

M Eccles et al. BMJ. 1998.

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Yearly caseload of osteoarthritis (ICD 715) in primary care (assuming a list size of 2000 patients)

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Resting pain score (standardised weighted mean difference) for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) compared with simple analgesia

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Diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)) compared with co-proxamol (analgesic) in relation to Nottingham health profile dimensions (standardised effect sizes)

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Treatment withdrawal from included studies: relative risk

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