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Brian S. Alper
Researcher at University of Missouri
Publications - 53
Citations - 1948
Brian S. Alper is an academic researcher from University of Missouri. The author has contributed to research in topics: Evidence-based medicine & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 45 publications receiving 1300 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian S. Alper include EBSCO Information Services.
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Communicating evidence for participatory decision making
TL;DR: There is a paucity of evidence to guide how physicians can most effectively share clinical evidence with patients facing decisions, so means of accomplishing 5 communication tasks to address in framing and communicating clinical evidence are described.
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The GRADE Working Group clarifies the construct of certainty of evidence
Monica Hultcrantz,David Rind,Elie A. Akl,Shaun Treweek,Reem A. Mustafa,Alfonso Iorio,Brian S. Alper,Joerg J Meerpohl,M. Hassan Murad,Mohammed T. Ansari,Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi,Pernilla Östlund,Sofia Tranæus,Robin Christensen,Gerald Gartlehner,Jan Brozek,Ariel Izcovich,Holger J. Schünemann,Gordon H. Guyatt +18 more
TL;DR: It is desirable for systematic review authors, guideline panelists, and health technology assessors to specify the threshold or ranges they are using when rating the certainty in evidence.
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GRADE guidelines 26: informative statements to communicate the findings of systematic reviews of interventions
Nancy Santesso,Claire Glenton,Philipp Dahm,Paul Garner,Elie A. Akl,Brian S. Alper,Romina Brignardello-Petersen,Alonso Carrasco-Labra,Hans de Beer,Monica Hultcrantz,Ton Kuijpers,Joerg J Meerpohl,Rebecca L. Morgan,Reem A. Mustafa,Nicole Skoetz,Shahnaz Sultan,Charles Shey Wiysonge,Gordon H. Guyatt,Holger J. Schünemann +18 more
TL;DR: An approach that improves the clarity of statements to convey findings and that draws on Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation is developed.
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Intention-to-treat analysis: who is in? Who is out?
Robin L. Kruse,Brian S. Alper,Carin E Reust,James J. Stevermer,Scott Shannon,Randy H Williams +5 more
TL;DR: To assess whether the term "intention to treat" (ITT) predicts inclusion of all randomized subjects in the analysis, 100 randomly selected reports of randomized trials that mentioned analysis by ITT were reviewed.
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Urinary Tract Infection in Children
Brian S. Alper,Sarah H Curry +1 more
TL;DR: It is necessary for diagnosis of urinary tract infections in children if there is high clinical suspicion, cloudy urine, or if urine dipstick testing shows positive leukocyte esterase or nitrite activity.