User profiles for C. Del Mar

Chris Del Mar

Bond University
Verified email at bond.edu.au
Cited by 30613

Exercise for overweight or obesity

…, HC Gennat, P O'Rourke, C Del Mar - Cochrane database of …, 2006 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Clinical trials have shown that exercise in adults with overweight or obesity can
reduce bodyweight. There has been no quantitative systematic review of this in The …

Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in adults and children

…, MA Jones, P Doshi, CB Del Mar… - Cochrane database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Neuraminidase inhibitors (NIs) are stockpiled and recommended by public
health agencies for treating and preventing seasonal and pandemic influenza. They are used …

Bed rest: a potentially harmful treatment needing more careful evaluation

C Allen, P Glasziou, C Del Mar - The Lancet, 1999 - thelancet.com
Background Bed rest is not only used in the management of patients who are not able to
mobilise, but is also prescribed as a treatment for a large number of medical conditions, a …

Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy: the process of deprescribing

…, D Rigby, D Gnjidic, CB Del Mar… - JAMA internal …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Inappropriate polypharmacy, especially in older people, imposes a substantial burden of
adverse drug events, ill health, disability, hospitalization, and even death. The single most …

Psychological interventions for overweight or obesity

KA Shaw, P O'Rourke, C Del Mar… - Cochrane database of …, 2005 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Overweight and obesity are global health problems which are increasing
throughout the industrialised world. If left unchecked, they will continue to contribute to the ever …

Antibiotics for sore throat

…, PP Glasziou, CB Del Mar - Cochrane Database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
… This review is built on an early meta‐analysis (Del Mar 1992a) and is an update of previous
Cochrane Reviews (Del Mar 1997; Del Mar 2000; Del Mar 2004; Del Mar 2006; Spinks 2009)…

Patients' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests: a systematic review

TC Hoffmann, C Del Mar - JAMA internal medicine, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Unrealistic patient expectations of the benefits and harms of interventions can
influence decision making and may be contributing to increasing intervention uptake and …

Antibiotics for sore throat

C Del Mar, PP Glasziou… - Cochrane Database of …, 2004 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Sore throat is a very common reason for people to seek medical care. It is a
disease that remits spontaneously, that is,'cure'is not dependent on treatment. Nonetheless …

The connection between evidence-based medicine and shared decision making

TC Hoffmann, VM Montori, C Del Mar - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and shared decision making (SDM) are both essential to
quality health care, yet the interdependence between these 2 approaches is not generally …

Prevalence of incidental prostate cancer: A systematic review of autopsy studies

KJL Bell, C Del Mar, G Wright… - … journal of cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer screening may detect nonprogressive cancers, leading to overdiagnosis
and overtreatment. The potential for overdiagnosis can be assessed from the reservoir of …