Select a topic from these categories: A Users’ Guide to the Urological Literature, Evidence Based Urology in Practice, Recent Publications by Members and Recent Publications Relevant to EBM



A Users' Guide to the Urological Literature Series

Evidence Based Clinical Practice: A Primer for Urologists. Scales, CD Jr, Preminger, GM, Keitz, SA & Dahm, P. J Urol, 2007; 178(4 Pt 1): 776-9.

How to Perform a Literature Search.. Krupski, TL, Dahm, P, Fesperman, SF & Schardt, CM. J Urol, 2008; 179(4):1264-70.


Evidence Based Urology in Practice

What are Levels of Evidence?. Singh, JC & Dahm, P. BJU Int, 2009 [Epub ahead of print].


PRISMA Guidelines:

Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009) Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097

Recent Publications by Members

Perceptions and Competence in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survey of the American Urological Association Membership. Dahm, P, Poolman, RW, Bhandari, M, Fesperman, SF, Baum, J, Kosiak, B, Carrick, T & Preminger, GM. J Urol, 2009; 181(2):767-77.

Evaluating the Evidence: The Methodological and Reporting Quality of Comparative Observational Studies of Surgical Interventions in Urological Literature. Tseng, TY, Breau, RH, Fesperman, SF, Vieweg, J & Dahm P. BJU Int, 2008; [Epub ahead of print]


Explanation and Elaboration:

Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, Mulrow C, Gøtzsche PC, et al. 2009 The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000100. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000100


Recent Publications Relevant to EBM

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