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Gordon H. Guyatt
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 1749
Citations - 262329
Gordon H. Guyatt is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 231, co-authored 1620 publications receiving 228631 citations. Previous affiliations of Gordon H. Guyatt include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center & Cayetano Heredia University.
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Antibiotics for uncomplicated skin abscesses: systematic review and network meta-analysis
Wen Wang,Wenwen Chen,Yanmei Liu,Reed Alexander Siemieniuk,Ling Li,Juan Pablo Diaz Martinez,Gordon H. Guyatt,Xin Sun +7 more
TL;DR: In patients with uncomplicated skin abscesses, moderate-to-high quality evidence suggests TMP-SMX or clindamycin confer a modest benefit for several important outcomes, but this is offset by a similar risk of adverse effects.
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A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: How to search for evidence to inform clinical decisions
Romina Brignardello-Petersen,Alonso Carrasco-Labra,H. Austin Booth,Michael Glick,Gordon H. Guyatt,Amir Azarpazhooh,Thomas Agoritsas +6 more
TL;DR: The authors describe the process of searching for evidence: defining the question, identifying the question's nature and main components, and selecting the study design that best addresses the question.
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Determining causation--a case study: adrenocorticosteroids and osteoporosis. Should the fear of inducing clinically important osteoporosis influence the decision to prescribe adrenocorticosteroids?
TL;DR: The available evidence does not substantiate a causal role of exogenous adrenocorticosteroids in producing clinically important osteoporosis, and does not support withholding steroid therapy on the basis of fears of osteop orosis induced pain and disability.
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