Background: The risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) complications associated with the use of
NSAIDs is a serious public health concern. The risk varies between individual NSAIDs; …

Background The study objective was to compare the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) and
the RTI item bank (RTI-IB) and estimate interrater agreement using the RTI-IB within a …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of observational studies on the risk of acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) with use of individual nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). …

We conducted a nested case-control study of 1,377 cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
or perforation (UGIB) and 10,000 controls to evaluate the association of individual …

The last decade has seen a surge in the use of computerized health care data for
pharmacoepidemiology. Of all European databases, the General Practice Research Database …

Objective: To evaluate the association between use of hormone replacement therapy and the
risk of idiopathic venous thromboembolism. Design: Population based case-control study. …

purpose: To estimate the frequency of and examine risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD)
in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a prospective longitudinal study…

Objective: To compare the relative risks of serious gastrointestinal complications reported
with individual non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Design: Systematic review of controlled …

objective: To determine if differences in morbidity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as
measured by (1) important renal disease, (2) number of hospitalizations, and (3) neurologic …

Objective Studies in Western populations have shown the association of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (NSAIDs) and upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). The role of …